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Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act

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botswana, Ministry of Enviroment, Wildlife & Tourism

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The Act gives effect to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which Botswana is a party to. It provides for the establishment, control and management of national parks and game reserves, for the conservation and management of wildlife in the country. It makes declarations for the specification of national parks and their control. It expressly highlights the acts that are prohibited in national parks and associated regulations.