The sale of ivory stockpiles is incompatible with a global ivory trade ban, and past sales of ivory stockpiles have driven the resurgence of illegal ivory trade.Many more conservation dollars can be won through wildlife tourism – a revenue source that is growing, sustainable, and beneficial to many Tanzanian citizens in the long-term – than through the one-off sale of the nation’s ivory stockpile, which would only fuel more poaching and accelerate the extinction of elephants in Tanzania.
Uuzaji wa meno ya Tembo hauendani na usitishaji wa biashara ya meno ya Tembo. Zipo nchi zilizowahi kuruhusiwa kuuza maghala yake kwa China na Japan mwaka 2008; miongoni mwao ni Botswana, Namibia na Afrika Kusini. Historia inaonyesha kuwa mauzo ya maghala yaliyopita yalichochea biashara haramu ya meno ya Tembo, na biashara hii ndio sababu kubwa inayochochea ujangili hivyo kuwaweka Tembo wetu hatarini. Mauzo ya ghala la meno ya Tembo yanaweza kuathiri mapato hayo aidha kwa vikwazo vya utalii au kuchochea ujangili zaidi.