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of sustaining commercial exploitation. Furthermore, the European Commission has announced its intention to introduce more restrictions on the import of ivory. has also allocated 500,000 ECU (about £320,000) to a programme to be implemented by the World Wide Fund for Nature which will provide assistance for those African countries seeking to improve protection of their elephant populations.

Turning to the question of Hong Kong, as party to CITES, they are required to implement the same controls as all other parties. In order to do this more effectively and to remove an existing loophole, in August 1988 they introduced controls on the import of all forms of worked ivory.

I hope that your constituent will find the above information helpful and

reassuring.