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| | NATURE: The Elephants of Africa - The Poaching Problem |
 | | During this time period, poachings fueled by ivory sales cut Africa's elephant population in half. |
 | | But in June, 1997, CITES voted partially to lift trade sanctions and to allow Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to sell stockpiled ivory to Japan, where there is a major ivory market. |
 | | In September, 1996, Michael Fay, an elephant researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Society, was flying his small airplane over a remote forest clearing just outside the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in northern Congo when he spotted a cluster of elephant carcasses. |
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