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www. CITES. org 1 Briefing on Co. P 15 (and SC 59) Presented to the Permanent Missions Environment House, 18 February 2010 © Copyright CITES Secretariat 2007 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

SC 59 – 12 March 2010 • Summary records of meetings of the Standing Committee and other committees • National laws for implementation of the Convention • National reports • Review of Significant Trade – Implementation of recommendations of the Animals and Plants Committees – Review of recommendations to suspend trade more than two years ago

SC 59 – 12 March 2010 • National laws for implementation of the Convention SC to consider appropriate compliance measures, including recommendations to suspend commercial trade, for any Party or dependent territory in CITES for five or more years, with legislation in Category 2 or 3, that has not submitted to the Secretariat newly enacted legislation for implementation of the Convention; or provided adequate justification for its failure to do so (Decision 14. 25) Potentially Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uzbekistan

SC 59 – 12 March 2010 • National reports – Mauritania and Somalia remain subject to a recommendation to suspend trade for nonsubmission of annual reports – The Secretariat's records show that Cape Verde, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa and Swaziland have failed to submit annual reports for three consecutive years (2006, 2007 and 2008) without having provided adequate justification

SC 59 – Recommendations of the Animals and Plants Committees to suspend trade Plants (post Co. P 13) • Christensonia vietnamica Viet Nam Animals (post Co. P 12) • A zero export quota for wild specimens of Falco cherrug from the Islamic Republic of • Taxus wallichiana - India Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, the Russian • Pterocarpus santalinus - India Federation, Saudi Arabia, • Rauvolfia serpentina - Myanmar Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan • Pachypodium bispinosum and P. succulentum - South Africa • Myrmecophila tibicinis - Belize

Co. P 15 – Advice to Participants • Know the Rules of Procedure • Know the Agenda and Working Programme • Present your Credentials

Overview – Co. P 15 • Practical matters – Sponsored Delegates Project, seating limitations in Committee II • Administrative matters • Strategic matters • Interpretation and implementation of the Convention – – – Review of Resolutions and Decisions Compliance and enforcement Trade control and marking Exemptions and special trade provisions Species trade and conservation Amendment of the Appendices • Conclusion of the meeting

Practical matters • Sponsored Delegates Project – Received from governments: USD 775, 478 – Received from NGOs: USD 8, 000 USD (90, 135) - 13% programme support cost Available Funds USD 693, 343 • Funds are sufficient to support one delegate from 98 countries that have expressed a need for support • Deadline for requests was 30 October 2009

Practical matters • Seating limitations – Plenary, Committee I – space is sufficient, 4 persons per Party (two at tables, two behind) – Committee II – space is limited • Only two places (both at tables) for each Party • If all Parties are present, there are 24 places for observers from non-Parties and intergovernmental organizations, and 56 places for NGO observers • Observer bodies and agencies are requested to limit their participation to a single observer unless there are places available after the session has begun

Administrative matters • Financing and budgeting (31 documents and annexes) – Proposed budget for the biennium 2012 -2013 • 16 % increase (with annual drawdown from the Trust Fund Reserve) – “status quo” – Alternate options • 10 % increase • 5 % increase • 0 % increase (-P 4 post) • 0 % increase – Doc. 6. 5 Annex 3: Comparison between different budget scenarios

Strategic matters • Implementation of the Strategic Vision: 2008 -2013 • Review of the scientific committees • Harmonization of nomenclature and taxonomy with other Multilateral Environmental Agreements • CITES and livelihoods • National wildlife trade policy reviews • Capacity building - International expert workshop on non-detriment findings • Incentives for the implementation of the Convention

Interpretation and implementation of the Convention • Review of Resolutions • Review of Decisions • National laws for implementation of the Convention • National reports • Enforcement matters • Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix -II plant species • Introduction from the sea

Interpretation and implementation of the Convention • Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species • Electronic permitting • E-commerce of specimens of CITES-listed species • Standard nomenclature • Personal and household effects • Applications to register operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes

Interpretation and implementation of the Convention • Great apes • Asian big cats • Elephants (MIKE and ETIS) • Rhinoceroses • Tibetan antelope • Snake trade and conservation management • Atlantic bluefin tuna

Interpretation and implementation of the Convention • Conservation and management of sharks and stingrays • Trade in epiphytic cacti • Euphorbia spp. • Cedrela odorata, Dalbergia retusa, Dalbergia granadillo and Dalbergia stevensonii • Bigleaf mahogany • Taxus cuspidata • Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group

Interpretation and implementation of the Convention • Criteria for the inclusion of species in Appendices I and II • Cactaceae and Orchidaceae: review of annotations • Orchids: annotations for species included in Appendix II • Annotations for tree species included in Appendices II and III • Inconsistent implementation of Appendix-III timber listings annotated to include only the national populations of the listing countries

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II Co. P 13 Co. P 14 Co. P 15 Inclusion in Appendix I - 5 2 Inclusion in Appendix II 21 10 24 Transfer from Appendix I to II 7 4 4 Transfer from Appendix II to I 6 2 2 Deletion from Appendices 2 5 5 Amendment of Annotations 11 11 5 Clarifying listings/definitions 3 - -

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to include in Appendix I – Prop. 14. Neurergus kaiseri (IR) – Prop. 19. Thunnus thynnus (MC)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to include in Appendix II (entry into force to be delayed for 18 months) – Prop. 15. Sphyrna lewini, S. mokarran, S. zygaena, Carcharhinus plumbeus, C. obscurus (PW, US) – Prop. 16. Carcharhinus longimanus (PW, US) – Prop. 17. Lamna nasus (PW, SE) – Prop. 18. Squalus acanthias (PW, SE) – Prop. 21. Coralliidae spp. (SE, US)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to include in Appendix II – Prop. 11. Ctenosaura bakeri, C. oedirhina and C. melanosterna (HN) – Prop. 12. Ctenosaura palearis (GT) – Prop. 13. Agalychnis spp. (HN, MX) – Prop. 20. Dynastes satanas (BO)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to include in Appendix II – Prop. 29. Aniba rosaeodora (logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood and essential oil) (BR) – Prop. 42. Bulnesia sarmientoi (logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder and extracts) (AR)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to include in Appendix II (MG) Prop. 22. Operculicarya decaryi Prop. 34. Adenia firingalavensis Prop. 23. Operculicarya hyphaenoides Prop. 35. Adenia olaboensis Prop. 24. Operculicarya pachypus Prop. 36. Adenia subsessilifolia Prop. 26. Zygosicyos pubescens Prop. 39. Cyphostemma elephantopus Prop. 27. Zygosicyos tripartitus Prop. 40. Cyphostemma laza Prop. 30. Senna meridionalis Prop. 41. Cyphostemma montagnacii

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to transfer from Appendix I to II – Prop. 4. Loxodonta africana - Transfer the population of the United Republic of Tanzania to Appendix II (TZ) • trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes • trade in registered raw ivory (a one-off sale of 89, 848. 74 kg from registered government-owned stocks), under specific conditions • no further proposals from TZ for 6 years after the sale • trade in raw hides • trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations • all other specimens deemed to be Appendix I

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to transfer from Appendix I to II – Prop. 5. Loxodonta africana - Transfer the population of Zambia to Appendix II (ZM) • trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; • trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations • trade in raw hides • trade in registered raw ivory (a one-off sale of 21, 692. 23 kg as ivory from registered government-owned stocks), under specific conditions

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to transfer from Appendix I to II – Prop. 8. Crocodylus moreletii - Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II with a zero quota for wild specimens (MX) – Prop. 9. Crocodylus niloticus - Transfer of the Egyptian population from Appendix I to Appendix II (EG)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to transfer from Appendix II to I – Prop. 3. Ursus maritimus (US) – Prop. 10. Uromastyx ornata (IL)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Deletion from Appendix I – Prop. 7. Anas oustaleti (CH/AC)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Deletion from Appendix II – Prop. 2. Lynx rufus (US) – Prop. 28. Euphorbia misera (MX, US) – Prop. 37. Orothamnus zeyheri (ZA) – Prop. 38. Protea odorata (ZA)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to amend annotations – Prop. 1. Canis lupus (CH/AC)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to amend annotations – Prop. 6. Loxodonta africana (CG, GH, KE, LR, ML, RW, SL) • No further proposals concerning trade in African elephant ivory, including proposals to downlist elephant populations from Appendix I to Appendix II, shall be submitted to the Co. P until November 2028 • Remove paragraph (f) in the annotation to the CITES Appendices governing the elephant populations of Namibia and Zimbabwe: – “trade in individually marked and certified ekipas incorporated in finished jewellery for non-commercial purposes for Namibia and ivory carvings for noncommercial purposes for Zimbabwe. ”

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to amend annotations – Prop. 25. CACTACEAE spp. and all taxa with annotation #1 (MX, US/PC) • Delete annotations #1 and #4 and replace them with a new annotation for plant taxa listed in Appendix II – Prop. 31. ORCHIDACEAE spp. included in Appendix I (US) • Delete current annotation and replace with new text (to ensure excluded plants are artificially propagated)

Proposals to amend Appendices I and II • Proposals to amend annotations (inclusion of seeds) – Prop. 32. Beccariophoenix madagascariensis (MG) – Prop. 33. Neodypsis decaryi (MG)

Conclusion of the meeting • Time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties … 2013

Summary • The budget decision is likely to have a profound impact on the Secretariat’s capacity to complete the Programme of Work agreed by the Parties • Almost all Committee II agenda items will result in new Decisions, Resolutions or modifications to existing Resolutions • The 42 amendment proposals are mostly noncontroversial, though the polar bear, elephant, bluefin tuna and shark proposals are likely to be hotly debated

Important documents • Provisional agenda, working programme (Docs. 1, 2) • Rules of Procedure (Doc. 3) • Finance documents (Agenda item 6 – 31 documents and annexes) – Comparison between different budget scenarios (Doc. 6. 5 Annex 3) • MIKE, ETIS reports (Docs. 44. 2, 44. 1) • Proposals to amend Appendices I and II – Recommendations of the Secretariat (Doc. 68) – FAO Ad Hoc Expert Advisory Panel report (Doc. 68 Annex 3) – Panel of Experts report (elephant proposals) (Doc. 68 Annex 6) – IUCN/TRAFFIC analyses of proposals (Inf. 13)

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