CITES

Zimbabwe last week said if it is not permitted to sell off its 130 tons of ivory, estimated to be worth US$600 million, it may quit the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES.
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In 1997 the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) mandated TRAFFIC to establish and maintain a robust system to monitor ivory trade, now known as the Elephant Trade and Information…
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Zimbabwe has threatened to operate outside of CITES if their concerns are not given attention in threats which animal activists say would be akin to a fish trying to live out of water.
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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country is considering pulling out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) to better guard its wildlife, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.
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By Ed Stoddard | Reuters | Namibia and Zimbabwe failed on Monday to convince a U.N. body on Monday that they should be allowed to export ivory - something they had argued would protect rather than further endanger Africa's elephants.…
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President Robert Mugabe's government said on Monday it is going ahead with controversial plans to export live elephants despite resistance from animal rights groups, according to a report.
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The unlawful allocation of hunting licenses in Zimbabwe in recent years has been pegged as a major factor in the decision by the United States to ban hunted elephant trophies. The US wildlife department announced last week that it was…
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The United States has suspended imports of sport-hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe citing questionable management practices and a lack of effective law enforcement. The ban follows a massive ecological disaster at Hwange National Park…
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HARARE – CITES secretary general Willem Wijnstekers is expected in Zimbabwe next month for talks with President Robert Mugabe over rampant poaching decimating wildlife in the southern African country and said to involve top politicians and…
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