AC19: Agenda and documents


Nineteenth meeting of the Animals Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 18–21 August 2003

Provisional agenda and documents

Agenda item

Document No.

Document

1.

Opening of the meeting

No document

 

2.

Adoption of the Rules of Procedure

AC19 Doc. 2 (Rev. 1)

 

3.

Adoption of the Agenda and Working Programme    

  

3.1 Agenda

AC19 Doc. 3.1 (Rev. 9)

 

  

3.2 Working Programme

AC19 Doc. 3.2 (Rev. 2)

 

4.

Admission of observers

AC19 Doc. 4 (Rev. 1)

 

5.

Regional reports No document  

  

5.1 Africa AC19 Doc. 5.1
 

  

5.2 Asia AC19 Doc. 5.2
 

  

5.3 Central and South America and the Caribbean No document  

   

5.4 Europe AC19 Doc. 5.4
 

  

5.5 North America AC19 Doc. 5.5
 

   

5.6 Oceania AC19 Doc. 5.6
 

6.

Strategic planning    

   

6.1 Implementation of the CITES Strategic Vision

AC19 Doc. 6.1

 

  

6.2 Decisions directed to the Animals Committee

AC19 Doc. 6.2

 

   

6.3 Establishment of Animals Committee priorities

AC19 Doc. 6.3

 
7. Report on the 49th meeting of the Standing Committee    

  

7.1 Working Group on Technical Implementation Issues

AC19 Doc. 7.1

 

   

7.2 Export Quota Working Group

AC19 Doc. 7.2

 

8.

Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species (Resolution Conf. 12.8 and Decision 12.75)    
  8.1 Introduction to Resolution Conf. 12.8 AC19 Doc. 8.1
 

 

8.2 Review of the implementation of recommendations

AC19 Doc. 8.2

 
  8.3 Progress on the implementation of the Review of Significant Trade (Phases IV and V) AC19 Doc. 8.3 (Rev. 1)
 
  8.4 Progress on the first country-based Significant Trade Review

AC19 Doc. 8.4

  
  8.5 Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade AC19 Doc. 8.5
 
8.6 Conservation of Saiga tatarica AC19 Doc. 8.6
 

9.

Review of the criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II (Decision 12.97) AC19 Doc. 9
 

10.

Periodic review of animal taxa in the Appendices
[Resolution Conf. 11.1 (Rev. CoP12) and Decision 12.96]
AC19 Doc. 10
 

   

10.1 Periodic review of animal and plant taxa in the Appendices [Resolution Conf. 11.1 (Rev.), Decision 12.96 and document SC49 Doc. 20.1] AC19 Doc. 10.1
 

11.

Registration and monitoring of operations breeding Appendix-I animal species for commercial purposes

   

11.1 Process for registering operations (Resolution Conf. 12.10 and Decision 12.78) AC19 Doc. 11.1
 

   

11.2 Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation [Decision 11.102 (Rev. CoP12)] AC19 Doc. 11.2
 

12. Transport of live animals (Resolution Conf. 10.21 and Decisions 12.85-12.86)

AC19 Doc. 12
 

13. Trade in hard corals [Resolution Conf. 11.10 (Rev. CoP12) and Decision 12.62]

AC19 Doc. 13
 

14.

Control of captive breeding, ranching and wild harvest production systems for Appendix-II species AC19 Doc. 14
 

15.

Conservation of and trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles [Resolution Conf. 11.9 (Rev. CoP12) and Decisions 12.41, 12.42 and 12.43]    
  15.1 Addressing recommendations from the Kunming workshop AC19 Doc. 15.1
 
  15.2 Development of mid- and long-term conservation measures for freshwater tortoises and turtles AC19 Doc. 15.2 (Rev. 1)
 
  15.3 Implementation of Resolution Conf. 11.9 (Rev. CoP12) and Decisions 12.41, 12.42 and 12.43
AC19 Doc. 15.3 (Rev. 1)
 

16.

Conservation of seahorses and other members of the family Syngnathidae (Decision 12.54)
  16.1 Implementation of the Appendix-II listing for Hippocampus spp.
AC19 Doc. 16.1
 

 

16.2 Universal minimum size limit for seahorses AC19 Doc. 16.2
 

17.

Conservation of and trade in sea cucumbers in the families Holothuridae and Stichopodidae (Decision 12.60) AC19 Doc. 17
 

18.

Biological and trade status of sharks (Resolution Conf. 12.6 and Decision 12.47)

   

18.1 Progress made by the United States of America
in developing and implementing the IPOA-sharks
AC19 Doc. 18.1

 
  18.2 Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.6 and Decision 12.47
AC19 Doc. 18.2
 
  18.3 Progress made by Japan in developing and implementing the IPOA-sharks
AC19 Doc. 18.3
Annex 1
 
 

19. Trade in alien species (Decision 11.100)

No document  
20. Standard taxonomy and nomenclature    

   

20.1 The role of standard taxonomy and nomenclature references and the amendment of the Appendices as a consequence of nomenclatural changes
AC19 Doc. 20.1
 

   

20.2 Standard nomenclature for birds AC19 Doc. 20.2
 

21. Any other business

 

 
     21.1 Research projects AC19 Doc. 21.1
 
  21.2 Trade with States not party to the Convention No document  
  21.3 Progress report on identification manuals No document  

22. Closing remarks

No document

 

 

Information documents

Document title Document No. Document

1.

French translation of Annexes 1 and 2 of document AC19 Doc. 15.2 (Rev. 1)

AC19 Inf. 1

 
2. Spanish translation of Annexes 1 and 2 of document AC19 Doc. 15.2 (Rev. 1)
AC19 Inf. 2
 
3. Review of Appendices - crocodile ranching operations
AC19 Inf. 3
 

4.

Study on transport losses of CITES-protected and non-protected animal species

AC19 Inf. 4

 
5. Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation
AC19 Inf. 5
 
6. Control of captive breeding, ranching and wild harvest production systems for Appendix-II species
AC19 Inf. 6
 
7. Progress made by the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Shark Specialist Group in assessing the threatened status of sharks and related taxa
AC19 Inf. 7
 
8. Venue of the 21st meeting of the Animals Committee in 2005
AC19 Inf. 8