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- verb transitive To move further
down alist (especially in terms ofendangered animals that are no longer at such risk).
Etymologies
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Examples
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However Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana now want to "downlist" the African elephant - reducing its status from most endangered to threatened
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Species to "downlist" elephants from Appendix I to Appendix II, allowing regulated trade.
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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.
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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.
Anna Brones: UN Ban on Ivory Threatened: Take Action to Protect Endangered Elephants 2010
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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.
UN Ban on Ivory Threatened: Take Action to Protect Endangered Elephants 2010
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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.”
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Many, many people wrote to say they'd send a letter and an empty envelope, and others passed the message along to their downlist.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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