Twenty-fifth meeting of the Animals Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 18-22 July 2011

Agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item				Documents	Posted/ updated on (dd/mm/yyyy)
1.	Opening of the meeting			No document
2.	Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair			No document
3.	Rules of Procedure (Modification to Rule 22)			AC25 Doc. 3 (Rev. 1)	26/05/2011 30/05/2011
4.	Adoption of the agenda and working programme
	4.1	Agenda		AC25 Doc. 4.1	05/07/2011
	4.2	Working programme		AC25 Doc. 4.2	27/05/2011
5.	Admission of observers			AC25 Doc. 5 (Rev. 1)	12/07/2011
6.	Regional reports
	6.1	Africa		AC25 Doc. 6.1	21/07/2011
	6.2	Asia		AC25 Doc. 6.2 (Rev. 1) (Rev. 2)	15/07/2011 19/07/2011 20/07/2011
	6.3	Central and South America and the Caribbean		AC25 Doc. 6.3	20/06/2011
		(Spanish only)		AC25 Doc. 6.3 Addendum	20/07/2011
	6.4	Europe		AC25 Doc. 6.4	27/05/2011
	6.5	North America		AC25 Doc. 6.5	27/05/2011
	6.6	Oceania		AC25 Doc. 6.6	27/05/2011
		Annex (English only)		AC25 Doc. 6.6 Annex	27/05/2011
	6.7	Evaluation of the purpose and content of regional reports		AC25 Doc. 6.7	27/05/2011
7.	Cooperation with other multilateral instruments*
	7.1	Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (Decision 15.11)*		No document
	7.2	Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Decision 15.12)*		AC25 Doc. 7.2	24/05/2011
	7.3	Climate change (Decision 15.15)*		AC25 Doc. 7.3	24/05/2011
		Annex (English only) (Modification: more responses received)		AC25 Doc. 7.3 Annex (Rev. 1)	24/05/2011 31/05/2011
8.	Strategic planning
	8.1	Resolutions and Decisions directed to the Animals Committee		AC25 Doc. 8.1	24/05/2011
	8.2	Establishment of the Animals Committee workplan		AC25 Doc. 8.2	24/05/2011
9.	Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
	9.1	Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade [Decision 13.67 (Rev. CoP14)]		AC25 Doc. 9.1	24/05/2011
	9.2	Overview of the species-based Review of Significant Trade		AC25 Doc. 9.2	24/05/2011
	9.3	Species selected following CoP13		AC25 Doc. 9.3	24/05/2011
	9.4	Species selected following CoP14		AC25 Doc. 9.4	24/05/2011
		Annex: Review of Significant Trade: Species selected by the CITES Animals Committee following CoP14 (183 pages; 1,470 KB)		AC25 Doc. 9.4 Annex	24/05/2011
	9.5	Species selected at AC24		AC25 Doc. 9.5	27/05/2011
	9.6	Selection of species for trade reviews following CoP15 (1.6 MB)		AC25 Doc. 9.6	26/05/2011
	9.7	Programme for the conservation and sustainable use of Falco cherrug in Mongolia		AC25 Doc. 9.7	25/05/2011
10.	Criteria for the inclusion of species in Appendices I and II (Decisions 15.28 and 15.29)			AC25 Doc. 10	30/05/2011
11.	Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species* – Draft guide on the appropriate use of source codes			No document
12.	Ranching and trade in ranched specimens of species transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II (Decision 15.51)			AC25 Doc. 12	24/05/2011
13.	Non-detriment findings (Decisions 15.23 and 15.24)*			AC25 Doc. 13	27/05/2011
14.	Capacity-building programme for science-based establishment and implementation of voluntary national export quotas for Appendix-II species (Decision 12.91) – Secretariat report*			AC25 Doc. 14	24/05/2011
15.	Periodic review of animal species included in the CITES Appendices
	15.1	Overview of species under review		AC25 Doc. 15.1	27/05/2011
	15.2	Periodic review of Felidae
		15.2.1	Periodic review of Felidae [Decision 13.93 (Rev. CoP15)]	AC25 Doc. 15.2.1	25/05/2011
		15.2.2	Review of Lynx species under the periodic review of species included in the CITES Appendices [Resolution Conf. 11.1 (Rev. CoP15), Resolution Conf. 14.8, and Decision 13.93 (Rev. CoP15)]	AC25 Doc. 15.2.2	30/05/2011
		15.2.3	Review of the status of the jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Appendices	AC25 Doc. 15.2.3	17/06/2011
	15.3	Review of Colinus virginianus ridgwayi		AC25 Doc. 15.3	30/05/2011
	15.4	Review of Tympanuchus cupido attwateri		AC25 Doc. 15.4	30/05/2011
	15.5	Review of Crocodilurus amazonicus		AC25 Doc. 15.5	30/05/2011
	15.6	Selection of species for review following CoP15		AC25 Doc. 15.6	10/06/2011
		Annex 1: Output 1: Appendix-I species traded from wild sources for commercial purposes over the period 1999-2009		AC25 Doc. 15.6 Annex 1	10/06/2011
		Annex 2: Output 3: Appendix-l species with minimal (<=5 trade records) or no trade over the period 1999-2009		AC25 Doc. 15.6 Annex 2	10/06/2011
		Annex 3: Output 4: Appendix-ll species with minimal (<=5 trade records) or no trade over the period 1999-2009		AC25 Doc. 15.6 Annex 3	10/06/2011
16.	Sturgeons and paddlefish
	16.1	Secretariat’s report		AC25 Doc. 16.1	27/05/2011
	16.2	Progress report on the evaluation of the existing sturgeon stock assessment and Total Allowable Catch (TAC) determination methodology in the Caspian range States		AC25 Doc. 16.2	25/05/2011
17.	Conservation and management of sharks – Report on the implementation of NPOA-Sharks and regional plans, and on relevant information from the range States			AC25 Doc. 17	26/05/2011
	Annex 2 (in the language in which the documents were submitted)
	♦ Australia (English only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (AU)	26/05/2011
	♦ Canada (English only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (CA)	26/05/2011
	♦ Colombia (Spanish only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (CO)	31/05/2011
	♦ Costa Rica (Spanish only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (CR)	11/07/2011
	♦ Ecuador (Spanish only) (14 MB) Two new documents added			AC25 Doc. 17 (EC)	26/05/2011 01/07/2011
	♦ European Union (English only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (EU)	26/05/2011
	♦ India (English only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (IN)	27/05/2011
	♦ Japan (English only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (JP)	05/07/2011
	♦ Mexico (Spanish only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (MX)	18/07/2011
	♦ New Zealand (English only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (NZ)	27/05/2011
	♦ Peru (Spanish only)			AC25 Doc. 17 (PE)	26/05/2011
	♦ United States of America (English only) (1.33 MB)			AC25 Doc. 17 (US)	26/05/2011
18.	Snake trade and conservation management (Decisions 15.75 and 15.76)			AC25 Doc. 18	25/05/2011
	Documents of the Asian snake trade workshop (English only)			Workshop	25/05/2011
19.	Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Decision 15.79)			AC25 Doc. 19	24/05/2011
20.	Sea cucumbers [Decision 14.100 (Rev. CoP15)]			AC25 Doc. 20	27/05/2011
	Annex (English only)			AC25 Doc. 20 Annex	31/05/2011
21.	Transport of live animals (Decision 15.59)			AC25 Doc. 21	27/05/2011
22.	Nomenclatural matters Corrections made to meeting numbers			AC25 Doc. 22 (Rev. 1)	27/05/2011 07/07/2011
	Annex 1: Taxonomy Recommendations of the CITES Asian snake trade workshop,Guangzhou (China), 11-14 April 2011 (English only) (Change to annex reference only, no change to content)			AC25 Doc.22 (Rev. 1) Annex 1	17/06/2011 07/07/2011
	Annex 2: Sample Checklist for some Fish Species listed by CITES (English only) (Change to annex reference only, no change to content)			AC25 Doc.22 (Rev. 1) Annex 2	17/06/2011 07/07/2011
	Annex 3: Fauna: new species and other changes relating to species listed in the EC wildlife trade regulations (English only) (Change to annex reference only, no change to content)			AC25 Doc 22 (Rev. 1) Annex 3	17/06/2011 07/07/2011
	Annex 4: Testudines taxa identified as candidates to be listed under the name of a higher taxon without altering the scope of the original CITES listings as outlined in Decision 15.63 (English only) (Change to annex reference only, no change to content)			AC25 Doc 22 (Rev. 1) Annex 4	17/06/2011 07/07/2011
	Annex 5: Extract of Coral introduction from the 'Checklist of CITES Species 2008' (English only) (Change to annex reference only, no change to content)			AC25 Doc 22 (Rev. 1) Annex 5	17/06/2011 07/07/2011
23.	Identification of CITES-listed corals in trade [Decision 15.64 b)]			AC25 Doc. 23	31/05/2011
24.	Progress report on the Identification Manual			AC25 Doc. 24	24/05/2011
25.	Time and venue of the 26th meeting of the Animals Committee			No document
26.	Any other business			No document
27	Closing remarks			No document

* This agenda item was also discussed during the 19th meeting of the Plants Committee.

Information documents

Title		Document	Agenda item	Language	Posted/ updated on (dd/mm/yyyy)
1.	Outputs, experiences and lessons learnt from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (submitted by the Secretariat) – 6.1MB	AC25 Inf. 1	7.1	English	24/05/2011
2.	Lessons learnt for non-detriment findings from CITES Secretariat commissioned projects (CITES project No. S-310) (submitted by the Secretariat)	AC25 Inf. 2	13	English	24/05/2011
3.	Elevages de reptiles et de scorpions au Bénin, Togo et Ghana (submitted by the Secretariat)	AC25 Inf. 3	18	French	24/05/2011
4.	Selection of the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) for inclusion in the Review of Significant Trade [Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13)] (submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the Species Survival Network)	AC25 Inf. 4	9.6	English	24/05/2011
5.	1. Gross trade in Appendix II FAUNA (direct trade only), 1999-2010 (for selection process) – 90 p. (submitted by the Secretariat)	AC25 Inf. 5 (1)	9.6	English	26/05/2011
5.	2. Net Exports of Appendix II FAUNA (direct trade only), 2004-2010 – 134 p. (submitted by the Secretariat)	AC25 Inf. 5 (2)	9.6	English	26/05/2011
6.	The Future of Sharks: A Review of Action and Inaction (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the Pew Environment Group and TRAFFIC)	AC25 Inf. 6	17	English	31/05/2011
7.	Deep-sea Shark Species for Consideration of a CITES Listing (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the Pew Environment Group)	AC25 Inf. 7	17	English	31/05/2011
8.	Managing Sea Cucumber Fisheries with an Ecosystem Approach (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)	AC25 Inf. 8	20	English	17/06/2011
9.	Ranching and trade in ranched specimens of species transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group)	AC25 Inf. 9	12	English	05/07/2011
10.	Application of CITES listing criteria to commercially exploited marine species (submitted by Germany)	AC25 Inf. 10	10	English	05/07/2011
11.	Solomon Islands Dolphin Project – Progress report on data collection and analyses (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group)	AC25 Inf. 11	9.5	English	11/07/2011
12.	Criteria for the inclusion of species in Appendices I and II – Presentation by FAO (submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)	AC25 Inf. 12	10	English	20/07/2011