世界自然基金会(WWF)和国际野生物贸易研究组织(TRAFFIC)联合开展的号召公众“停止购买象牙活动”于7月12日在北京正式启动。
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Wildlife Trade Research Organization (TRAFFIC) jointly launched a public "stop buying ivory" campaign in Beijing on July 12.
WWF全球总干事马可.兰博蒂尼介绍全球非法野生物贸易的严重性，以及因盗猎而导致大象的生存危机
WWF Global Director-General Marco Lambertini described the seriousness of the global illegal wildlife trade and the elephant survival crisis caused by poaching.
此次活动积极配合中国政府作出的象牙禁贸承诺，通过展示非洲象所面临的生存危机、中国政府已采取的禁止象牙进口的有力措施以及全世界为保护非洲象所做的国际努力，提升公众保护大象、停止象牙消费的意识，支持禁贸政策的落实。
The event actively cooperated with the pledge made by the Chinese government to ban the trade in ivory and supported the ban by demonstrating the survival crisis faced by African elephants, the effective measures taken by the Chinese government to ban the import of ivory and the international efforts made by the world to protect African elephants. Policy implementation.
WWF和TRAFFIC, 阿尔贝二世亲王基金会，摩纳哥驻华大使共同启动‘停止购买象牙’活动
WWF and TRAFFIC, the Prince Albert II Foundation, and Monaco's ambassador to China jointly launched Stop Buying Ivory
启动仪式上，WWF全球总干事首先介绍了此次活动的背景和目的，全球非法野生物贸易的严重性和因盗猎而导致大象的生存危机，并号召公众做出拒绝购买象牙制品的承诺。他说到：“全世界都在为保护非洲大象积极努力。中美两国做出的承诺、落实的措施对于非洲象的生存至关重要。WWF和TRAFFIC此次发起的活动恰逢其时，将支持中国象牙禁贸法案尽快出台。”
At the launch ceremony, the WWF Global Director-General first introduced the background and purpose of the event, the seriousness of the global illegal wildlife trade and the elephant survival crisis caused by poaching, and called on the public to make a commitment to refuse to buy ivory products. "The whole world is working hard to protect elephants in Africa," he said. The commitments and implementation measures made by China and the United States are crucial to the survival of African elephants. The activities launched by WWF and TRAFFIC coincided with the time and will support the ivory ban trade act as soon as possible.
WWF(中国)项目执行总监李琳博士表示，WWF和TRAFFIC期待并呼吁中国政府在未来一、两年内出台并执行象牙禁贸法案。此次活动将在WWF和TRAFFIC长期开展的工作基础上进一步影响消费行为从而减少对象牙制品的需求，进而为禁贸提供支持。
Dr. Li Lin, Executive Director of the WWF (China) Project, said that WWF and TRAFFIC looked forward to and called on the Chinese government to introduce and implement the Ivory Trade Ban Act in the next year or two. Based on the long-term work of WWF and TRAFFIC, the campaign will further influence consumer behavior and thus reduce the demand for dental products, thereby providing support for the trade ban.
WWF和TRAFFIC 所有参与活动的人，通过勾手的方式连接起来，表达保护大象，拒绝象牙贸易
All participants in WWF and TRAFFIC are linked by hook-ups, expressing protection for elephants and rejecting the ivory trade.
活动将通过不同形式触及公众，希望更多的人传递保护大象，支持象牙禁贸的声音。摩纳哥驻中国大使冯德琳女士对于WWF和TRAFFIC打击野生动物犯罪的努力表示赞赏和支持，也希望通过此次野生动物保护展览向公众直观展现自然之美和野生动植物所面临的威胁。摩纳哥驻华大使馆、WWF和TRAFFIC代表及其他嘉宾在现场共同做出了此次活动的勾手手势，意为连接拯救大象的决心和承诺，并希望公众将这份爱的承诺继续传递下去。
The campaign will reach the public in different ways, hoping that more people will pass on the voice of protecting elephants and supporting the ban on trade in ivory. Ms. Feng Delin, Monaco's ambassador to China, expressed her appreciation and support for WWF and TRAFFIC's efforts to combat wildlife crime, and hoped that the exhibition would show the public the beauty of nature and the threats facing wildlife. The Monaco Embassy in China, WWF and TRAFFIC representatives and other guests joined hands at the event to make gestures to connect the determination and commitment to save the elephant and hope that the public will continue to pass on the promise of love.
1979年非洲大象有130万头，今天世界上仅存不到50万头非洲象。近三年每年平均大约有3万多头非洲象被盗猎。以此速度计算，非洲象有可能在10到20年内功能性灭绝。野生动植物犯罪日益猖獗不仅对非洲大象等濒危野生动物造成了极大威胁，同时盗猎威胁当地社区和巡护员的安全，象牙等非法野生物交易甚至与腐败和跨国有组织犯罪紧密相连。
In 1979, there were 1 million 300 thousand elephants in Africa, and today there are less than 500 thousand African elephants in the world. In the past three years, more than 30 thousand African elephants have been hunted on average each year. At this rate, African elephants are likely to function extinct within 10 to 20 years. Increasing wildlife crime poses a great threat not only to endangered wildlife such as African elephants, but also to the security of local communities and patrolmen. Illegal wildlife trade such as ivory is even closely linked to corruption and transnational organized crime.
国际社会和中国政府对打击野生动植物犯罪空前重视。2015年7月30日，联合国大会通过了关于“打击野生动植物非法交易”的历史性决议。中国政府作为决议的提案国，做出了政治承诺和多项措施。2015年9月，习近平主席和奥巴马总统宣布，中美两国承诺将会采取有效、及时的措施来终止国内象牙贸易。随后，国家林业局先后发布了为期三年的象牙雕刻品和狩猎纪念物象牙的贸易禁令。2015年中非论坛期间，《中非合作论坛—约翰内斯堡行动计划2016-2018》和《中国对非洲政策文件》中都明确提出与非洲国家共同打击野生动植物犯罪。这些决定是中国政府推动生态文明建设的重要部分。
The international community and the Chinese government have paid unprecedented attention to the fight against wildlife and crime. On July 30, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on combating the illegal trade in wildlife. As a sponsor of the resolution, the Chinese government has made political commitments and measures. In September 2015, President Xi Jinping and President Obama announced that China and the United States were committed to taking effective and timely measures to end the domestic ivory trade. Subsequently, the State Forestry Administration issued a three-year trade ban on ivory carvings and hunting memorials. During the China-Africa Forum in 2015, both the Johannesburg Plan of Action 2016-2018 and China's Policy Paper on Africa explicitly proposed jointly combating wildlife crimes with African countries. These decisions are an important part of the Chinese government's efforts to promote the construction of ecological civilization.
为此，WWF和TRAFFIC发起” 停止购买象牙活动”，呼吁公众拒绝象牙制品，将承诺传递给身边人，也向中国的象牙市场、全球的走私网络以及非洲的盗猎者传递强有力的信号，展示地球公民的责任感。
To this end, the WWF and TRAFFIC launched a "stop buying ivory" campaign, calling on the public to reject ivory products, pass on commitments to those around them, and also to China's ivory market, the global smuggling network and African poachers to send a strong signal of the responsibility of citizens of the planet.
近期，WWF和TRAFFIC将发布对中国象牙禁贸实施的评估分析报告，为中国政府采取进一步行动提供决策参考。
In the near future, the WWF and TRAFFIC will issue an assessment and analysis report on the implementation of the ban on trade in Chinese ivory, providing a reference for the Chinese government to take further action.