Tanzania abandons sale of tusks stockpile

Tanzania abandons sale of tusks stockpile
Daily News
TANZANIA has dropped its plan to ask the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to allow it to sell its stockpile of 112 tonnes of elephant tusks in order to reduce the demand for ivory in the market, it has been confirmed. Instead ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Aug

No more push for ivory stockpile sale, says Nyalandu

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.

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

18 Feb

Tanzania to Destroy US $50 Million Ivory Stockpile

Daily News
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 ...
Police studying video on alleged poachersIPPmedia
Former Tourism Minister's comments not fit for printeTurboNews
Tanzania slams British newspaper over elephant...

 

11 years ago

East African Business Week

17 Feb

Tanzania to destroy $50m ivory stockpile

Daily News
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 ...
If Determined, We Can Protect Our Elephants From ExtinctionAllAfrica.com
Former Tourism Minister's comments not fit for printeTurboNews
Tanzania slams British...

 

9 years ago

BBC News

18 Sep

Tanzania stops Malawi burning ivory stockpile

BBC News
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 ...
Tanzania blocks Malawi ivory burnNews24 Nigeria
Tanzania prosecutors seek court order to stop Malawi ivory burni24news
Tanzania obtains injunction against Malawi ivory burnNyasa Times

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11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Tanzania won't sell ivory stockpile

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

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

20 Jan

Appeal made for Tanzania to destroy its ivory stockpile

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 ...
New York State Hearing Shows Ivory Crisis Should Be Everyone's ConcernHuffington Post
Elephants Are Tweeting And Suddenly the World Seems Like a Better...

 

10 years ago

GlobalPost

23 Jan

Tanzania police seize 61 elephant tusks in southern region

Tanzania police seize 61 elephant tusks in southern region
GlobalPost
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Police in Tanzania's southern region of Mtwara said on Thursday that they have seized 61 elephant tusks and arrested two suspects in connection with the tusks. Augustine Ollomi, Mtwara regional police commander, ...

 

11 years ago

Daily Mail

09 Feb

Tanzania slaughters over 11000 elephants a year for the bloody trade in tusks ...

Daily Mail
Tanzania slaughters over 11000 elephants a year for the bloody trade in tusks ...
Daily Mail
In the gilded grandeur of London's Lancaster House this week, the President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, will be greeted with smiles and handshakes by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, David Cameron and William Hague. Yet this diplomatic ...

 

9 years ago

South China Morning Post (Subscription)

09 Oct

Tanzania charges Chinese woman dubbed the 'Queen of Ivory' for smuggling 700 tusks

South China Morning Post (subscription)
Tanzania charges Chinese woman dubbed the 'Queen of Ivory' for smuggling 700 tusks
South China Morning Post (subscription)
They call her the Queen of Ivory – a 66-year-old Chinese woman who became famous for her role in Africa's illegal wildlife trade. Over 15 years, she helped smuggle more than 700 elephant tusks out of Africa, officials said on Thursday. But as ...
'Queen of Ivory' charged in Tanzania in major crackdown on poachingThe Seattle...

 

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