Pictures by Thandiwe Garusa

Zimbabwe is currently sitting on an ivory stockpile worth over US$600 million due to the blanket ban  on trade enforced by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Below are some images from a tour of the country’s stockpile at Zimparks headquarters in Harare, last week.

Zimparks officials  were pleading for EU support to sell the ivory.