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<p>The UK Government works closely with African and other countries to promote the
conservation of the world's wildlife, including through galvanising action to end
the illegal trade in ivory.</p><p> </p><p>We hosted the London Conference on the Illegal
Wildlife Trade in February 2014, and supported the Government of Botswana in its hosting
of a follow-up Conference in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The UK actively supports the
African-led Elephant Protection Initiative, launched in the margins of the London
Conference, which now has eleven African countries as members. We have committed over
£1 million to this initiative over the last two years.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Illegal
Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund has made grants to 19 projects in its first round, including
eight projects in Africa, worth £2.1 million, tackling the ivory trade. Projects to
be funded under a second round will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is
also providing training in counter-poaching activity in Gabon, through the Ministry
of Defence, and has provided support for judicial capacity building in skills related
to tackling the illegal trade in wildlife products in Kenya and Tanzania.</p>
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