Science article questioning CITES petition for ivory sale

In an article published today (12/03/10) in "Science", a group of conservationists question petitions from Tanzania and Zambia to the 15th meeting of CITES that would allow them to sell off their ivory stock piles. WildCRU members Jonathan Kingdon, David Macdonald and Katarzyna Nowak were amongst the co-authors of the article which suggests that such one off sales provide an incentive to poach.

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