Ivory burning won't increase price: Kenya wildlife chief
By Hou Liqiang in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2016-05-06 02:16
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The 1.3 tons of rhino horn was still being burned on Thursday. Photo Hou Liqiang/皇冠体育app Daily |
CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is an international agreement between governments. It aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
In 2008, the CITES Standing Committee gave a go-ahead to the one-off sale of108 tons of government-owned ivory from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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