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Ivory trade debate at UN body

Bangkok : Thailand | Jul 23, 2012 at 9:13 AM PDT
Source: News 24
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A call to resume the legal ivory trade as one means of fighting elephant poaching in Africa is expected to dominate debate at a UN conservation meeting. A report commissioned by the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species endorses setting up a centralised system that would... FULL ARTICLE AT News 24
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