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Lazaro Nyalandu

Stephen Sackur speaks to Lazaro Nyalandu, Tanzania's minister for natural resources and tourism. Is human greed destined to kill off Africa's elephants for the lure of ivory?

Within the lifetimes of our children, the African elephant may be extinct, hunted to death - such is the continued lure of ivory, despite international efforts to ban the ivory trade. In Tanzania, poachers have been killing an average of thirty elephants a day. The government there says it will end the slaughter. HARDtalk speaks to Lazaro Nyalandu, Tanzania's minister for natural resources and tourism. Is human greed destined to kill off Africa's elephants?

30 minutes

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Wed 26 Feb 2014 21:30GMT

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