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WWF and TRAFFIC congratulate the Central African Republic's decision to independently audit its ivory stocks. To send a signal to the world it is serious about fighting poaching and illegal wildlife ...

More African ivory is being smuggled into China from Myanmar and Beijing’s ban on trade in ivory has failed to dampen imports, a report by conservation group Save the Elephants said on Tuesday.

Kenya, long at the forefront of efforts to shut the ivory trade down completely, last week torched thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns. Proposals for the meeting in Johannesburg were made ...