Eighteenth meeting of the Animals Committee

San José (Costa Rica), 8-12 April 2002

Agenda and documents

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Documents
1. Opening of the meeting No document  
2. Adoption of the Rules of Procedure AC18 Doc. 2
 
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Working Programme  
   3.1 Agenda AC18 Doc. 3.1 (Rev. 2)
 
   3.2 Working Programme AC18 Doc. 3.2
 
4. Admission of observers AC18 Doc. 4 (Rev. 1)
 
5. Regional reports  
   5.1 Africa AC18 Doc. 5.1(Rev.1)
 
   5.2 Asia AC18 Doc. 5.2
   5.3 Central and South America and the Caribbean AC18 Doc. 5.3
 
   5.4 Europe AC18 Doc. 5.4
 
   5.5 North America AC18 Doc. 5.5
 
   5.6 Oceania AC18 Doc. 5.6
 
6. Report from Chairman  
   6.1 Liaison with the Standing Committee AC18 Doc. 6.1
 
7. Implementation of Resolution Conf. 8.9 (Rev.)
(Decision 11.106) 		 
   7.1 Progress on the implementation of the Review of Significant Trade (Phases IV and V) AC18 Doc. 7.1
 
   7.2 Review of the implementation of recommendations
       (Part 2: Review of the outcome of Phase 1) 		No document
   7.3 Revision of Resolution Conf. 8.9 (Rev.) and Decisions 11.106-11.108 AC18 Doc. 7.3
 
   7.4 Progress on the first country-based Significant Trade Review No document
   7.5 Significant trade field projects for animals (Notification to the Parties No. 763) AC18 Doc. 7.5
 
8. Periodic review of animal taxa in the Appendices (Resolution Conf. 11.1)  
   8.1 Report of the working group AC18 Doc. 8.1
 
9. Registration and monitoring of operations breeding Appendix-I species for commercial purposes (Resolution Conf. 11.14 and Decision 11.101) AC18 Doc. 9
 
10. Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation (Decision 11.102) AC18 Doc. 10
 
11. Implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.21 on transport of live animals  
   11.1 Report of the working group AC18 Doc. 11.1
 
12. Trade in hard corals  
   12.1 Implementation of Decision 11.99 AC18 Doc. 12.1
 
   12.2 Mariculture and propagation of coral – response to Notification No. 2001/010 No document
   12.3 Implementation of Decision 11.98 No document
13. Implementation of Decision 11.165 on trade in traditional medicines  
   13.1 List of species traded for medicinal purposes AC18 Doc. 13.1
 
   13.2 Inventory of operations where captive breeding of CITES species is conducted for medicinal purposes AC18 Doc. 13.2
 
14. Control of captive breeding, ranching and wild harvest production systems for Appendix-II species  
   14.1 Report of the working group No document
15. Universal labelling system for the identification of caviar (Resolution Conf. 11.13)  
   15.1 Report of the working group AC18 Doc. 15.1
 
   15.2 Proposed amendment to Resolution Conf. 11.13 AC18 Doc. 15.2
 
16. Trade in Tursiops truncatus ponticus (Decision11.91)    
   16.1 Progress on the implementation of Decisions 11.91 and 11.139 AC18 Doc. 16.1
 
17. Trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia No document
18. Conservation of seahorses and other members of the family Syngnathidae (Decisions 11.97 and 11.153)
   18.1 Report of the working group AC18 Doc. 18.1
 
19. Implementation of Decision 11.94 regarding the
biological and trade status of sharks
   19.1 Report of the Chairman No document
   19.2 Report on Implementation of the International Plan of Action for Sharks AC18 Doc. 19.2
 
20. Implementation of Decision 11.100 regarding trade in alien species  
   20.1 Report of the working group AC18 Doc. 20.1
 
21. Conservation of Acipenseriformes (Decision 11.59 and Decision 11.152) AC18 Doc. 21
 
22. Any other business No document
23. Closing remarks No document

Information documents

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Documents
Report by the Management Authority of Australia on the progress regarding the conservation of sharks AC18 Inf. 1
 
Report by ACCOBAMS on the current status of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Black Sea AC18 Inf. 2
 
Response from the Management Authority of the United States of America to Notification to the Parties No. 2001/85 on sturgeon conservation AC18 Inf. 3
 
Trade in animal species listed in AC18 Doc. 13.1 AC18 Inf. 4
 
Response from the Management Authority of the Russian Federation to Notification to the Parties No. 2001/85 on sturgeon conservation AC18 Inf. 5
 (paper version only)
Review of Significant Trade AC18 Inf. 6
 
Letter from FAO concerning the International Plan of Action for the Management and Preservation of Sharks AC18 Inf. 7
 
Trade in products, possibly used as medicinals, of the species listed in document AC18 Doc. 13.1 (see document AC18 Inf. 4) AC18 Inf. 8
 
Identification Manual Progress Report AC18 Inf. 9
 
Update - Report on Implementation of the International Plan of Action for Sharks (IPOA-Sharks): AC18 Doc. 19.2 AC18 Inf. 10
 
The potential to breed Appendix-I reptiles in captivity - A preliminary assessment AC18 Inf. 11
 
Technical workshop on conservation of and trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 25-28 March 2002		 AC18 Inf. 12
 
UNEP-WCMC Draft Report: Notes on the development of a rapid assessment technique for the review of animal taxa AC18 Inf. 13
 
Statement by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Fisheries of the Russian Federation AC18 Inf. 14