The committee that oversees the United Nations Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is allowing China to import a limited quantity of ivory for the first time since the worldwide ban on its sale was imposed nearly twenty years ago. CITES says China had tightened measures against illegal ivory traders and could buy from four African countries where elephant population has stabilized. Some environmentalists say China should not be given permission as it still has a huge ivory black market.
监督联合国濒临绝种动物贸易公约委员会自从大约20年前禁止出售象牙以来第一次允许中国进口一批数量限制的象牙。CITES表示中国已经有了稳固的方式来反对非法象牙交易者和从4个非洲国家买象牙已经稳定了。一些环境学家认为中国不应该允许的因为中国仍然有一个庞大的象牙黑市。
European Union fishermen are to get help worth up to three billion dollars to cope with soaring fuel prices. The EU Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg, said he hoped the cash would provide short-term relief and also build a more efficient fishing fleet for the future. The package comes after a protest against the price of fuel by fishermen across Europe.
欧洲联盟渔民将得到处理燃料价格上涨的30亿美金的补贴。欧洲联盟渔业高级官员Joe Borg希望先进可以提供短期缓解并在将来建立更多的有效的渔船队。这些计划是在全欧洲渔民反对燃料价格上涨的抗议后发布的。
单词：
oversee 监督
ivory 象牙
fishery 渔业
fleet 船队
posted on 2008-07-17 23:19
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