A2A Safaris - Botswanahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/tags/botswanaenOnly 6 signatures – how successful was the Botswana Elephant Conference?https://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/only-6-signatures-%E2%80%93-how-successful-was-the-botswana-elephant-conference<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p><img width="250" height="150" src="http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/files/2013/12/elephants3-250x150.jpg" class="attachment-sliderimg wp-post-image" alt="elephants" /></p>
<p>In the wake of the Elephant Summit held in Botswana in early December where urgent measures to halt the rampant illegal ivory trade were adopted one is left asking if it is enough?</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/botswana" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Botswana</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/china" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">China</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/elephant-summit" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Elephant Summit</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/elephants" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">elephants</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/ivory" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ivory</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/ivory-trade" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ivory trade</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/tourism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">tourism</a></div></div>Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:28:01 +0000Anonymous559 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/only-6-signatures-%E2%80%93-how-successful-was-the-botswana-elephant-conference#commentsBotswana minister in lion trade scandalhttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/botswana-minister-lion-trade-scandal<div class="body text-field" property="content:encoded"><p><img width="250" height="150" src="http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/files/2013/12/leeu-4-250x150.jpg" class="attachment-sliderimg wp-post-image" alt="Source: Oxpeckers" /></p>
<p>Botswana's Minister of Agriculture, Christian de Graaff, is under fire after he exported a large shipment of lions to a canned hunting outfit in South Africa last month.</p>
</div><div class="field-tags field-items"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/hunting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hunting</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/botswana" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Botswana</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/canned-hunting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">canned hunting</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/christian-de-graaff" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Christian de Graaff</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/lion-hunting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">lion hunting</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/lion-trade" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">lion trade</a></div><div class="field-item even " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/makhulu-game-farm" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Makhulu Game Farm</a></div><div class="field-item odd " rel="dc:subject"><a href="/africa/blog/tags/south-africa" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">South Africa</a></div></div>Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:33:10 +0000Anonymous406 at https://us.a2asafaris.com/africahttps://us.a2asafaris.com/africa/blog/botswana-minister-lion-trade-scandal#comments