Wildlife Traffcking in Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
A Scoping Review and Recommendations for Cooperation with China
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We would like to give special thanks to UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) for its funding support on this project. We are very grateful of Mr. Simon Essissima from the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife of Cameroon and Mr. Nan Jiang from the Nanjing Forest Police College of China for their invaluable feedbacks and suggestions to the report. We would also like to thank Mme. Jiaman Jin, Executive Director of GEI, Mr. Chun Li, Senior Consultant of GEI, Mr. Peng Ren, Program Manager of Overseas Investment, Trade and the Environment, and Ms. Lin Ji, Executive Secretary of GEI for their guidance, support and participation throughout the research project. Finally, we would like to thank our interns who have contributed to the translation and editing of this report: Ms. Qiuyi Wang, Ms. Qian Zhu, Ms. Diana Gomez. 01 02 Acronyms Introduction
ACFAP Congolese Wildlife and Protected Areas Agency [1] Wildlife traffcking is increasingly considered a threat to global conservation efforts. With global momentum to combat international wildlife traffcking, countries along the ANAFOR National Forest Development Support Agency "Congo Basin Forests," Greenpeace supply chain should take collective action to ensure effective disruption of the traffcking CAR Central African Republic USA, accessed August 09, 2019. chain. https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/ CEMAC Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa forests/congo-basin/. For many years, Africa has served as a source of wildlife and wildlife products in the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora global chain of traffcking. The Congo Basin has received considerable attention COMIFAC Central African Forests Commission because its rich and diverse rainforest ecosystem houses species that are not found elsewhere on Earth.[1] In the Congo Basin poaching and illegal wildlife trade are largely DFAP Fauna and Protected Areas Division identifed as among the main predictors of biodiversity decline. Uncontrolled traffcking DGFE Department of Forest Economy of wildlife would not only signifcantly infuence the ecosystem in the region but also have negative biodiversity consequences globally. DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo It is therefore important to understand key wildlife species involved in trade in the Congo Basin and examine their current status as well as the policy frameworks governing these EAGLE Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement resources in respective countries. More importantly, a question that needs to be asked is, ECCA The Economic Community of Central African States along the wildlife traffcking route coming out from the Congo Basin, how can more stakeholders become involved and how can downstream countries work with these source EFG School of Fauna Garoua countries to fght against poaching and traffcking while contributing to conservation EIA Environmental Investigation Agency efforts. Among other supply chain countries, China should be especially considered as FOCAC Forum on China—Africa Cooperation a strategic partner as it already made a commitment to cooperate with African countries to combat wildlife traffcking via the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature JPOGC Judicial Police Offcer with General Competence This scoping research selects Cameroon and Republic of the Congo as two case countries (“Congo” is used throughout this report as a shortened version of Republic of JPOSC Judicial Police Offcer with Special Competence the Congo, to be distinguished from Democratic Republic of the Congo or DRC). By LAB Anti-poaching protocol agreement understanding the status of key wildlife species in trade as well as local policies, line government authorities, and regional and international cooperation initiatives, it is hoped that the information could help develop a basic analysis of issues in these LAGA The Last Great Ape organization countries and shed light on the potential area for improvement and collaboration for these countries with other parts of the world, especially other countries along the global MEFDD Ministry of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development chain of wildlife trade. MIKE Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants MINEPIA Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries This current scoping is mainly carried out through data collection and literature review. Based on best available data and relatively large volumes in trade, pangolins and MINFOF Ministry of Forest and Wildlife elephants are the target species for data collection and analysis. We also carried out an NCC National Coordination Cell extensive literature review including legal texts, academic peer reviewed literature, NGO and project reports, and websites, etc. which allowed us to study up-to-date NGO Non-Governmental Organization management policies of wildlife conservation and trade in Cameroon and Congo, NIAP National Ivory Action Plans review current government authorities and structures promulgating and implementing wildlife trade issues, summarize relevant initiatives and stakeholders involved, analyse PALF The Project for the Application of Law for Fauna in the Republic of Congo opportunities and challenges to effectively combat wildlife traffcking in the two countries and fnally, put forward suggestions for cooperation with China. Relevant organizations and experts in Cameroon, Congo and China were consulted for insights PAPECALF COMIFAC Space Area Subregional Action Plan for Strengthening the Application of on the legitimacy of information as well as their recommendations for further actions. National Legislation on Wildlife PAULAB Emergency Anti-Poaching Action Plan Our research is limited by a lack of complete traffcking data as well as information about the most up-to-date policies and legislation in Cameroon and Congo that are PEXULAB An extreme emergency anti-poaching plan publicly available. Nevertheless, this scoping is meant to serve as a tool to promote RoC Republic of the Congo further research, facilitate exchanges between the concerned countries and China as well as other parties at both government and non-government levels, and incentivize SGTFAP Sub Working Group on Wildlife and Protected Areas awareness and improved capacities for collaboration amongst key stakeholders, thus TRIDOM The Tri-national Dja-Odzala-Minkébé promoting joint efforts to fght against international wildlife traffcking and share the experiences throughout the supply chain. UNODC United Nations Offce on Drugs and Crime Table 1-1: News Reports on Wildlife being Traded from Cameroon and Congo Data source: Collected and sorted by GEI.
Reported Date Species Specimens Quantity Source Destination Incident Information Venue
8/18/2011 Elephant Ivory 5 tusks, Republic of the Congo Beijing, China Chinese citizens were sentenced to 4 Tencent 80 pieces ivory chopsticks, years imprisonment in Congo for several seals, smuggling ivory 3 pieces ivory carvings and Wildlife Status and other small ivory products.
Trafficking Issues 5/9/2014 Pangolin Scales 30kg Cameroon Shanghai, China 30kg pangolin scales were found in inbound mail Sina
in Cameroon and Congo 6/16/2014 Pangolin Scales 2340kg Cameroon Hong Kong SAR, China Hong Kong Customs cracked the largest Hong Kong China smuggling pangolin scales in the past fve years News Agency
9/2/2014 Elephant Ivory 200 pcs Cameroon, Gabon Asia Cameroon seized 200 pieces of ivory bound for Asia VOA
6/28/2016 Pangolin Scales 4t Cameroon Hong Kong SAR, China Hong Kong police seized 4 tons of pangolin scales Netease
12/21/2016 Pangolin Scales 670kg Central African Countries Malaysia Cameroon seized 670 kg of pangolin bound for Malaysia VOA
8/21/2018 Elephant Ivory, N/A Republic of the Congo Asia New technology led to the arrest of eight suspects for MONGABAY &Pangolin Scales traffcking wildlife organs
8/22/2018 Pangolin Live body/ 700kg Central African Republic Vietnam Cameroon busted pangolin traffcking to Vietnam VOA 1.1 Pangolins in Cameroon and Congo / 05-07 Scales
1.2 Elephants and Ivory in Cameroon and Congo / 08-12 12/6/2018 Pangolin Scales 2.8t Ghana, Cameroon Malaysia Malaysia destroyed 2.8 tons of African pangolin scales Radio Taiwan International
3/29/2019 Elephant Ivory 9t Republic of the Congo Vietnam Vietnam seized 9 tons of ivory from Congo South China Morning Post
4/4/2019 Elephant Ivory, 300kg Ivory, Cameroon Nigeria Cameroon arrested four wildlife smugglers and Business in Cameroon &Pangolin Scales 2500kg Pangolin scales seized 2.5 tons of pangolin scales 04 05 Table 1-3: Seizures of Pangolins and Their Parts in Cameroon and Congo from January 2006 - June 2018 Data source: Collated from Characterising traffcking and trade of pangolins in the Gulf of Guinea. Africa, together with Central and South America and Southeast Asia, is a biological 1.1 Pangolins in Cameroon and Congo hotspot that plays both important sourcing and exporting roles along the international wildlife traffcking route. International traffcking of wildlife and its products from Country Year Location Genus Item Seized Quantity Additional items seized Source Africa was speculated to be due to 1) increasing demand from other countries, and 2) improved economic and political bonds between African countries and other regions. Pangolin Status 2007 Mezam Smutsia meat - Meat from chimpanzee and other protected species LAGA 2008 Haut-Nyong Smutsia meat - 2 tusks and meat of elephant and gorilla LAGA There are four species of pangolins in Africa (See Table 1-2). All African pangolins but 2009 Mfoundi Smutsia meat - Meat from dwarf crocodile, potto, monkey and gorilla LAGA S. temminckii inhabit areas of West and Central Africa, which is a region reported as the 2010 Dja-et-Lobo Smutsia meat - Chimpanzee, duiker and water chevrotain meat LAGA source for large numbers of pangolins taken for international trade and traffcking to 2012 Haut-Nyong Smutsia Whole animal 1 Other meat LAGA Figure 1-1: Map of Africa with Cameroon and Congo Highlighted Asia. Both Cameroon and Congo are found to be inhabited by phataginus tetradactyla, 2013 Fako Smutsia Scales 7 sacs - LAGA p. tricuspis, and smutsia gigantean. 2013 Limbe, Fako - Scales 80 kg - EIA 2013 Mfoundi - Scales 7 sacs Live forest tortoise LAGA All pangolin species enjoy full protection in Cameroon, which means that hunting, 2013 Mfoundi Smutsia Scales 44 kg 4 elephant tusks and 25 pieces of worked ivory LAGA Cameroon capture, killing and trade of pangolins are prohibited in Cameroon. Meanwhile, in 2014 Mfoundi Smutsia Scales 4 bags - LAGA Republic of the Congo Congo not all species of pangolins are considered under total protection. 2014 Yaounde, Mfoundi - Scales 120 kg - EIA 2014 - - Scales 150 kg 5 gorilla skulls, 7 chimpanzee skulls, elephant jawbone EIA 2014 Kadey Smutsia Scales >100 kg Elephant, gorilla and chimpanzee bones LAGA 2014 Noun Smutsia Scales 4 kg Chimpanzee: 1 Live, 7 skulls and 30 hands LAGA Table 1-2: Four Species of African Pangolins 2015 Yaounde, Mfoundi Smutsia Scales 100 kg - EIA 2015 Near Deng Deng National Park Smutsia Scales 14 kg - EIA 2015 Bertoua, Lom-et-Djerem - Scales 200 kg - EIA Common Name Scientific Name Main Area in Africa 2015 Bafoussam, Mif - Whole 1 Olive baboon, porcupine, civet and duiker meat EIA 2015 - - - EIA 2015 Mbam-et-Kim Smutsia Scales and legs 4 legs 1 baby colobus monkey LAGA black-bellied pangolin Phataginus tetradactyla Central and western Africa: 2015 Mfoundi Smutsia Scales 114 kg - LAGA Cameroon; Central African Republic; 2015 Kadey Both Scales 2.5 kg 2 Chimpanzee skulls LAGA Congo; DRC; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon 2015 Mfoundi Smutsia Scales 114 kg - LAGA Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea (mainland)); Gabon; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone. 2015 Mefou-et-Afamba Smutsia Scales 100 kg - LAGA 2015 Lom-et-Djerem Smutsia Scales 15 kg - LAGA 2016 Bertoua, Lom-et-Djerem Smutsia Scales 200 kg 12 ivory tusks LAGA 2016 Nyong-et-Kell e - Scales - Sea turtle shells and chimpanzee skulls LAGA white-bellied pangolin P. tricuspis Central and some Western Africa: 2016 - Smutsia Scales - LAGA Angola; Benin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; 2016 - - Scales 128 kg - LAGA Congo; DRC; Côte d'Ivoire; 2016 Yaounde airport, Mfoundi - Scales 670 kg - EIA Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (mainland)); Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; 2016 Ngaoundal, Region of Adamaoua - Scales 128 kg - EIA Nigeria; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; South Sudan; Tanzania, 2017 Douala, Wouri Smutsia Scales 5 tonnes - EIA United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia. 2017 Messamena - Scales 94 kg - LAGA [2] Data from the World Wildlife Seizure database show that mammals or mammal parts (including rhino horns, elephant ivory, pangolins, etc.), reptiles and birds comprise 2017 Yaounde, Mfoundi - Scales 45 kg Leopard skin LAGA “Route Dashboard”, The USAID more than 95% of known wildlife traffcking seizure incidents in Africa between 1999 2017 Ebolowa, Mvila - Scales 35 kg Baby chimpanzee LAGA Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful and 2015. Air traffcking routes recorded in the C4ADS Air Seizure Database show that 2017 Yaounde, Mfoundi - Scales 41 kg Baby mandrill LAGA giant pangolin Smutsia gigantea Central and some Western Africa: Transport of Endangered Species Central Africa is one of the originating nodes in Africa where there are relatively 2017 Ebolowa - Scales 50 kg - LAGA [2] Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; (ROUTES) Partnership, Accessed concentrated seizure records. Further, the UNODC analysis of global CITES species Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; 2017 Bangangte, Nd e Scales - 2 leopard skins LAGA August 09, 2019. traffcking indicates that amongst elephant ivory, rhino horn and pangolins, which are Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (mainland); 2017 Sangmelima, Dja-et-Lobo Smutsia Scales 10.5 kg 4 ivory tusks LAGA http://www.routesdashboard.org/ the most traded species and products into China, a signifcant proportion of elephant Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Senegal; 2017 Douala, Wouri - Scales 128 kg - LAGA ivory and pangolins come from Central Africa, while rhino horn mainly comes from Sierra Leone; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda. 2018 Ambam, Vallee-du-Ntem - Scales 80 kg Baby chimpanzee LAGA [3] South African countries.[3] 2018 Betare Oya, Lom-et-Djerem - Scales 36.5 kg 6 hippopotamus teeth, 2 boa skins LAGA 2018 Santchou, Menoua - Scales - Elephant bones, ivory LAGA “World Wildlife Crime Report”, This section mainly presents the status and traffcking information of pangolins and 2018 Doume, Haut-Nyong - Scales 35 kg - LAGA UNODC, Accessed August 09, 2019. elephants in Cameroon and Congo. It is important to note, however, that there are also Temminck's ground S. temminckii East Africa: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/ reptiles, birds and other mammals being traded from specifcally these same two pangolin Botswana; Central African Republic; Chad; Kenya; 2018 Douala airport Scales 100 kg Ivory Author search data-and-analysis/wildlife.html Central African countries. Due to the limitations and complexity of obtaining and Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; South Africa; 2015 Yengo, Sangha Department - Scales 3 bags - EIA analysing such fragmented data, this scoping project excludes these categories of South Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; 2015 Point Noire Phataginus Whole 7 Chimpanzee skulls PALF Congo wildlife trade. Zambia; Zimbabwe 2015 - Smutsia Whole 1 - PALF 2018 Sibiti, Lekoumou Department Smutsia Scales 1 bag 3 ivory tips Robin Des Bois 06 07 08 Figure 1-2: Distribution of Pangolins in Cameroon Table 1-4: Count of Pangolin Seizures in Cameroon from 2007-2018 1.2 Elephants and Ivory in Cameroon and Congo
Legend Cameroon pangolins 12 Giant Pangolin [10] 10 Elephant Status Black-bellied Pangolin Rachael Bale, "Experts Explain How There are two species of African elephants: African savanna elephants and African White-bellied Pangolin 8 the Slaughter Could Have Happened forest elephants. Both are found in the Central Africa sub-region. African forest Dja Biosphere Reserve in a Place like Botswana.," National elephants are native to the Congo Basin. 6 Geographic, September 04, 2018, Other Protected Areas accessed August 09, 2019. In Cameroon, savanna elephants are found in the northern Sahelian and Sudanian 4 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Cameroon regions, while forest elephants can be found in the southern forested area (Roca et al., animals/2018/09/willife-watch-news- 2015; Tchamba et al., 1997). Heavy poaching in the northern region has caused 2 botswana-elephants-poaching/. signifcant losses to savanna elephant populations in northern Cameroon. A site survey of African savanna elephants by the Great Elephant Census in 2014 and 2015 indicates 0 that Cameroon had the second steepest decline in savanna elephants, just after Chad. It 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 was estimated that only 148 savanna elephants remain in the northern Cameroon study site, therefore placing them at risk of extinction.[10]
[8] Based on an analysis of 33 seizures involving 55,893kg of pangolin scales being sold to Asia between 2012 and 2018, Cameroon and Congo, along with Nigeria and Ghana, are 20 seizures took place in China, of identifed as major pangolin traffcking source countries, among other coastal countries Figure 1-4: African Savanna Elephant Population in Northern Cameroon Site which 9 were in Hong Kong SAR, near the Gulf of Guinea. These pangolins were reported to be destined for China (incl. totaling 42543 kg of African pangolin Hong Kong SAR), Lao PDR, Malaysia, and Vietnam. A majority of seizures that could scales. be directly linked to Asia were consignments of pangolin scales that were either exported [8] Annual Elephant Population Data Source: Great Elephant Census, 2014 and 2015. from or originated in Nigeria and Cameroon. [9] Estimated population The main method of transportation of pangolin scales was air, followed by sea. Ibid. Shipments of pangolin scales were frequently disguised as fsh scales, cashew nuts or Margin of eror oyster shells, or labelled as logs or metal/plastic scraps.[9]
Figure 1-3: World Pangolin Trade Air Trafficking Routes 600 Data source: ZSL, Securing Pangolin Strongholds: A Cameroon Case Study.[4] [4] 500 Paul De Ornellas, Securing Pangolin Pangolin Trafficking 5 10 15 20 Strongholds: A Cameroon Case Study, Coastal countries near the Gulf of Guinea, including Cameroon and Congo, are especially PPT, ZSL. [5] considered hotspots for pangolin exploitation and international traffcking. More 400 [5] seizure data exist for Cameroon than for Congo, which could possibly be due to different law enforcement efforts (Table 1-3).
Daniel J. Ingram et al., "Characterising 300 Traffcking and Trade of Pangolins in Cameroon, along with Togo and South Africa, was the largest exporter of pangolins from the Gulf of Guinea," Global Ecology Africa for the intercontinental trade before the CITES ban on commercial international [6] and Conservation 17 (2019): 1, doi: trade of pangolin took effect in 2017. Analyses of seizure data in Cameroon shows a 10.1016/j. gecco. 2019. e00576. steady increase of seizure occasions from 2012 to 2015, when there was a peak total of 200 11 seizures. The number of seizures started to fuctuate in the following years. Data also [6] suggest that illegal trade in pangolins may have shifted from meat to scales from approximately 2013 onwards. About half of the recorded seizures (24 out of 45) included 100 Ibid. traffcking of pangolins together with illicit trade of other protected species, including elephants, gorillas and chimpanzees, suggesting that pangolin traffckers are part of [7] organized criminal groups.[7] 24 out of 45 seizure cases confrmed the pangolin species 200mi as Smutsia, and the rest of the cases did not record the species in detail. Most seizures Ibid. occurred in Mfoundi (11), Yaounde (5) and Douala (3). Data Source: C4ADS Air Seizure Database. 1995 ‘00 ‘05 ‘10 2015 200km 09 10 Congo probably still holds Central Africa’s second largest number of forest elephants. [12] According to IUCN’s African elephant status report in 2016, there were dramatic losses Most of the elephants occur in forest areas in the north, while only smaller numbers are in some elephant populations from 2006-2016 in Central African countries, including found in the west along the Atlantic coast and the border with Gabon. For the rest of the C. R. Thouless et al., "African the “the loss of approximately 3,000 elephants, representing 50% of the population, in country, covered by sporadic patches of savanna and forest, elephants have almost Elephant Status Report 2016: An the Ndoki landscape in Congo (Maisels et al., 2012), the loss of several thousand entirely vanished. Update from the African Elephant elephants in the Cameroon section of the TRIDOM and the loss of more than 50% of Database," 2016. elephants from a number of smaller populations in Cameroon and the DRC.”[12] Elephant density does not seem to be very high in known and potential ranges in https://www.iucn.org/content/african- Cameroon and Congo, compared to other countries in Africa. Elephant ranges in Congo elephant-status-report-2016-update- In Congo, it is generally illegal to hunt and trade elephants. However not all elephants are more connected and larger in the percentage of total country land area. african-elephant-database. enjoy the same level of protection in Cameroon. Elephants with tusks of less than 5 kilograms are fully protected, while those with tusks weighing more than 5 kg could potentially be hunted, captured or killed, subject to the approval of a hunting permit.
Figure 1-1: Map of Africa with Cameroon and Congo Highlighted Illegal killing of elephants in the Central African region has remained at a higher rate than other parts of Africa, with signifcant rates found in MIKE sites of both Cameroon and Congo. In 2011, almost all of the elephants found dead in Waza National Park in Cameroon and Odzala-Koukoua Nantional Park in Congo were being killed illegally.
Table 1-6: Illegally Killed Elephants in MIKE Sites in Cameroon and Republic of the Congo (2011)
Elephant population density Number of elephants per 100 square kilometres Country MIKE Site Name Estimated Illegally killed/all died
0 to 20
20 to 60 Cameroon Waza National Park 100%
60 to 120 Cameroon Boumba-Bek National Park 80% 120 to 200
200 to 300 RoC Dzanga-Sangha National Park 40% 300 to 520
Data Source: Great Elephant Census, 2014 and 2015. RoC Nouabale-Ndoki National Park 40%
RoC Odzala-Koukoua National Park 95% Table 1-5: Elephant Population and Ranges in Cameroon and Congo (2016) Data source: Collected from GRID-Arendal. Country 2016 elephant 2016 Range Range % of country estimate Guesses number area area [13] Elephant Ivory Trafficking
Cameroon 6,830 ± 943 1,985- 2,134 25 89,718 km2 19% "NIAP – Country – Cameroon," EIA Discussions around exploitation and poaching of African elephants is mainly related to Reports, accessed August 09, 2019. ivory traffcking. Both Cameroon and Congo are categorized by CITES as Category B https://reports.eia-international.org/ Parties, meaning they are markedly affected by the illegal trade in ivory. niap/niap-country-cameroon/. Congo 6,057 ± 1,222 20,924 - 26,942 17 89,718 km2 44% Studies have found poaching sources and transportation routes of raw ivory in both [14] Cameroon and Congo. In Cameroon, in addition to domestic sources from the eastern, southern and southwestern regions, there were also reports of raw ivory from Gabon, Sone NKOKE Christopher et al., Congo and Central Africa Republic being sold in Yaounde and Douala. Djoum in [11] IVORY MARKETS IN CENTRAL Data Source: African Elephant Database, IUCN.[11] southern Cameroon serves as a transit hub for ivory coming from Gabon in the south AFRICA Market Surveys in Cameroon, and from other areas to the east.[13] Some of the ivory is then transited to Nigeria, Togo "Central Africa 2016 African Elephant Central African Republic, Congo, and Senegal. (See Figure 1-6)[14] Status Report". Democratic Republic of the Congo http://africanelephantdatabase.org/ and Gabon: 2007, 2009, 2014/2015, report/2016/Africa/Central_Africa. PDF, TRAFFIC, September 2017, 53. 11 12 Figure 1-6: Major Sources and Movement of Raw Ivory in and out of Cameroon [15] Douala in Cameroon is also an important hub for ivory smuggling from other parts of Africa for transit to Asia. Once ivory is received there, it is transported via land routes Ibid., 23 to Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon and Republic of the Congo (RoC). From these points, the ivory is exported to Asia. Main source areas In Congo, Pointe Noire and Brazzaville are major markets where raw ivory is sourced Movement of raw from the northern part of Congo, DRC, Angola, and even from Benin by sea. The northern ivory out of Cameroon [15] part of the country also serves as an export site for products sent to Cameroon. Movement of raw ivory within Cameroon Figure 1-8: Major Sources and Movement of Raw Ivory in the Republic of the Congo