However Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana now want to "downlist" the African elephant - reducing its status from most endangered to threatened ❋ Unknown (1997)
Species to "downlist" elephants from Appendix I to Appendix II, allowing regulated trade. ❋ Unknown (1996)
The committee approved South Africa's proposal to "downlist" the white rhinoceros from CITES Appendix I, where international trade is banned, to Appendix II, where limited trade is allowed. ❋ Unknown (1994)
It would be a tragedy for elephants and a travesty of conservation principles for CITES to approve Tanzania and Zambia's applications to downlist protections for elephants. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The determination to delist, downlist, or uplist a species must be made “solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available” and “without reference to possible economic or other impacts.” ❋ Unknown (2009)
Many, many people wrote to say they'd send a letter and an empty envelope, and others passed the message along to their downlist. ❋ Unknown (2006)
South Africa has said it will ask CITES to downlist its elephant population from an appendix I to appendix II protected species to allow limited trade in ivory. ❋ Unknown (2000)
South Africa sought to ask the CITES meeting in Nairobi to downlist its elephant population from an appendix I to appendix II protected species to allow limited trade, he said. ❋ Unknown (2000)
One of the most contentious issues that the conference will decide on is a proposal from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to downlist the African elephant on the Cites endangered species list to allow limited trade in ivory and elephant hides. ❋ Unknown (2000)
The decision to downlist South Africa's elephant population from an ❋ Unknown (2000)
Moosa today welcomed the unanimous decision by the 11th Conference of the Parties of CITES in Nairobi to downlist South Africa's ❋ Unknown (2000)
At COP10, CITES voted to allow Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe to downlist to Appendix 11 and to sell an experimental quota of ivory in their government stocks of tusks from animals that died from natural mortality. ❋ Unknown (2000)
Addressing a media briefing, he said South Africa would seek to downlist its African elephant population at the forthcoming CITES ❋ Unknown (2000)
Without breaking ranks with SADC, however, South Africa subsequently decided it would not downlist its own elephants. ❋ Unknown (1997)
Species (Cites) to downlist the African elephant in June. ❋ Unknown (1997)
McCrea warned that because of the furore over the proposals to relax the international ban on elephants and ivory trade, proposals by Japan and Norway to downlist three species of whales from ❋ Unknown (1997)
Greenpeace is also against the controversial proposal by the host country, Zimbabwe along with Botswana and Namibia to downlist the African elephants to appendix II cilephant conflict. ❋ Unknown (1997)
If CITES refused to downlist the elephant, Japan would have to take a reservation to enable it to import Zimbabwe's ivory stocks, and CITES deputy secretary-general Jim Armstrong said "there's no suggestion they're going to be doing that." ❋ Unknown (1997)
Pro-ivory trade delegates cheered as moderator David Brackett read the results of the first secret ballot on Botswana's proposal to downlist the elephant from CITES 'Appendix I, which bans all trade in a species, to Appendix II, which allows limited trade. ❋ Unknown (1997)
The [monument] is [in danger] of being downlisted because the government has not paid adequate [heed] to preserving it. ❋ Uttam Maharjan (2010)
