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Photograph by Kyle Dickman Environmentalists, supported by the U.S., have won a key victory in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered replica Concord watch Species, a 175-nation affair held for two weeks in Doha, Qatar. The conventionrejected proposals from Tanzania and Zambia to permit a one-off sale of legally seized elephant tusks and allow for future sales.
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