Amb. Michael Froman: How Trade Can Help Save the Elephant
The Trans-Pacific Partnership may not involve African countries, but the trade deal can provide a key tool in the fight against wildlife trafficking.
There hasn’t been a single poached elephant carcass discovered in Gabon’s Wonga-Wongué Preserve in almost a year. Just last month, an elephant was seen on the beach here for the first time in recent memory. Not long before that, gorillas were seen in areas where they had been wiped out during darker days.
