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Published online 15 May 2007 |
Nature
| doi:10.1038/news070514-4
Corrected online: 17 May 2007
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Black-market boom for ivory
African proposal to ban all trade may not be the answer.
Sophisticated smuggling syndicates are driving a soaring trade in illegal ivory from Africa to Asia, according to a new report.
The find from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade-monitoring arm of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), comes as representatives of some 20 African nations are working together to propose a two-decade complete ban on ivory trading.
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