Southern African countries have been permitted to sell off their stocks of ivory in return for a nine-year moratorium on further sales.
The deal was hailed as a boon for the continent’s beleaguered elephants, despite reports that such legal trade agreements make little difference to elephant survival.
The deal was hammered out by African environment ministers in a late-night bargaining session at a meeting of 169 member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) at The Hague, Netherlands.
Source: CITES deal wins reprieve for elephants - life - 14 June 2007 - New Scientist Space
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