China gets green light to buy ivory
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 07:28
in Psychology & Sociology
China has been approved as a buyer of African Elephant ivory in a one-off sale from four southern African countries, probably later this year. The decision was taken to accept China at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva, Switzerland...
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