Botswana to continue selling ivory every nine years

Botswana, like other SADC countries will still be able to sell ivory every nine years after Kenya and its allies withdrew their proposed 20-year selling moratorium.

The recent CITES conference held in Doha revealed that African countries are divided on the issue of selling elephants.

Deputy Permanent Secretary under the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Edmond Moabi, told the media yesterday that the African Elephant Qualition Group, led by Kenya withdrew their proposal, which was that the selling moratorium of ivory be increased from nine years to 20 years.

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