Which of the following statements is TRUE?

The UN eased its ban on the ivory trade, permitting just over 30 tons from Namibia and Zimbabwe to be sold to Japan. The two African countries, which argue that they have more elephants than their land can sustain, are to use "substantial sums" from the sales for conservation and community development projects. The ivory to be sold comes from the tusks of elephants that have been culled or shot legally by hunters, rather than from the illegal poaching that prompted the ban in 1989. Botswana, which is close to meeting the UN’s anti-poaching standards, is expected to receive similar export permission in the near future.