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(EPI) ERITREA BECOMES THE 20TH MEMBER OF THE EPI

Posted by: Semere Asmelash

Date: Thursday, 29 August 2019

ERITREA BECOMES THE 20TH MEMBER OF THE EPI

29 August 2019

The State of Eritrea has joined the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI). Speaking in Geneva, where he was representing the Eritrean government at the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) conference, the Director of Natural Resources, Regulatory Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Yacob Yohannes, said  ‘We are very pleased to join this important coalition. This shows the determination of the Eritrean government to protect its natural resources and in particular its elephants’.

Eritrea has one of Africa’s most northerly and isolated elephant populations.  Miles Geldard, CEO of the EPI Foundation, which serves as the secretariat for the member states, said ‘We are delighted that Eritrea has joined the EPI.  Elephants have been recorded in Eritrea since Biblical times, and today the elephants of the Gash Setit region, which are believed to migrate between Eritrea and Ethiopia, are a symbol of resilience and hope. We will do our utmost to assist the Eritrean government in their conservation, and in ensuring Eritreans derive benefits from these efforts'. 

*Mr Yacob Yohannes with Miles Geldard
Mr Yacob Yohannes with Miles Geldard

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