Nairobi: A Kenyan consumer lobby group says that 5,000 Chinese nationals who are coming to Kenya for the construction of a railway line pose a threat to the country's elephants.
Consumer Federation of Kenya official Steven Muturo said on Thursday that conservationists have seen a rise in elephant poaching deaths in Kenya as the number of Chinese nationals in the country have risen.
Kenya recently signed an agreement with China to construct a standard-gauge railway from the Nairobi to Mombasa. The line will cost $3.6 billion and China will provide 90 per cent of the funding. Construction is to begin October 1.
Muturo said Kenyans should fill the construction jobs.
Demand for ivory in China is fueling Africa's rising poaching trade. Conservationists fear the ivory demand will drive elephants to extinction.
Consumer Federation of Kenya official Steven Muturo said on Thursday that conservationists have seen a rise in elephant poaching deaths in Kenya as the number of Chinese nationals in the country have risen.
Kenya recently signed an agreement with China to construct a standard-gauge railway from the Nairobi to Mombasa. The line will cost $3.6 billion and China will provide 90 per cent of the funding. Construction is to begin October 1.
Demand for ivory in China is fueling Africa's rising poaching trade. Conservationists fear the ivory demand will drive elephants to extinction.
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