Notes:
1. Nkoke, S.C. Lagrot J.F. Ringuet, S. and Milliken, T. (2017). Ivory Markets in Central Africa – Market Surveys in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon: 2007, 2009, 2014/2015. TRAFFIC. Yaoundé, Cameroon and Cambridge, UK.
2. Ibid
3 https://www.cites.org/eng/dec/valid17/81860
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