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that her role in an upcoming Broadway production means she is unable to attend the event.</p> <p>In the video-clip, which was filmed by wildlife charity <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160703095544/http://wildaid.org/" target="_blank">WildAid</a>, she reflects on the largest ivory burn in history, which the Kenyan government is undertaking this Saturday immediately after the summit. 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Europeans began building forts on Africa’s uninhabited islands. </p>  <p class="credits">Robert H. Milligan, New York Public Library</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="2"> <h2> <span class="counter">2/10</span>  </h2>  <p>At the turn of the century, European empires stretch across Africa. The elephant population halves within a century to around ten million. Ivory is in vogue in Europe and America. Combs, piano keys, pool table balls and ornaments fashioned from elephant tusks are in high demand.</p>  <p class="credits">Creative commons</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="3"> <h2> <span class="counter">3/10</span>  </h2>  <p>In the 20th century, elephant populations dwindle to 1.3 million because of growing demand from the West.</p>  <p class="credits">Surreal Name Given, Flickr</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="4"> <h2> <span class="counter">4/10</span>  </h2>  <p>Throughout the 1980s, 250 elephants are killed every day. By the end of the decade, only 600,000 elephants remain in Africa. Kenya’s population drops 89% from 167,000 to a mere 19,000. The species is on the verge of extinction in many parts of Africa.</p>  <p class="credits">Scotch Macaskill</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="5"> <h2> <span class="counter">5/10</span>  </h2>  <p>CITES bans all commercial ivory trade; the ban comes into force in 1990. Kenya destroys its entire ivory stockpile in a gesture against the ivory trade.</p>  <p class="credits">Space for Giants</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="6"> <h2> <span class="counter">6/10</span>  </h2>  <p>After the ban, elephant populations began to recover. Within the next ten years, Kenya’s population rises from 55,000 to over 125,000. The Kenyan population also grows to more than 30,000 by 2007 from the historic low of 16,000.</p>  <p class="credits">Space for Giants</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="7"> <h2> <span class="counter">7/10</span>  </h2>  <p>Under mounting pressure from African leaders, Cites allows a ‘one-off’ sale of stockpiled ivory. Japan buys 55 tons of ivory from Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zimbabwe for £3 million.</p>  <p class="credits">Vidhi Doshi</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="8"> <h2> <span class="counter">8/10</span>  </h2>  <p>Cites grants Japan and China permission to import elephant ivory from government stockpiles; 102 tonnes of stockpiled ivory from Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe were sold to Japan and China for £9.3 million.</p>  <p class="credits">Space for Giants</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="9"> <h2> <span class="counter">9/10</span>  </h2>  <p>There is a huge spike in the number of large ivory seizures, with 14 seizures totalling 23,235 tons.</p>  <p class="credits">Space for Giants</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="10"> <h2> <span class="counter">10/10</span>  </h2>  <p>Approximately 450,000 elephants remain in Africa. There have been 18 large-scale seizures of illegal ivory, 41,674 kg in total, the highest annual since records began. It is highly likely just a small fraction of the illegal ivory through the system is actually detected.</p>  <p class="credits">Space for Giants</p> </li> </ul><div class="ad-mpu mpu5-container"> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <p>The summit has already gained the support of US President Barack Obama, who has <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160703095544/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns/GiantsClub/barack-obama-to-lead-messages-of-support-at-giants-club-summit-a6997181.html" target="_blank">sent a message of support</a> to be broadcast at the event.</p> <p>Nyong’o won the best supporting actress Oscar for her breakthrough role in <em>12 Years A Slave</em>. 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