CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I
At its seventh Conference of the Parties in Lausanne in October 1989, CITES transferred the African elephant to Appendix I, banning international commercial trade in ivory with effect from 20 January 1990. The listing followed the poaching collapse of the 1970s and 1980s. It is credited with closing major ivory markets and reducing poaching in many range states, and it has been contested since by southern African states with growing populations, several of which later secured Appendix II listings with trade annotations.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- CITES — Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora · organisation · not located
- African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) · species · not located
- Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) · species · not located
Evidence
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CITES CoP7 (Lausanne, 1989): transfer of Loxodonta africana to Appendix I
CITES parties transferred all African elephant populations to Appendix I at CoP7 in 1989, banning international commercial ivory trade with effect from 20 January 1990.
CITES Secretariat · 1989-10 · Partly verified
https://cites.org/eng/cop/index.php — CoP7 Lausanne 1989 proceedings and resulting Appendix I listing effective 20 January 1990
Recorded on CITES — Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I
- Great Elephant Census reports 352,271 savanna elephants and a 30% decline
- Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants
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