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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Jun 19, 1985

Page

5

Turner Builds Liberal Comeback Amid Party Turmoil

John Turner presses rebuilding of the Liberals after a crushing defeat in the 1984 election. He campaigns to unite a fractured caucus, defy Chretien whispers, and set new policy directions while facing internal critics and rising NDP influence.

Brian Mulroney New Democrats Turner John Turner Liberal Party Sudbury Doug Frith House of Commons Jean Chretien Pierre Trudeau Mulroney Chateau Montebello New Brunswick Quebec Newfoundland Ontario NDP John Nunziata Sheila Copps Don Boudria Brian Tobin Stornoway Turners Gallup Liberals Frith Ottawa-Vanier Jean-Robert Gauthier Chretien Wilfrid Laurier University Martin Goldfarb Winnipeg Angus Reid Nunziata Elmer MacKay Richard Hatfield Hatfield Copps Canada U.S Blair Williams Concordia University Montreal

Countries unite to fight ivory smuggling

A Buenos Aires conference seeks to curb global ivory trafficking amid rampant poaching in Africa. The piece cites ivory worth around $100 million annually, with AK-47s aiding smugglers and corrupt officials enabling export permits. The effort focuses on tightening enforcement and stopping illicit networks across borders.

Nick Cater Gemini Buenos Aires Africa Waybill

CITES Introduces Ivory Trade Quotas and Tracking

Doonesbury notes that Argentina and other nations adopt a quota system for African raw ivory under CITES. By year end each country must set an export limit for 1986 and report it to all members. Ivory shipments will be numbered and tracked to verify documents and deter evasion.

Argentina Africa CITES

Ivory trade talks form new CITES surveillance unit

A Lausanne based CITES panel plans a surveillance unit to advise on quotas and check illegal shipments and forged permits. Funded partly by Japan ivory dealers, the unit starts before 1986 and aims to curb elephant poaching as Africa holds about 1.2 million elephants while global demand nears 700 800 tonnes.

CITES Lausanne Switzerland Asia Japan United States Central African Republic Sudan

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