Thirty-first meeting of the Animals Committee - AGENDA

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Thirty-first meeting of the Animals Committee

Online, 31 May - 1, 4, 21 and 22 June 2021

AGENDA

OPENING OF THE MEETING Documents

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Opening remarks of the Chair No document  
Opening remarks of the Secretary-General No document  
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS
1. Confirmation of the election of the Chair and Vice-Chair No document  
2. Declaration of conflict of interest No document  
3. Rules of Procedure AC31 Doc. 3 13.04.2021
4. Agenda    
  4.1 Adoption of the agenda AC31 Doc. 4.1 (Rev. 1) 19.05.2021
  4.2 Annotated agenda AC31 Doc. 4.2 25.05.2021
5. Working programme  AC31 Doc. 5 25.05.2021
6. Admission of observers AC31 Doc. 6 26.05.2021
 STRATEGIC MATTERS
7. Animals Committee strategic planning for 2020-2022 (CoP18-CoP19)    
  7.1 Resolutions and Decisions directed to the Animals Committee AC31 Doc. 7.1 15.05.2020
  7.2 Animals Committee workplan AC31 Doc. 7.2 15.05.2020
  7.3 Preparation of the report of the Chair of the Animals Committee for the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties No document  
8. CITES Strategic Vision *
[Decision 18.25]		 AC31 Doc. 8 / PC25 Doc.  9 19.05.2020
9. Appendix-I listed species *
[Decision 18.29]		 AC31 Doc. 9 / PC25 Doc. 10 04.06.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 9 / PC25 Doc. 10 Add. 07.05.2021
10. Capacity-building * [Decision 18.40] AC31 Doc. 10 / PC25 Doc. 11 19.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 10 / PC25 Doc. 11 Add. (Rev. 1) 29.04.2021
07.05.2021
Cooperation with organizations and Multilateral Environmental Agreements    
11. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) * 
[Resolution Conf. 18.4]		 No document  
12. Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative 
[Decision 18.58]		 AC31 Doc. 12 15.05.2020
 INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS
General compliance and enforcement    
13. Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
[Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP18)]		    
  13.1 Overview of the Review of Significant Trade AC31 Doc. 13.1 15.05.2020
    Addendum AC31 Doc. 13.1 Add. 22.04.2021
  13.2 Species selected following CoP15 and CoP16 No document  
  13.3 Species selected following CoP17 No document  
  13.4 Species selected following CoP18
Selection of new species/country combinations for review is postponed until after CoP19.		 AC31 Doc. 13.4 22.05.2020
    Annex 1: Selection of species for inclusion in the Review of Significant Trade following CoP18 - summary output AC31 Doc. 13.4 A1 19.05.2020
    Annex 2:  Selection of species for inclusion in the Review of Significant Trade following CoP18 - extended analysis AC31 Doc. 13.4 A2 19.05.2020
  13.5 Country-wide Significant Trade Reviews* AC31 Doc. 13.5 / PC25 Doc. 15.6 07.05.2021
Regulation of trade    
14. Non-detriment findings    
  14.1 Report of the Secretariat * 
[Resolution Conf. 16.7 (Rev. CoP17) and Decisions 18.132 and 18.133]		 AC31 Doc. 14.1 / PC25 Doc. 17  19.08.2020
    Addendum AC31 Doc. 14.1 / PC25 Doc. 17 Add. 20.05.2021
  14.2 Publication of a management report for common water monitors (Varanus salvator) in peninsular Malaysia AC31 Doc. 14.2 22.05.2020
  14.3 Publication of a management report for reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus) in peninsular Malaysia AC31 Doc. 14.3
Annex		 22.04.2021
15. Identification materials *
[Decision 18.137]		 AC31 Doc. 15 / PC25 Doc. 18 19.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 15 / PC25 Doc. 18 Add. 29.04.2021
16. Identification and traceability of sturgeons and paddlefish (Acipenseriformes spp.)
[Decision 16.137 (Rev. CoP18)]		 AC31 Doc. 16 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 16 Add. 07.05.2021
17. Specimens produced through biotechnology *
[Decision 18.148]		 AC31 Doc. 17 / PC25 Doc. 20 22.05.2020
18. Definition of the term 'appropriate and acceptable destinations'    
  18.1 Report of the Secretariat
[Decision 18.155]		 AC31 Doc. 18.1 12.06.2020
    Annex 2: Responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2019/070 (English only) AC31 Doc. 18.1 A2 18.12.2020
    Annex 3: Response from Zimbabwe (English only) AC31 Doc. 18.1 A3 20.05.2021
    Addendum 1 AC31 Doc. 18.1 Add. 1 03.05.2021
    Addendum 2 AC31 Doc. 18.1 Add. 2 03.05.2021
  18.2 International trade in live African elephants AC31 Doc. 18.2 09.06.2020
19. Captive-bred and ranched specimens    
  19.1 Review of trade in animal specimens reported as produced in captivity [Resolution Conf. 17.7 and Decision 17.102]
Selection of new species/country combinations for review is postponed until after CoP19.		 AC31 Doc. 19.1 09.06.2020
    Addendum AC31 Doc. 19.1 Add. 27.04.2021
  19.2 Captive breeding of Sri Lankan agamids [Decision 18.175]
Selection of new species/country combinations for review is postponed until after CoP19.		 AC31 Doc. 19.2 09.06.2020
  19.3 Review of CITES provisions related to trade in specimens of animals and plants not of wild source *
[Decision 18.172]		 AC31 Doc. 19.3 / PC25 Doc. 21 09.06.2020
SPECIES SPECIFIC MATTERS
20. West African vultures (Accipitridae spp.)
[Decision 18.190 and 18.191]		 AC31 Doc. 20 15.05.2020
  Addendum: Report of the working group AC31 Doc. 20 Add.1 12.05.2021
  Addendum: Report of the Secretariat AC31 Doc. 20 Add.2 26.05.2021
21. Conservation of amphibians (Amphibia spp.)
[Decision 18.195]		 AC31 Doc. 21 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 21 Add. 07.05.2021
22. Eels (Anguilla spp.)
[Decisions 18.197 to 18.200]		 AC31 Doc. 22 22.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 22 Add 21.05.2021
23. Precious corals (Order Antipatharia and family Coralliidae)
[Decision 17.192 (Rev. CoP18)]		 AC31 Doc. 23 17.08.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 23 Add. 07.05.2021
24. Marine turtles (Cheloniidae spp. and Dermochelyidae spp.)
[Decision 18.216]		 AC31 Doc. 24 17.08.2020
  Annex 3: Status, scope and trends of the legal and illegal international trade in marine turtles, its conservation impacts, management options and mitigation priorities (English only/seulement en anglais/únicamente en inglés) AC31 Doc. 24 A3 17.08.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 24 Add. 12.05.2021
25. Sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.)
[Resolution Conf. 12.6 (Rev. CoP18); Decisions 18.223 and 18.225]		 AC31 Doc. 25 17.06.2020
  Annex 2: Responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2020/016 (English only/seulement en anglais/únicamente en inglés) AC31 Doc. 25 A2 01.07.2020
  Addendum
Annex		 AC31 Doc. 25 Add.
Annex		 07.05.2021
26. Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.)
[Decision 18.232]		 AC31 Doc. 26 22.05.2020
  Annex: Responses to Notification No. 2020/015  AC31 Doc. 26 A (Rev. 1) 21.07.2020
03.05.2021
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 26 Add. 12.05.2021
27. Pangolins (Manis spp.)
[Decision 18.243]		 AC31 Doc. 27 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 27 Add. 03.05.2021
28. African lions (Panthera leo)
[Decision 18.247]		 AC31 Doc. 28 21.05.2020
  Addendum: Report of the Secretariat AC31 Doc. 28 Add.1 12.05.2021
  Addendum: Report of the working group AC31 Doc. 28 Add2 12.05.2021
29. Leopards (Panthera pardus)    
  29.1 Leopards (Panthera pardus) in Africa
[Decision 18.255]		 AC31 Doc. 29.1 15.05.2020
  29.2 Quotas for leopard hunting trophies
[Decisions 18.167 and 18.168]		 AC31 Doc. 29.2 04.06.2020
    Annex 1: Botswana AC31 Doc. 29.2 A1 04.06.2020
    Annex 2: Ethiopia AC31 Doc. 29.2 A2 04.06.2020
    Annex 3: République centrafricaine (French only) AC31 Doc. 29.2 A3 28.04.2021
    Addendum AC31 Doc. 29.2 Add. 03.05.2021
30. Songbird trade and conservation management (Passeriformes)
[Decision 18.257]		 AC31 Doc. 30 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 30 Add. 12.05.2021
31. Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)
[Decision 18.265]		 AC31 Doc. 31 (Rev. 1) 18.06.2020
22.04.2021
32. Saiga antelope (Saiga spp.)
[Decision 18.272]		 AC31 Doc. 32 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 32 Add. 03.05.2021
33. Queen conch (Strombus gigas)
[Decision 18.276]		 AC31 Doc. 33 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 33 Add. 12.05.2021
34. Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus)
[Decision 18.284]		 AC31 Doc. 34 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 34 Add. 27.04.2021
35. Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Testudines spp.)
[Decision 18.291]		 AC31 Doc. 35 15.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 35 Add. 10.05.2021
36. Marine ornamental fishes
[Decision 18.297]		 AC31 Doc. 36 09.06.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 36 Add. 17.05.2021
Maintenance of the Appendices    
37. Report of the specialist on zoological nomenclature
[Resolution Conf. 12.11 (Rev. CoP18) and Decisions 17.312 (Rev. CoP18), 18.309 to 18.312]		 AC31 Doc. 37 22.05.2020
  Annex 1: Taxonomic Checklist of Reptile taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019)
(English only / seulement en anglais / únicamente en inglés)		 AC31 Doc. 37 A1 21.05.2020
  Annex 2: Taxonomic Checklist of Amphibian taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th meting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019)
(English only / seulement en anglais / únicamente en inglés)		 AC31 Doc. 37 A2 21.05.2020
  Annex 3: Taxonomic Checklist of Fish taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019)
(English only / seulement en anglais / únicamente en inglés)		 AC31 Doc. 37 A3 21.05.2020
  Annex 4: Taxonomic Checklist of Spider taxa included in the Appendices at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, August 2019)
(English only / seulement en anglais / únicamente en inglés)		 AC31 Doc. 37 A4 21.05.2020
  Annex 5: Possible nomenclatural updates for CITES-listed species
(English only / seulement en anglais / únicamente en inglés)		 AC31 Doc. 37 A5 21.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 37 Add. 22.04.2021
  Annex to the Addendum: Proposed nomenclatural changes (English only) AC31 Doc. 37 Add. A 23.04.2021
38. Listing of pangolins in the Appendices
[Decision 18.315]		 AC31 Doc. 38 22.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 38 Add. 22.04.2021
39. Nomenclature of Appendix-III listings *
[Decision 18.313]		 AC31 Doc. 39 / PC25 Doc. 33 22.05.2020
  Addendum AC31 Doc. 39 / PC25 Doc. 33 Add. 29.04.2021
40. Annotations *
[Decision 16.162 (Rev. CoP18)]		 AC31 Doc. 40 / PC25 Doc. 35 09.06.2020
41. Periodic Review of species included in Appendices I and II
[Resolution Conf. 14.8 (Rev. CoP17)]		    
  41.1 Overview of species under Review * AC31 Doc. 41.1 / PC25 Doc. 39.1 19.05.2020
  41.2 Periodic review of Cynomys mexicanum AC31 Doc. 41.2 17.06.2020
  41.3 Periodic review of Terrapene coahuila AC31 Doc. 41.3 21.05.2020
  41.4 Periodic review of Aphopelma pallidum AC31 Doc. 41.4 22.04.2021
  41.5 Periodic review of Branta canadensis leucopareria AC31 Doc. 41.5 03.05.2021
  41.6 Periodic review of Phoebastria albatrus AC31 Doc. 41.6 07.05.2021
42. Guidance for the publication of the Appendices *
[Decision 18.331]		 AC31 Doc. 42 / PC25 Doc. 40 19.05.2020
REGIONAL MATTERS
43 Regional reports    
  43.1 Africa AC31 Doc. 43.1 12.05.2021
  43.2 Asia AC31 Doc. 43.2 04.06.2020
  43.3 Central and South America and the Caribbean AC31 Doc. 43.3 23.06.2020
  43.4 Europe AC31 Doc. 43.4 15.06.2021
  43.5 North America AC31 Doc. 43.5 21.05.2020
  43.6 Oceania AC31 Doc. 43.6 21.05.2020
CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING
44. Any other business No document  
45. Time and venue of the 32nd meeting of the Animals Committee No document  
46. Closing remarks No document  

* This agenda item is addressed to the Animals and Plants Committees.