In June of this year, at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) conference being held in Zimbabwe, after a vote by the 123 members, the African elephant was taken off Appendix I (the most endangered species) and placed in Appendix Ⅱ (listing less-endangered species). The strict regulations banning international trade in products relating to the African elephant are to be relaxed.
今年六月，在東非辛巴威舉行的「華盛頓公約」會員國會議上，一百二十三國代表投票，通過將非洲象由國際瀕臨絕種生物附錄一類降級為附錄二類，嚴禁非洲象相關產品進行跨國交易的規定，也將放寬。