African Leaders Call On EU To Shut Ivory Trade

Amid growing calls for an outright ban, the European Union has come ... African countries to order the immediate closure of all domestic ivory .... “The European Parliament has called for an EU-wide domestic ivory ban in ... heeding the call from the majority of African elephant range states to put a ... “We commend Belgian Senators for their leadership and appreciate the ... to close the EU domestic ivory market and enact the strongest ban possible.”. 1

Thirty-two African countries on Friday called on the European Union to stop its ivory trade at a conference in Botswana aimed at saving African.... Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who last month sparked controversy when he lifted the ban on elephant hunting, underscored the need to protect communities who, he said, face unprecedented attacks from wildlife.. Dear Madame Commission President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am calling on the Commission and Member States of the European Union to ban all exports and imports of ivory and to close the EU's domestic ivory market.. The EU petition was signed by African Presidents and senior Ministers of 15 of ... The petition, organised by citizens movement Avaaz, calls on EU ... and EU heads of government to close Europe's domestic trade in ivory, end... Click

Ivory became the most important export from west-central Africa, satisfying the growing ... British antislavery patrols drove the slave trade east, where ivory had been ... and building up powerful polities under new commercial and military leaders. ... In the early 19th century, however, the number of European ships calling at.... [PARIS] Amid growing calls for an outright ban, the European Union is coming ... to help protect African elephants by ending the trade of ivory within its borders. ... calling for all nations to close "all remaining domestic ivory markets as ... Transport Government & Economy Wealth & Investing Leadership &... Click

Yet in Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Ghana, three African countries with economic growth around 7 per cent in 2019, at least one EU country features in.... Johannesburg (AFP) March 16, 2018 - Thirty-two African countries on Friday called on the European Union to stop its ivory trade at a conference in Botswana.... By Sarah Mawerere for UBC Radio in Uganda At the recent Wildlife Economy Summit in Zimbabwe, four southern African nations announced... 90cd939017 Click

EU Momentum Building: NGOs Call on the EU to Close its Ivory Market. 26 March 2019. An African Bush elephant grazing in the grass fields of Amboseli National Park in Kenya on ... publicly called for a total ban on the EU domestic ivory trade, during ... EU ivory market once and for all if we are to show leadership and save.... JOHANNESBURG: Thirty-two African countries on Friday called on the European Union to stop its ivory trade at a conference in Botswana.... A petition signed by 32 African leaders has called on the EUthe world's largest exporter of legal ivoryto close its thriving market. Advocacy.... The EU must close the door on the ivory trade for good: The EU statement ... We are calling for the EU to advocate for a complete, permanent, global ban. ... Across Africa, there are now fewer elephants than ever before - 61% of the total ... has been a leader in its support for efforts to crack down on the illegal ivory trade, and... https://siolessrossmab.mystrikingly.com/blog/rounds-v1-2-0-3-hybrid-win-macosx-r2r