Thirty-third meeting of the Animals Committee

Geneva, Switzerland, 12 - 19 July 2024

Agenda and working documents

(All documents are provided here in PDF format)

Title Files Created / Updated
Opening of the meeting
Opening remarks of the Chair
(no document)
Opening remarks of the Secretary-General
(no document)
Administrative and financial matters
1. Declaration of conflict of interest
(no document)
2. Rules of Procedure
3. Agenda
4. Working programme
5. Admission of observers
Strategic matters
6. Animals Committee strategic planning for 2023–2025 (CoP19–CoP20)
 
6.1. Implementation of the workplan for 2023-2025
 
6.2. Preparation of the report of the Chair of the Animals Committee for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(no document)
7. CITES Strategic Vision*
8. Role of CITES in reducing risk of future zoonotic disease emergence associated with international wildlife trade
9. Cooperation with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other international organizations *
(no document)
10. Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative
11. IPBES Report on the Assessment of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species*
12. World Wildlife Trade report *
Capacity-building
13. Country-wide Significant Trade Review*
Compliance
14. Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
 
14.1. Overview of the Review of Significant Trade
 
14.2. Implementation of recommendations for species selected following CoP14, CoP15 and CoP17
 
14.3. Species selected following CoP19
15. Review of trade in animal specimens reported as produced in captivity
 
15.1. Overview and update on implementation of the review of trade in animal species reported as produced in captivity
 
15.2. Species selected following CoP19
 
15.3. Review of Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19) on Review of trade in specimens reported as produced in captivity
Regulation of trade
16. Non-detriment findings*
17. Non-detriment findings for specimens of Appendix-II species taken from areas beyond national jurisdiction
18. Guidance on non-detriment findings for trade in leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting trophies
 
Addendum
19. Materials for the identification of specimens of CITES-listed species
 
19.1. Report of the intersessional working group* (changes to the draft decisions)
 
19.2. Identification Manual of animals listed in CITES Appendix I
20. Transport of live specimens*
21. Use of coded-microchip implants for marking live animals in trade
22. Specimens produced through biotechnology*
(no document)
23. Definition of the term ‘appropriate and acceptable destinations’
24. Trade in stony corals (Scleractinia spp.)
Exemptions and special trade provisions
25. Review of CITES provisions related to trade in specimens of animals and plants not of wild source*
26. Implementation of paragraph 5 j) of Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15) on Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
27. Conservation aspects of captive-breeding of Asian big cats (Felidae spp.)
Species conservation and trade
28. Assessment of Appendix-I listed species*
 
28.1. Report of the Secretariat
 
28.2. Report of the intersessional working group
29. Identifying species at risk of extinction affected by international trade*
30. Aquatic species listed in the Appendices
Terrestrial species
31. West African vultures (Accipitridae spp.)
32. Conservation of amphibians (Amphibia spp.)
33. Tortoises in Madagascar (Astrochelys radiata, A. yniphora, Pyxis arachnoides and P. planicauda)
34. Outcomes of the CITES Big Cats Task Force: consultation on a resolution on big cats (Felidae spp.)
35. Pangolins (Manis spp.)
36. African lions (Panthera leo)
37. Jaguars (Panthera onca)
38. Leopards ( Panthera pardus) in Africa
39. Songbird trade and conservation management (Passeriformes spp.)
Aquatic species
40. Eels (Anguilla spp.)
41. Sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.)
42. Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.)
 
42.1. Report of the Secretariat
 
42.2. Report of the intersessional working group
43. Queen conch (Strombus gigas)
44. Marine ornamental fishes
Appendices of the Convention
45. Periodic review of species included in Appendices I and II
 
45.1. Overview of species under review*
 
45.2. Selection of species for the periodic review*
 
45.3. Periodic review of Arctocephalus townsendi
 
45.4. Periodic review of Monachus tropicalis
Annotations
46. Informal review mechanism of existing and proposed annotations*
Nomenclature matters
47. Botanical and zoological nomenclature*
 
47.1. Nomenclature of Appendix-III listings*
 
47.2. Higher taxon listings in the Appendices* (Annex updated)
 
47.3. Development of a standardized global checklist of species*
48. Report of the specialist on zoological nomenclature
Regional matters
49. Regional reports
 
49.1. Africa
 
49.2. Asia
 
49.3. Central and South America and the Caribbean
(no document)
 
49.4. Europe
(no document)
 
49.5. North America
 
49.6. Oceania
Conclusion of the meeting
50. Any other business
51. Time and venue of the 34th meeting of the Animals Committee
52. Closing remarks