Can the Ivory Trade Ban be Circumvented? (5-minute Video)

A Transfrontier Conservation Area is defined as a component of a large ecological region that straddles the boundaries of two or more countries encompassing one or more protected areas as well as multiple resource use zones.

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, or KAZA, lies in the Kavango and Zambezi River basins where Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe converge. It covers some 520,000 square kilometers.

The goal of KAZA is to manage the Kavango Zambezi ecosystem sustainably, as well as its heritage and cultural resources, based on the best conservation and tourism models for the socio-economic well-being of the region’s communities.

The legal trade in ivory would boost Kaza’s revenue, but currently, there is a ban.

Is there a way around the ban?