scholarly journals Insights into the illegal ivory trade and status of elephants in Togo, West Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto ◽  
Kossi Thomas Agbodji ◽  
Thomas E.J. Leuteritz ◽  
Daniele Dendi ◽  
John E. Fa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Ivory Trade

scholarly journals The present-day Egyptian ivory trade

Oryx ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmond Martin
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Member State ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Domestic Trade ◽  
Import And Export ◽  
Ivory Trade ◽  
Egyptian Government

AbstractThere are probably more illegal ivory items for sale in Egypt than anywhere else in Africa. The author visited the main tourist centres of Cairo, Luxor and Aswan in late 1998 and counted over 21,000 ivory items for sale. Most of the ivory has come from elephants hunted illegally in Central and West Africa. Traders still transport the raw tusks, by truck and on camels, through Sudan across the desert into Egypt. Since the 1990 CITES ban on the international commercial ivory trade, Egypt, a member state, has prohibited not only the import and export of ivory but domestic trade as well. Ivory sales continue openly, however, in the markets and hotels, and new ivory items are still being made. The main buyers are from France, Italy, Spain and Latin America. The Egyptian Government must enforce its legislation against this ivory trade to reduce the serious elephant poaching in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan.

The leaf anatomy of the species ofCochlospermum Kunth (Cochlospermaceae) in West Africa

1991 ◽  
Vol 102 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
O. T. Ogundipe ◽  
O. A. Olatunji
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Leaf Anatomy
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