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As prices for precious ivory goods have surged in China, the number of poached elephants has also escalated. |
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Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants, said 100,000 African elephants have been killed for their ivory in just the past three years. |
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珍貴象牙商品的價格在中國高漲，遭到盜獵的大象數目也逐漸上升。拯救大象組織創辦人伊恩．道格拉斯漢密爾頓指出，光是在過去三年間，就有十萬頭非洲大象因其象牙而遭到殺害。 |
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"African elephants could disappear from the wild within a generation," unless China does more to end the sale of ivory, said Douglas-Hamilton. |
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「在一個世代以內，非洲大象恐怕就會從荒野中消失，」除非中國採取更多措施終結象牙販賣行為，道格拉斯漢密爾頓表示。 |
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China is the world's largest consumer of ivory as newly-wealthy Chinese consumers have developed a taste for exotic luxury goods. |
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The wholesale price of raw tusks has tripled in just four years since 2010, while retail prices for finished ivory have increased exponentially. |
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Retail prices in Beijing, for example, have increased more than 13 times since 2002. |
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中國是全球最大的象牙消費國，原因是中國新富消費者發展出對於異國奢侈品的喜好。自從二０一０年以來，未加工象牙的批發價在短短四年內就呈四倍成長，加工象牙的零售價格更是呈指數成長，譬如在北京的零售價格自從二００二年以來已成長了超過十三倍。 |
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While there are laws regulating ivory sales in China, they are not being adequately enforced, according to a report Tuesday from Save the Elephants and The Aspinall Foundation. |
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中國雖有法律規範象牙販售，卻沒有充分執行，拯救大象組織與亞斯皮諾基金會在週二發表的一份報告指出。 |
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The market for legal ivory in China, which has quadrupled over the past 10 years, is providing a smoke screen for illegal sales, the foundation said. |
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中國的合法象牙市場過去十年來呈四倍成長，為非法販售提供了掩護，基金會指出。 |
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Researchers visited 275 retail outlets in Beijing and Shanghai and found that the number of illegal shops far outnumbers the number of legal ones. |
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At least 78% of the ivory shops in Beijing were illegal, while in Shanghai it was at least 89%. |
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研究人員走訪北京與上海的兩百七十五家零售商店，結果發現非法商家的數目遠遠超過合法商家。北京至少有百分之七十八的象牙商店是不合法的，上海更是至少有百分之八十九。 |
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In early 2014, Hong Kong destroyed most of its huge stockpile of contraband ivory in a move hailed by conservationists as a significant step in combating the illegal trade in elephant tusks. |
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二０一四年初，香港已將走私象牙大量庫存中的絕大多數加以銷毀。保育人士對此大表讚揚，稱之為打擊非法象牙買賣的一大步。 |
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