Today, advanced-country thinking is behind the new model being promoted for opening up the ivory trade. It is said that environmentalists in rich countries have no right to deprive Africans of their chance to have progress. Based on this justification, there is approval for local government-supported eco-tourism, appropriate levels of hunting, and sales of ivory.
今天國際認為適度開放象牙交易的前題之一，其實是富裕國家以不能剝奪非洲住民也要進步、也要追求物質生活的方式思考，因此贊同非洲地主國政府支持的生態旅遊、適度打獵、出售象牙。