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THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT AND THE IVORY TRADE
EAD, CAFD, SAED,
WAD, EAD (ODA),
Mr Slater,
Mr Fairweather,
Mr McLaren
PROBLEM
1.
What input should the FCO make to the instructions
given to British officials (from the DOE) attending the
EC CITES meeting on 27 July concerning exceptions to the
EC ban on the import of African elephant ivory?
RECOMMENDATION
2.
I recommend that the Minister write to Lord Caithness
at the Department of the Environment along the lines of
the attached draft.
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BACKGROUND
3. On 23 May Lord Caithness announced the Government
decision to support the proposal to include the African
the Convention on Internatimal Trade in Endayered Species of Flora & Fauna elephant on Appendix I of (CITES) and on 9 June announced a
ban on the importation of new ivory into the UK. At the
/Environment