However, his work helped greatly to support the 1989 decision under the convention on international trad in endangered species to abolish the international sale of ivory .. 125-129
In 1997, douglas- hamilton came to samburu national reserve in kenya .. By that time, he had established his own research and conservation organization, save the elephants .. Today, he divides his time between teaching a new generation of elephantologists and studying the movement of elephants using global positioning system ( gps ) technology .. The data he acquires from elephants wearing GPS collars is use by the Kenya Wildlife Service to provide better wildlife-management and land-protection advice to the governmen Save the Elephants now has GPS tracking projects not just in kenya but also in Mali, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo .. 130-145