GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 August 2011.
Adult elephant roaming peacefully in the Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. (1980)
Faced with increased poaching and illegal trade in ivory and horns of elephants and rhinoceroses, 300 government and civil society experts worldwide are seeking to strengthen conservation with new financial mechanisms at a United Nations-backed meeting in Geneva this week.
“Innovative financial solutions are required to achieve the huge conservation task before us,” John Scanlon, Secretary-General of the Convention…
