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MALAWI: MALAWI WILDLIFE OFFICIALS BRACE FOR 2004 IVORY SALE.
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Nov. 18 (AENS/IPS) - Elephant numbers in Malawi's Phirilongwe forest reserve have dropped from 200 animals 15 years ago, to only 30 today, warns conservationist David Bradfield who is doing work in Malawi for the Frankfurt Zoological Society.
This is despite a global ban on the ivory trade by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).
"Local people are killing these elephants, and move with tusks in broad daylight," Bradfield says.
Now there are concerns that illegal poaching will escalate in Malawi when Cites temporarily lifts the ban next year to allow 66 tonnes of ivory stockpiles to be sold in nearby Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
The money raised during the legal sales, will be used ...
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