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Namibia might apply to sell ivory

Namibia might apply to sell ivory

Written by Etuna Shikalepo on 20 January 2017.

By Etuna Shikalepo
WINDHOEK, 20 JAN (NAMPA) – Namibia has a stockpile of about 62,9 tonnes of legal and illegal ivory with a collective value of some N.dollars 341,2 million that could possibly be up for trade.
In an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta said this includes 26,05 tonnes of legal ivory retrieved when animals died naturally, were put down for being problematic or in trophy hunting.
The remaining 36,85 tonnes of illegal ivory were confiscated in al ...