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LETTER TO MR HANS K E AU, NATHAN IVORY PACIORY LTD, HONG
3 0 JUN 1989
Thank you̸] for
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with introspectivity maili legal traki illegal.
letter of 20 Tune, to the T.me Minister about
the ecently introduced ba on the import of dvor:
I have been asked to reply.
uropean Communi
into the
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The Government. does appreciate the difficult
iti
which
you and other legal traders in ivory now find yourselves
result of the growing pressure to ban all
A
,
Ivory
products, We
are aware that many traders co.
actly
with
the
CITES controls and only deal in legally obtained ivorų.
It
is, however,
I am sure you know, extremely difficult to
distinguish legally obtained ivory once it has been worked from
legal ivery and illegal ¿vory can enter TAZ
hrough
this
loophole.
Furthermore, it is clear that existing
Crok. under
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Wild. Fauna and Flora (CITES),
Species
of
including the quota system,
have
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not been sufficient to halt a severe decline in the popula
the African
Yanti I
understand that during the Pant ten
years, numbers nave decreased by 45%.
The
Government have become increasingly concerned about the
plight of the elephant and now lieve that stronger measures, are
vital to conserve the species Lord Caithnes 3 visited Kenya
recently and took the opportunity to` discuss the situation
wildlife EXI rts there. As a result, he announced on 23 May the
with
Government
view that there was now A Case
ansferring the
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