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PJ YAJC (7)

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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