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recindered ie whether there is potential for the African elephant to be taken off the dangerous list?

- Whether the UK is doing anything about limiting poaching.

The effect of the uplifting to Category I on the price of ivory.

Precedence for the successful uplifting to Category I in protecting an endangered species?

Whether we acknowledge publicly the concerns of environmentalists on this question?

Most of these we will have answers to already but

it may be that we need to seek advice from Hong Kong or the Department of Environment on some of them.

31 January 1990

M V Stone

Hong Kong Department WH 312 270 2651

CC:

Mr Paul,

HKD

Mr Holroyd, HKD Mr Evans, MAED

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