World Wildlife Fund welcomed President Barack Obama’s announcement of major new steps to help combat wildlife trafficking and the global crime syndicates that are driving it, including the development of a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking and a critical $10 million pledge to improve protection for threatened wildlife populations in key African countries. During a state visit to Tanzania today, President Obama said, "Poaching and trafficking is threatening Africa’s wildlife. Today I issued a new Executive Order to better organize U.S. government efforts in this fight so that we can cooperate with the Tanzanian government and others. This includes an additional millions of dollars to help countries across the regions to build their capacity to meet this challenge." "The entire world has a stake in making sure we preserve Africa’s beauty for future generations," he noted.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:49:45 +0000
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