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CITES
IS CITES DOING ENOUGH?
All parties to CITES are keen to see illegal trade in ivory
stamped out.
African elephant currently listed in Appendix II of Convention allowing trade if certain criteria are met.
Now clear that quotas and other controls imposed by CITES not
as effective as originally hoped. That is why many countries are now pressing for African elephant to be listed in Appendix I of Convention, which denote total ban on trade. This would bring CITES controls broadly into line with those of the EC.
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How DO
CITES
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS Work?
tusks and
pass
them to CITES
- Exporting countries number tusks
countries can check both with CITES
and the exporting country that the tusks they
secretariat. Importing
have been exported legually.
· This has two functions :
are
receiving
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- content illegal trade.
-preventing exceeding of quotas by exporting countries.
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