The 21-year-old ban on ivory sales stays.
In one of the few positive outcomes of the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in Doha, Qatar, countries rejected proposals by Zambia and Tanzania to reopen trade in ivory that experts say would have worsened a surge in illegal trafficking driven by Asian-based organised crime.
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