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Elephant conservation

13.26 (Rev.CoP14)	The Conference of the Parties adopted the Action plan for the control of trade in elephant ivory attached as Annex 2 to these Decisions.
*Directed to African elephant range States*
14.75	The African elephant range States shall continue their constructive elephant dialogue aiming to develop joint conservation policies and exchange of management experience in order to improve the management of elephant populations.
	The African elephant range States through the African elephant dialogue process shall develop an overall African elephant action plan for improved elephant management aiming at:
	a)	accessing and directing resources, towards strengthening enforcement capacity in African elephant range States to combat poaching and illegal trade in ivory;
	b)	the implementation of the Action plan for the control of trade in elephant ivory; and
	c)	enhancing capacity building, managing translocations, reducing human-elephant conflicts and enhancing community-conservation programmes and development programmes within or adjacent to the elephant range.
	The elephant range States will report to the Standing Committee on progress made under this decision with a view to providing the information necessary for the reviews referred to in Decision 14.78.
*Directed to Parties, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations*
14.76	Parties, trading countries, the ivory carving industry, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other donors are called upon to contribute significantly to the African Elephant Fund for the implementation of the African elephant action plan and the programme for Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) to ensure their establishment and maintenance.
*Directed to the Standing Committee*
14.77	The Standing Committee, assisted by the Secretariat, shall propose for approval at the latest at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties a decision-making mechanism for a process of trade in ivory under the auspices of the Conference of the Parties.
14.78	The Standing Committee shall conduct ongoing comprehensive reviews of the status of the elephant, trade in its specimens and the impact of the legal trade, based on data from MIKE, the Elephant Trade Information System and the implementation of the Action plan for the control of trade in elephant ivory and the African elephant action plan referred to in Decision 14.75.
*Directed to the Secretariat*
14.79	The Secretariat shall establish an African Elephant Fund that will be applied to the implementation of the African elephant action plan. The Secretariat shall establish a steering committee consisting of representatives of the range States and donors to govern the African Elephant Fund and to support and advise African elephant range States on the implementation of the Action Plan. The Steering Committee shall decide on the organization of the administration of the fund. The Secretariat shall, as far as possible through MIKE funding, convene an African elephant meeting before 31 July 2008 and at later dates as necessary.