THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A U.N. wildlife conference extended a 1989 ban on African elephant ivory exports on Thursday by nine years, after sales from stocks, in a pact hailed as a step to safeguard the giant mammals.
"This will allow human beings and elephants to co-exist in Africa," Zimbabwe's Environment and Tourism Minister Francis Nhema told Reuters of the deal approved by the 171-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Source: Africa's elephants get 9-year ivory export break | Science | Reuters
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