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Elephants, ivory, and trade [1]

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Tanzania and Zambia are petitioning the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to "downlist" the conservation status of their elephants to allow sale of stockpiled ivory. But just 2 years after CITES placed a 9-year moratorium on future ivory sales, elephant poaching is on the rise. The petitioning countries are major sources and conduits of Africa's illegal ivory.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2010
Samuel Wasser [2], Joyce Poole [3], Phyllis Lee & et al [4]
Science [5]
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CITES [6], Ecosystems [7], Wildlife [8], Elephant [9], Wildlife Trade [10], Illegal Trade [11], Africa [12], Tanzania [13], Zambia [14], Science [5], Samuel Wasser [2], Phyllis Lee & et al [4]
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