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Nineteenth meeting of the Plants Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 18-21 April 2011

Agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item

Document No.

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updated on
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1. Opening of the meeting No document  
2. Election of the Chair No document  
3. Rules of Procedure PC19 Doc. 3 22/11/2010
4. Adoption of the agenda and working programme    
  4.1 Agenda (provisional) PC19 Doc. 4.1 (Rev. 1) 28/02/2011
15/04/2011
  4.2  Working programme
(Rev. 1: Modification to Monday – registration starts at 9:00)
(Rev. 2: Modifications to Wednesday and Thursday)		 PC19 Doc. 4.2 (Rev. 2) 25/02/2011
16/03/2011
05/04/2011
5. Admission of observers PC19 Doc. 5 12/04/2011
6. Regional reports    
  6.1  Africa PC19 Doc. 6.1 21/04/2011 
  6.2  Asia (Modification to point 4.4) PC19 Doc. 6.2 (Rev. 1) 28/02/2011
16/03/2011
  6.3  Central and South America and the Caribbean PC19 Doc. 6.3 (Rev. 1) 06/04/2011 
    Annex 1: Directorio Regional de Expertos en Plantas (Spanish only, 16 p.) PC19 Doc. 6.3 (Rev. 1) Annex 1 06/04/2011
    Annex 2: Informe Regional Completo (Spanish only, 26 p.) PC19 Doc. 6.3 (Rev. 1) Annex 2 06/04/2011
  6.4  Europe PC19 Doc. 6.4 21/02/2011
    Annex 2: Directory of the European region – Plants PC19 Doc. 6.4 Annex 2 26/02/2011
  6.5  North America PC19 Doc. 6.5 28/02/2011
  6.6  Oceania PC19 Doc. 6.6 13/04/2011 
7. Strategic planning    
  7.1  Resolutions and Decisions directed to the Plants Committee PC19 Doc. 7.1 21/09/2010
  7.2  Establishment of the Plants Committee work-plan PC19 Doc. 7.2 07/02/2011
8. Cooperation with advisory bodies of other biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements*    
  8.1 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (Decision 15.11)* No document  
  8.2  Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Decision 15.12)*
(Modification to the Annex)		 PC19 Doc. 8.2 (Rev. 1) 11/02/2011
15/03/2011
  8.3  Climate change    
    8.3.1 Climate change (Decision 15.15)* (Modification to document number) PC19 Doc. 8.3.1 04/02/2011
22/02/2011
      Annex 1   PC19 Doc. 8.3.1 Annex 1 02/03/2011
    8.3.2  Proposed Terms of Reference for technical committee discussions on climate change PC19 Doc. 8.3.2  25/02/2011
  8.4  Global Strategy for Plant Conservation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Decision 15.19) PC19 Doc. 8.4 21/02/2011
9. Capacity-building programme for science-based establishment and implementation of voluntary national export quotas for Appendix-II species (Decision 12.91) Secretariat report* PC19 Doc. 9 14/02/2011
10. Non-detriment findings    
  10.1 Implementation of Decision 15.23 on Non-detriment findings, and overview and links with Decisions 15.24, 15.26 and 15.27* PC19 Doc. 10.1  07/02/2011
  10.2 Progress reports from Parties (Decision 15.23)*
(More information received from the countries, see the Annex)		 PC19 Doc. 10.2 (Rev. 1) 24/02/2011
16/03/2011
    Annex: (English and Spanish only) (3.3MB) PC19 Doc. 10.2 (Rev. 1) Annex 16/03/2011
  10.3 Proposal for the implementation of Decision 15.24* PC19 Doc. 10.3 15/02/2011
  10.4 Timber species, medicinal plants and agarwood-producing species (Decisions 15.26 and 15.27) – Progress report No document  
  10.5 Addressing the challenges of making non-detriment findings for geophytes PC19 Doc. 10.5  22/02/2011
11. Annotations    
  11.1 Overview [Decisions 15.31, 15.34, 14.133, 14.134 (Rev. CoP15), 14.149, 15.35 and 14.148 (Rev. CoP15)] PC19 Doc. 11.1 25/02/2011
  11.2 Preparation of clarification and guidance on the meaning of "packaged and ready for retail trade" and other terms used in the annotations PC19 Doc. 11.2 21/02/2011
  11.3

Cactaceae and Orchidaceae: review of annotations (Decision 15.34)
(Modification to para. 2 where the text of the decision was in French)

 PC19 Doc. 11.3 25/02/2011
24/03/2011
  11.4 Orchids: annotations for species included in Appendix II [Decisions 14.133 and 14.134 (Rev. CoP15)]  PC19 Doc. 11.4 15/02/2011
  11.5 Tree species: annotations for species included in Appendices II and III [Decision 14.149, 15.35 and 14.148 (Rev.CoP15)] PC19 Doc. 11.5 25/02/2011
  11.6 Development and application of annotations to the listings of plant taxa in the Appendices PC19 Doc. 11.6 25/02/2011
12. Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species    
  12.1 Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade [Decision 13.67 (Rev. CoP14)] PC19 Doc. 12.1 17/02/2011
  12.2 Overview of the species-based Review of Significant Trade PC19 Doc. 12.2 16/09/2010
  12.3 Species selected following CoP14 PC19 Doc. 12.3 11/01/2011
    Review of Significant Trade: Species selected by the CITES Plants Committee
following CoP14 – CITES Project No. S-346		 PC19 Doc. 12.3
Annex 3		 11/01/2011
  12.4 Selection of species for trade reviews following CoP15 PC19 Doc. 12.4 28/01/2011
13. Periodic review of plant species included in the CITES Appendices    
  13.1 Overview of species under review (Modification to Annex 3, item 6) PC19 Doc. 13.1 (Rev. 1) 16/03/2011
23/03/2011
  13.2 Selection of species for review following CoP15 PC19 Doc. 13.2 16/03/2011 
  13.3 Update on range-wide review of Sclerocactus PC19 Doc. 13.3 25/02/2011
14.  Amendments to the Appendices    
  14.1 Assessment of trade in epiphytic cacti and review of listing
of Cactaceae spp. in Appendix II (Decision 15.89]		 PC19 Doc. 14.1 17/03/2011
  14.2 Euphorbia spp. [Decision 14.131 (Rev. CoP15)]
[Modifications to paragraphs 4, 5 and 11a)]		 PC19 Doc. 14.2 (Rev. 1) 17/03/2011
24/03/2011
  14.3 Madagascar (Decision 15.97) PC19 Doc. 14.3 18/02/2011
15.  Transport of live specimens (Decision 15.59)* PC19 Doc. 15 17/02/2011
16.  Timber issues    
  16.1 Progress report of the Working Group on the Bigleaf Mahogany and Other Neotropical Timber Species [Decisions 15.91, 15.92 and 14.146 (Rev. CoP15)] PC19 Doc. 16.1 (Rev. 1) 12/04/2011
    Annex 2: Matriz de planificación del Plan de Acción del GTC para la PC19 (Fase I)
(Spanish only)		 Annex 2 (pdf) 12/04/2011
Annex 2 (Excel)
    Annex 3: Resultados del Plan de Acción para Cedrela odorata, Dalbergia retusa, Dalbergia granadillo y Dalbergia stevensonii
(Spanish only)		 Annex 3 (pdf) 12/04/2011
Annex 3 (Excel)
  16.2 Progress report on the joint CITES-ITTO timber programme PC19 Doc. 16.2 15/02/2011
  16.3 Agarwood producing taxa (Decision 15.94) PC19 Doc. 16.3 11/01/2011
15/02/2011
  16.4 Aniba rosaeodora (Decision 15.90) PC19 Doc. 16.4 17/03/2011
  16.5 Bulnesia sarmientoi (Decision 15.96) PC19 Doc. 16.5
(Rev. 1)		 22/03/2011
17.  Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species* No document  
18.  Nomenclatural matters – Overview (Modification to document number) PC19 Doc. 18 18/02/2011
24/02/2011
19.  Progress report on the Identification Manual PC19 Doc. 19  24/01/2011
20.  Time and venue of the 20th meeting of the Plants Committee No document  
21.  Any other business No document  
22.  Closing remarks No document  

*     This agenda item will also be discussed during the 25th meeting of the Animals Committee.

 

Information documents

Title Document Agenda
item		 Language Posted/
updated on
(dd/mm/yyyy)
1. Outputs, experiences and lessons learnt from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership
(submited by the Secretariat) – 6.1MB		 PC19 Inf. 1 8.1 English 04/02/2011
2. Net Exports of Appendix II plants, 2004-2009 – raw data
(submited by the Secretariat)		 PC19 Inf. 2 12.4 English 03/03/2011
3. Evaluación de la distribución potencial actual en Colombia del cedro (Cedrela odorata) y el cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa), especies incluidas en apéndices CITES y recomendaciones para el manejo in situ de sus poblaciones
(CITES project No. S-342)
(submitted by the Secretariat) – 2MB		 PC19 Inf. 3 16.1 Spanish 03/03/2011
4. Cedrela odorata & Dalbergia retusa – Estado poblacional y comercio en Costa Rica
(CITES project No. S-336)
(submitted by the Secretariat) – 13MB		 PC19 Inf. 4 16.1 Spanish 03/03/2011
5. Inventario nacional de caoba, cedro y rosul como una herramienta para fortalecer el manejo sustentable y la comercialización de estas especies
(CITES project No. S-340)
(submitted by the Secretariat) – 4.1MB		 PC19 Inf. 5 16.1 Spanish 03/03/2011
6. A CITES Action Plan for Cedrela odorata – an assessment of the status of Cedrela odorata in Suriname (CITES project No. S-337)
(submitted by the Secretariat) – 1.6MB		 PC19 Inf. 6 16.1 English 03/03/2011
7. A Review of the Status of Saussurea costus (Fale.) Lipsch. in India and the Impact of its listing in CITES Appendix I
(CITES project No. S-338)
(submitted by the Secretariat)		 PC19 Inf. 7 13.1 English 03/03/2011
8. ITTO – CITES Program for implementing CITES listings of tropical timber species – Newsletter
(submitted by the Secretariat) – 3.4MB		 PC19 Inf. 8 16.2 English 03/03/2011
9. IFRA Position on CITES rules for Guaiacwood and Rosewood
[submitted by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA)]		 PC19 Inf. 9 16.5 & 16.5 English 03/03/2011
10. Lessons learnt for non-detriment findings from CITES Secretariat commissioned projects
(CITES project No. S-310)
(submitted by the Secretariat)		 PC19 Inf. 10 10.3 English 03/03/2011
11. Capacity Building Workshop on "Non determent Findings and Review of Significant Trade of Plant Species"
(submitted by Nepal) (Expanded version)		 PC19 Inf. 11
(Rev. 1)		 9 & 10.4 English 03/03/2011
12/04/2011
12. Preliminary Report on Sustainable Harvesting of Prunus africana (Rosaceae) in the North West Region of Cameroon
(submitted by the Secretariat) – 4.4MB		 PC19 Inf. 12 – English & French 08/03/2011
13. Periodic Review of the Appendices (submitted by the Secretariat) PC19 Inf. 13 13.1 English 31/03/2011
14. Trade in Agavaceae native to Mexico and the United States of America PC19 Inf. 14 – English 12/04/2011
15. Revisión periódica de Agave victoriae-reginae (Maguey noa)
(submitted by Mexico)		 PC19 Inf. 15 13.1 Spanish 12/04/2011