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Twenty-sixth meeting of the Animals Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 15-20 March 2012 and Dublin (Ireland), 22-24 March 2012

Agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item Documents Posted/
updated on
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Animals Committee matters
1. Opening of the meeting
No document
 
2. Rules of Procedure
24/01/12
3. Adoption of the agenda and working programme
  3.1 Agenda
06/03/12
  3.2 Working programme
06/03/12
4. Admission of observers
08/03/12
16/03/12
Items to be discussed with the Plants Committee
5. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Decision 15.12)
27/01/12
Annex: Possible elements of the work programme of the platform
09/03/12
6. Climate change (Decision 15.15) – Report of the joint working group
25/01/12
7. Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade [Decision 13.67 (Rev. CoP14)]
06/02/12
Annex 5: Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade: Case Studies (107 pages; 1.8 Mb)
06/02/12
8. Non-detriment findings
  8.1 Implementation of Decision 15.23 on Non-detriment findings: background and links with Decisions 15.24, 15.26 and 15.27
01/02/12
  8.2 Summary report based on the responses to Notifications to the Parties [No. 2009/023, paragraph 1. f) of No. 2010/027 and No. 2011/004]
25/01/12
  8.3 Progress reports from Parties (Decision 15.23)
01/02/12
  8.4 Draft guidance on the making of non-detriment findings
01/02/12
  8.5 Discussion paper on non-detriment findings
25/01/12
9. Capacity-building programme for science-based establishment and implementation of voluntary national export quotas for Appendix-II species (Decision 12.91) – Report of the joint working group
25/01/12
10. Revision of Resolution Conf. 14.8 on Periodic Review of the Appendices
27/01/12
11. Transport of live specimens (Decision 15.59) – Report of the joint working group
24/01/12
Animals Committee matters
12.   Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
  12.1 Overview of the species-based Review of Significant Trade
30/01/12
  12.2 Species selected following CoP13 and CoP14
30/01/12
  Annex: Review of Significant Trade: Species selected by the CITES Animals Committee following CoP14 and retained in the review following AC25 (188 pages; 1,2 MB)
02/02/12
14/03/12
(title corrected)
  12.3 Species selected following CoP15
25/01/12
13/03/12
(table title corrected)
13.  Periodic Review of animal species included in the CITES Appendices
  13.1 Overview of species under review
06/02/12
  13.2 Species selected for review from CoP13 (2004) to CoP15 (2010)
06/02/12
  Annex: Periodic review of Andrias davidianus by China
06/02/12
          13.2.1 Galliformes – Report of the working group
31/01/12
    Annex: World Pheasant Association - CITES Galliformes Periodic Review Final Report
31/01/12
  13.3 Species selected for review from CoP15 (2010) to CoP17 (2016)
02/03/12
14. Criteria for the inclusion of species in Appendices I and II (Decision 15.29) – Report of the working group
24/01/12
15. Sturgeons and paddlefish
  15.1 Secretariat’s report
30/01/12
  15.2 Evaluation of sturgeon stock assessment and Total Allowable Catch (TAC) determination methodology – Reports from Caspian Sea range States
30/01/12
  15.3 Review of Resolution Conf. 12.7 (Rev. CoP14) on Conservation of and trade in sturgeons and paddlefish regarding caviar labelling, product sources and species identification – Report of the working group
No document
16. Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.6 (Rev. CoP15) on Conservation and management of sharks (Class Chondrichthyes)
  16.1 Report of the working group
25/01/12
  16.2 Reports from Parties
07/02/12
  Annex (in the language in which the documents were submitted)    
  ♦ Australia (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Canada (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Colombia (Spanish only)
29/02/12
  ♦ European Union (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ India (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Israel (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Japan (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Maldives (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Marshall Islands (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Mexico (Spanish only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Monaco (French only)
07/02/12
  ♦ New Zealand (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ Norway (English only)
07/02/12
  ♦ United States of America (English only) (100 pages, 2 MB)
07/02/12
17. Snake trade and conservation management (Decision 15.76) – Report of the working group
No document
18. Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Decision 15.79)
30/01/12
19. Sea cucumbers [Decision 14.100 (Rev. CoP15)] – Report of the working group
25/01/12
20. Nomenclatural matters
31/01/12
Annex 1: Fauna: new species and other taxonomic changes relating to species listed in the EC wildlife trade regulations
31/01/12
Annex 2: Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Amphibians
31/01/12
Annex 3: Overview of changes in the nomenclature of CITES listed Amphibians
31/01/12
Annex 4: Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Fish species
31/01/12
Annex 5: Taxa identified as candidates to be listed under the name of a higher taxon without altering the scope of the original CITES listing as outlined in Decision 15.63
31/01/12
Annex 6: Coral species, synonyms, and nomenclature references currently recognized in the UNEP-WCMC database
31/01/12
21. Identification of CITES-listed corals in trade [Decision 15.64 b)] – Report of the working group
31/01/12
22. Progress report on the Identification Manual
24/01/12
23. Relationship between wildlife trade and wildlife diseases
25/01/12
06/03/12
(correction to the Task Force name & change in par. 5)
24. Report of the Chair for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
No document
25. Review of objections to the registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
24/01/12
Annex 1: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua moluccensis
24/01/12
Annex 2: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua sulphurea abbotti
24/01/12
Annex 3: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata
24/01/12
Annex 4: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea
24/01/12
Annex 5: Indonesia's objection to the registration
24/01/12
26. Proposals to amend the Appendices
  26.1 Draft proposal to transfer Trichechus senegalensis from Appendix II to Appendix I
24/01/12
  Annex: Proposition de transfert de Trichechus senegalensis de l’Annexe II à l’Annexe I de la CITES
13/03/12
  26.2 Draft proposal to include Lamna nasus in Appendix II
24/01/12
  Annex: Draft proposal to list Lamna nasus in Appendix II - prepared by Germany in January 2012
24/01/12
  26.3 Draft proposal to delete Campephilus imperialis from the Appendices
08/03/12
27. Reports on the actions taken by regional representatives and additional information from Parties, relevant to regional cooperation and the work of the Animals Committee
  27.1 Africa
23/03/121
  27.2 Asia
14/03/12
23/03/121
  27.3 Central and South America and the Caribbean
08/02/12
(as received)
05/03/12 (formatted) 1
  27.4 Europe
08/02/12
(as received)
05/03/12 (formatted) 1
  27.5 North America
08/02/12
(as received)
05/03/12 (formatted) 1
  27.6 Oceania
08/02/12
(as received)
05/03/12 (formatted) 1
28. Time and venue of the 27th meeting of the Animals Committee
No document
29. Any other business
No document
30. Closing remarks
No document

1 This document has not been translated and is provided in the language in which it was submitted.