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July 2008

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Go-ahead for ivory sales

16.07.2008 Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe have been given the go-ahead to make a single sale of a total of 108 tons of government-owned ivory.
+ China gets green light to buy ivory
+ How ivory from 11,000 elephants has disappeared into China's black market

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Related topics/regions: [Botswana] [Namibia] [South Africa] [Zimbabwe]

Image: Elephants, Botswana © Kristi Kenyon

New approach to urban poverty urged

Tarsheet shelters in a state of disrepair

14.07.2008 South Africa’s Housing Minister Dr Lindiwe Sisulu and Jockin Arputham, founder of India’s National Slum Dwellers Federation, call on aid agencies and development banks to support an innovative way of tackling problems in the world's slums and squatter settlements, which a billion people call home.

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From: International Institute for Environment and Development
Related topics/regions: [South Africa] [India]