Botswana gets green-light to sell ivory
Friday, April 04, 2008
This is in line with what was agreed last year at The Hague. Information from the Botswana Ministry of Environment Wildlife and Tourism shows that the CITES secretariat in Gaborone gave the country the go-ahead after verifying the government ivory stock earmarked for sale.
"Among other things, they looked at the paper trail, data base and the physical ivory to establish its match," reads a statement from the ministry.
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