Elephant hunting in Kenya at least one member of "Kenya's royal family" (the Kenyatta) had shipped over six tons of ivory to China. In the 1970s, 1900 elephants were killed in Kenya for their ivory tusks, increasing to 8300 elephants in the 1980s. In 1989, as a dramatic gesture to persuade the world to halt the ivory trade, President Daniel arap Moi ignited twelve tons of elephant tusks. In the 1990s the widespread ban on commercial ivory trading reduced the industry to a fraction of what it had been and elephant populations have stabilised. But illegal poaching and sale on the black market still
Water scarcity in Mexico state of the aged system underscores a loss of 40% or 6000 litres of water every second before reaching Mexico. Repair projects requiring M70million have since been shelved, contributing to the standstill in efforts to solve Mexico's water scarcity problem. Water scarcity in Mexico The extent of water scarcity in Mexico is so serious that the government released an advertising campaign titled "February 2010: The City May Run Out of Water". With an ever-increasing demand and an increasingly limited supply, certain cities in Mexico risk being void of water. Currently in Mexico, agriculture accounts for 77% of water use, industry