Question NW752 to the Minister of Environmental Affairs
06 April 2017 - NW752
Van Dalen, Mr P to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs
Can she provide a detailed list of comprehensive details of how the R67 million, which was raised from the sale of ivory stockpiles in 2008, has been spent?
Reply:
A total of R67 617.677 was raised through the sale of the elephant ivory stockpile in 2008. R7 774.745 was transferred to KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Mpumalanga and North West provinces, as income from their ivory which was part of the sale. The South African National Parks have, thus far, spent a total of R48 963.210 on 21 different projects. These projects focused on aspects of elephant conservation and protection, elephant management, community conservation matters, and elephant related research and monitoring, as is stipulated in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora conditions of the ivory sale.
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