The ongoing Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in Panama, placed a temporary ban on live elephant exports from Africa and shut the door on the ivory trade. | CdeLENIN
On 6 March this year, Namibia announced that 22 live, wild-caught elephants had been exported to the United Arab Emirates, in what it called a private transaction, amid an outcry by animal activists.The government said the money raised would be used for conservation efforts.Magic and mystery: the incredible never-before-seen images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope
The 18th Conference of the Parties voted in 2019 to restrict live elephant exports to conservation sites within the species' natural range, except in exceptional cases. But Zimbabwe and Namibia took advantage of legal uncertainties and continued to capture wild elephants.To address this lack of legal clarity that Namibia and Zimbabwe capitalised on, many members of the African Elephant Coalition , an association of more than 30 African nations, made a proposal at the Cites meeting.
But Kenya went there with another idea - to create a fund for countries with stockpiles to be compensated for burning the ivory.
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