Twenty-fifth meeting of the Animals Committee

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Geneva (Switzerland), 18-22 July 2011

Working and drafting group reports

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(Note: The recommendations in these working group reports may have been adopted with amendments.
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Title Document
Working groups
1. Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species (agenda items 9.2-9.7)
2. Ranching and trade in ranched specimens of species transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II (Decision 15.51) (agenda item 12)
3. Periodic review of animal species included in the CITES Appendices (agenda items 15.1, 15.2.1, 15.2.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5 and 15.6)
4. Progress report on the evaluation of the existing sturgeon stock assessment and Total Allowable Catch (TAC) determination methodology in the Caspian range States (agenda item 16.2)
5. Snake trade and conservation management (Decisions 15.75 and 15.76) (agenda item 18)
6. Conservation and management of sharks – Report on the implementation of NPOA-Sharks and regional plans, and on relevant information from the range States (agenda item 17)
7. Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Decision 15.79) (agenda item 19)
8. Nomenclatural matters (agenda item 22)
Drafting groups
1. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Decision 15.12) (agenda item 7.2)
2. Evaluation of the purpose and content of regional reports (agenda item 6.7)