Ethiopian ivory stockpile destroyed

Tanzania has said it will not push again for disposal of its ivory stockpile even though the elephant population has increased significantly in the Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem.

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Tanzania to destroy $50m ivory stockpile
East African Business Week
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete was speaking last week in Dar es Salaam while launching an advertising campaign on anti-poaching. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanania - Tanzania's 90 metric tonne stockpile of ivory valued at about $50 million si to be destroyed ...
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Tanzania slams British...

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Tanzania to Destroy US $50 Million Ivory Stockpile
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania's 90 metric tonne stockpile of ivory valued at about $50 million si to be destroyed. Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete was speaking last week in Dar es Salaam while launching an advertising campaign on anti-poaching. He said ...
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Tanzania slams British newspaper over elephant...

Tanzanian Natural Resources and Tourism Minister Lazaro Nyalandu has told HARDtalk the country would put its stockpile of ivory "beyond economic use".

Kong Kong says it will burn 30 tonnes of ivory over the course of a year to help combat the illegal trade.

Slate Magazine
Appeal made for Tanzania to destroy its ivory stockpile
IPPmedia
African Wildlife Foundation CEO, Dr. Patrick Bergin talks to The Guardian Staff Writer Angel Navuri, on the war against poaching currently being wage by many African countries including Tanzania. He says in part that a live elephant is much more valuable in ...
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Elephants Are Tweeting And Suddenly the World Seems Like a Better...

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Tanzania stops Malawi burning ivory stockpile
BBC News
Tanzania has blocked Malawi from burning 2.6 tonnes of ivory, saying it needs to use the tusks as evidence for the prosecution of suspected poachers. The nearly 800 tusks were intercepted by customs officials as they were being smuggled into Malawi ...
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Beijing, China, 29 May 2015 —The Chinese government indicated today that it was planning to eventually phase out its domestic ivory market. 
According to the announcement by the administrator of the State Forestry Administration during the public destruction of 662kg of confiscated illegal ivory, the Chinese authorities will “strictly control ivory processing and trade until the commercial processing and sale of ivory and its products are eventually halted.”
“This is a very positive signal,...

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