Tag: Africa

United Nations calls on countries to close down legal ivory trade

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 2 (Reuters) – The United Nations on Sunday called for the shutdown of all legal domestic ivory markets as it looks to combat poaching and put pressure on countries that continue to trade in elephant tusks. Source: Reuters:Zimbabwe News…

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African elephant population tumbles due to poaching

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Africa’s elephant population fell around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015 because of a surge in ivory poaching, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said in a report on Sunday. Source: Reuters:Zimbabwe News…

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