In Zimbabwe, host of the current CITES round, one of the extra-curricular activities for delegates is to be taken on a tour of ivory warehouses. National parks in South Africa have as much as US $ 2 million worth of ivory in storage.
身為此次華盛頓公約會議地主國的辛巴威，會議之外的活動之一，就是帶著各國人員進入象牙倉庫參觀；南非國家公園也已儲存價值相當兩百萬美金的象牙。