PC15: Agenda and documents

Fifteenth meeting of the Plants Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 17-21 May 2005

Provisional agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item				Document No.
1.	Opening of the meeting			No document
2.	Adoption of the Rules of Procedure
	2.1	Current Rules of Procedure		PC15 Doc. 2.1
	2.2	Proposed amendments		PC15 Doc. 2.2
3.	Adoption of the agenda and working programme
	3.1	Agenda		PC15 Doc. 3.1 (Rev.3)
	3.2	Working programme		PC15 Doc. 3.2
4.	Admission of observers			PC15 Doc. 4
5.	Regional reports
	5.1	Africa		PC15 Doc. 5.1
	5.2	Asia		PC15 Doc. 5.2
	5.3	Central and South America and the Caribbean		PC15 Doc. 5.3
	5.4	Europe		PC15 Doc. 5.4
	5.5	North America		PC15 Doc. 5.5 (Rev.1)
	5.6	Oceania		PC15 Doc. 5.6
6.	Strategic planning
	6.1	Implementation of the Strategic Vision and Action Plan until 2007		PC15 Doc. 6.1 (Rev.1)
	6.2	Resolutions and Decisions directed or related to the Plants Committee		PC15 Doc. 6.2 (Rev.1)
	6.3	Establishment of the Plants Committee priorities		No document
	6.4	Strategic Vision and Action Plan until 2013		PC15 Doc. 6.4
7.	Review of the scientific committees			PC15 Doc. 7
8.	Regional communication
	8.1	Review of the conditions under which members and alternate members perform their duties		PC15 Doc. 8.1
	8.2	Manual for regional representatives		No document
9.	Export quota working group			No document
10.	Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
	10.1	Report on progress in the implementation of the Review of Significant Trade
		10.1.1	Species based review of Significant Trade	PC15 Doc. 10.1.1 (Rev.1)
		10.1.2	Country based review of Significant Trade in Madagascar	PC15 Doc. 10.1.2
	10.2	Selection of species for trade reviews after CoP13
		10.2.1	Selection of new species	PC15 Doc. 10.2.1 (Rev.1)
		10.2.2	Seven Asian medicinal species	PC15 Doc. 10.2.2
11.	Periodic review of plant species included in the CITES Appendices			PC15 Doc. 11
12.	Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species			PC15 Doc. 12
13.	Synergy between CITES and CBD
	13.1	Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity		PC15 Doc. 13.1
	13.2	Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and links with the Convention on Biological Diversity		No document
14.	Trade in alien invasive species			No document
15.	Progress report from the Co-Chairman of the Nomenclature Committee			PC15 Doc. 15
16.	Harpagophytum spp.			No document
17.	Annotations for medicinal plants included in Appendix II			PC15 Doc. 17
18.	Technical proposals for the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
	18.1	Annotations of plants listed in Appendices II and III		PC15 Doc. 18.1
	18.2	Artificially propagated cut leaves		PC15 Doc. 18.2
19.	Implementation of the annotation for Orchidaceae spp. included in Appendix II			PC15 Doc. 19 PC15 Doc. 19 Addendum
20.	Effects of implementing the revised definition of ‘artificially propagated’			No document
21.	Bigleaf Mahogany Working Group			No document
22.	Proposals to amend the Appendices for tree species			No document
23.	Progress report on the study on "Abundance distribution and conservation status of Guaiacum sanctum L. in Mexico”			PC15 Doc. 23
24.	Progress report on the Identification Manual			No document
25.	Time and venue of the 16th meeting of the Plants Committee			PC15 Doc. 25
26.	Any other business
	26.1	Implementation of the annotation for Hoodia spp.		No document
27.	Closing remarks

Information documents

Document title		Document
1.	Memoria del 1er. taller mesoamericano: Situación actual y armonización de procedimientos para el aprovechamiento sostenible de Swietenia macrophylla (Managua 23 y 24 de noviembre de 2004)	PC15 Inf. 1
2.	An assessment of the conservation status, management and regulation of the trade in Pericopsis elata	PC15 Inf. 2
3.	Analysis of trade in parts and derivatives of Hydrastis canadensis from Canada and the US (Sara Oldfield) (Report prepared for IUCN MPSG, February 2005)	PC15 Inf. 3
4.	Analysis of trade in parts and derivatives of Guaiacum species from Mexico (Sara Oldfield) (Report prepared for IUCN MPSG, February 2005)	PC15 Inf. 4
5.	Decision 2(XXXVII) – Enhanced cooperation between ITTO and CITES for Ramin and Mahogany [ITTC(XXXVII)/19, 18 December 2004]	PC15 Inf. 5
6.	The Use and Trade of Agarwood in Japan (Report compiled by James Compton, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and Akiko Ishihara, TRAFFIC East Asia-Japan for the CITES Secretariat)	PC15 Inf. 6
7.	The Trade and Use of Agarwood in Taiwan, Province of China (Report compiled by TRAFFIC East Asia-Taipei and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia for the CITES Secretariat)	PC15 Inf. 7
8.	Annotation #9 and the Guiding principles for annotations relating to medicinal plants	PC15 Inf. 8
9.	Report on U.S. imports of Swietenia macrophylla: 1996-2004	PC15 Inf. 9
10.	International standard for sustainable wild collection of medicinal and aromatic plants (ISSC-MAP)	PC15 Inf. 10
11.	PC15 Inf. 11
12.	Conservation and sustainable use of timber trees in international trade	PC15 Inf. 12
13.	Présentation de Madagascar au Comité pour les animaux	PC15 Inf. 13
14.	Etat d’avancement du plan d’action CITES à Madagascar	PC15 Inf. 14
15.	Plan d'action CITES pour la reforme du commerce des espèces sauvages a Madagascar: Etat d'avancement de la mise en oeuvre	PC15 Inf. 15