1. 1 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora www.CITES.org Briefing on CoP15 ( and SC59) Presented to the Permanent Missions Environment House, 18 February 2010 © Copyright CITES Secretariat 2007

2. SC59 – 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 made more than two years ago

3. SC59 – 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

4. SC59 – 12 March 2010 National reports –Mauritania and Somalia remain subject to a recommendation to suspend trade for non- submission 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

5. SC59 – Recommendations of the Animals and Plants Committees to suspend trade Plants (post CoP13) Christensonia vietnamica - Viet Nam Taxus wallichiana - India Pterocarpus santalinus - India Rauvolfia serpentina - Myanmar Pachypodium bispinosum and P. succulentum - South Africa Myrmecophila tibicinis - Belize Animals (post CoP12) A zero export quota for wild specimens of Falco cherrug from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

6. CoP15 – Advice to Participants Know the Rules of Procedure Know the Agenda and Working Programme Present your Credentials

7. Overview – CoP15 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

8. Practical matters Sponsored Delegates Project –Received from governments:USD775,478 –Received from NGOs:USD 8,000 - 13% programme support costUSD (90,135) Available FundsUSD693,343 Funds are sufficient to support one delegate from 98 countries that have expressed a need for support Deadline for requests was 30 October 2009

9. 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

10. 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 (-P4 post) 0 % increase –Doc. 6.5 Annex 3: Comparison between different budget scenarios

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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 Interpretation and implementation of the Convention

17. Proposals to amend Appendices I and II CoP13CoP14CoP15 Inclusion in Appendix I -52 Inclusion in Appendix II 211024 Transfer from Appendix I to II 744 Transfer from Appendix II to I 622 Deletion from Appendices 255 Amendment of Annotations 11 5 Clarifying listings/definitions 3--

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

19. 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)

20. 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)

21. 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)

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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)

26. 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)

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

28. 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)

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

30. 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 CoP 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 non- commercial purposes for Zimbabwe.”

31. 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)

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

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

34. 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 non- controversial, though the polar bear, elephant, bluefin tuna and shark proposals are likely to be hotly debated

35. 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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