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This R&D provides resources on Kenya’s anti-poaching effort.  The country burned $150 million worth of ivory last week as a statement of the government’s resolve to fight the illegal destruction of national wildlife.  The bonfire consumed the tusks of 8,000 elephants and 343 rhinos that the government seized in recent years.  Asian demand for ivory has grown since the 1990s, providing a lucrative market for poachers.  Critics say that the burning was not needed, that the money made from the ivory could have been used for wildlife conservation, and that it will make poaching worse by removing a significant percentage of ivory from the global market.