January 2024 - ESTABLISHING A ROBUST National ivory stockpile management system

The designations of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of TRAFFIC or its supporting organisations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] CoP18) on Trade in and if marked, their markings in accordance elephant specimens, paragraph 7e) with the provisions of this Resolution; the urges Parties to maintain an inventory of source of the ivory; and the reasons for government-held stockpiles of ivory and, any significant changes in the stockpile where possible, of significant privately held compared to the preceding year. [...] Further, in the TABLE 2 CITES Resolutions, Decisions and Notifications to the Parties currently in effect following the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties that relate to elephants and ivory trade issues. [...] CoP16), region in which it occurred), the precise with the following requirements: seizure date, the person in charge of • Article 1 of Decision 0003/2014 defines carrying out the seizure, the supervisor of four sources of ivory, whereby the the operation, the measurements (length specimens derive from: seizures made and weight) of the apprehended ivory, and during anti-poaching operations; from a. [...] ivory specimens in registers kept by a • Article 4 concerns the marking of all whole designated official in each of the services ivory tusks of any size and all cut pieces concerned, including the Directorate of ivory in line with the size dimensions of Wildlife and Protected Areas, the prescribed in paragraph 2 of Resolution National Brigade for Forestry Control and Conf.