Twenty-fourth meeting of the Plants Committee
Geneva (Switzerland), 20, 21 and 23-26 July 2018
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AGENDA (Provisional)
| OPENING OF THE MEETING | DOCUMENTS | POSTED/ UPDATED ON (DD/MM/YYYY) |
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| Opening remarks of the Chair | No document | ||||||||||
| Opening remarks of the Secretariat | No document | ||||||||||
| ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS | |||||||||||
| 1. | Agenda | PC24 Doc. 1 | 20/07/2018 | ||||||||
| 2. | Working programme | PC24 Doc. 2 | 06/07/2018 | ||||||||
| 3. | Rules of Procedure [Decisions 17.3, 17.4 and 17.5] | PC24 Doc. 3 (Rev. 1) | 25/05/2018 19/07/2018 |
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| 4. | Admission of observers | PC24 Doc. 4 (Rev. 2) | 28/06/2018 12/07/2018 |
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| STRATEGIC MATTERS | |||||||||||
| 5. | Plants Committee strategic planning for 2017-2019 (CoP17-CoP18) | ||||||||||
| 5.1 | Implementation of the work plan for 2017-2019 | No document | |||||||||
| 5.2 | Preparation of the report of the Chair of the Plants Committee for the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties | No document | |||||||||
| 6. | Review of Terms of Reference of the Animals and Plants Committees contained in Resolution Conf. 11.1 (Rev. CoP17)* [Decision 17.9] | AC30 Doc. 6/PC24 Doc. 6 | 01/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 7. | CITES Strategic Vision* [Decision 17.18] | No document | |||||||||
| 8. | Appendix-I listed species* [Decision 17.24] | AC30 Doc. 8/PC24 Doc. 8 | 08/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 9. | Capacity building | ||||||||||
| 9.1 | Capacity building and identification materials* [Decisions 17.32 and 17.33] | AC30 Doc. 9.1/PC24 Doc. 9.1 | 25/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 9.2 | The CITES tree species programme: Report of the Secretariat | PC24 Doc. 9.2 | 20/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 10. | Non-detriment findings | ||||||||||
| 10.1 | Report of the Secretariat* [Resolution Conf. 16.7 (Rev. CoP17)] | AC30 Doc. 10.1/PC24 Doc. 10.1 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 10.2 | Draft version of the "information guide on the development of sustainable forest management programmes and standardized technical documents for harvesting mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) under CITES" | PC24 Doc. 10.2 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 10.3 | Guidance on making non-detriment findings for plants | PC24 Doc. 10.3 | 13/06/2018 | ||||||||
| Cooperation with organizations and Multilateral Environmental Agreements | |||||||||||
| 11. | Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)* [Decision 16.15 (Rev. CoP17)] | No document | |||||||||
| 12. | Cooperation with the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation of the Convention on Biological Diversity [Resolution Conf. 16.5 and Decision 17.53] | PC24 Doc. 12 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS | |||||||||||
| General compliance and enforcement | |||||||||||
| 13. | Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species [Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP17)] | ||||||||||
| 13.1 | Overview of the Review of Significant Trade | PC24 Doc. 13.1 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 13.2 | Species selected following CoP17 | PC24 Doc. 13.2 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| Annex 1: Range States responses (in the original language) | PC24 Doc. 13.2 A1 | 25/05/2018 | |||||||||
| Annex 2: Report on species/country combinations selected for review by the Plants Committee following CoP17 | PC24 Doc. 13.2 A2 | 25/05/2018 | |||||||||
| 13.3 | Country-wide significant trade reviews* [Decision 17.111] | AC30 Doc. 12.3/PC24 Doc. 13.3 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 14. | Specimens produced from synthetic or cultured DNA* [Decision 17.90] | AC30 Doc. 14/PC24 Doc. 14 (Rev. 1) | 25/05/2018 05/06/2018 |
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| Annex 5: Study on wildlife products produced from synthetic or cultured DNA (English only) | AC30 Doc. 14/PC24 Doc. 14 (Rev. 1) A5 | 05/06/2018 | |||||||||
| Trade controls and traceability | |||||||||||
| 15. | Timber identification | ||||||||||
| 15.1 | Report of the intersessional working group [Decisions 17.167 and 17.168] | PC24 Doc. 15.1 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 15.2 | Report of the Secretariat [Decision 17.169] | PC24 Doc. 15.2 | 11/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 16. | Definition of the term ‘artificially propagated’ | ||||||||||
| 16.1 | Report of the intersessional working group [Decisions 16.156 (Rev. CoP17), 17.175 and 17.176] | PC24 Doc. 16.1 | 29/05/2018 | ||||||||
| Annex 1: Synopsis of case studies (English only) | PC24 Doc. 16.1 A1 | 29/05/2018 | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Definition of plantation | PC24 Doc. 16.2 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| SPECIES SPECIFIC MATTERS | |||||||||||
| 17. | Agarwood-producing taxa (Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp.) | ||||||||||
| 17.1 | Implementation of Resolution Conf. 16.10 on Implementation of the Convention for agarwood-producing taxa: Report of the Plants Committee [Decision 16.157 (Rev. CoP17)] | No document | |||||||||
| 17.2 | Report of the Secretariat [Decisions 17.194, 17.197 and 17.198] | PC24 Doc. 17.2 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 18. | Malagasy ebonies (Diospyros spp.) and palisanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) | ||||||||||
| 18.1 | Report of Madagascar [Decision 17.204, paragraphs a) to d)] | PC24 Doc. 18.1 | 08/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 18.2 | Report of the Secretariat [Decision 17.208] | PC24 Doc. 18.2 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 19. | Rosewood timber species [Leguminosae (Fabaceae)] | ||||||||||
| 19.1 | Report of the Plants Committee [Decision 17.234] | PC24 Doc. 19.1 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 19.2 | International trade in the timber producing species "Mukula" (Pterocarpus spp.) from dry miombo forests (central / Southern Africa) | PC24 Doc. 19.2 | 25/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 20. | African cherry (Prunus africana): Report of the Secretariat [Decisions 17.250 to 17.252] | PC24 Doc. 20 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 21. | African tree species: Report of the Secretariat [Decision 17.302] (To include the response of Switzerland) |
PC24 Doc. 21 (Rev. 1) | 05/06/2018 26/06/2018 |
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| Annex 2: Responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2018/023 (in the original language) | PC24 Doc. 21 A2 | 11/06/2018 26/06/2018 |
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| 22. | Neotropical tree species: Report of the intersessional working group [Decision 16.159 (Rev. CoP17)] (inclusion of information from Colombia) |
PC24 Doc. 22 (Rev. 1) | 02/07/2018 04/07/2018 |
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| 23. | East African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata): Report of the intersessional working group [Decision 16.153 (Rev. CoP17)] | No document | |||||||||
| 24. | Possible amendments to Resolution Conf. 10.13 (Rev. CoP15) on Implementation of the Convention for timber species: Report of the Secretariat | PC24 Doc. 24 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| Maintenance of the Appendices | |||||||||||
| 25. | Periodic Review of the Appendices [Resolution Conf. 14.8 (Rev. CoP17)] | ||||||||||
| 25.1 | Overview of species under Periodic Review | PC24 Doc. 25.1 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 25.2 | Species reviews | ||||||||||
| 25.2.1 | Lewisia serrata – Report of the United States of America | PC24 Doc. 25.2.1 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 26. | Appendix-III listings* [Decision 17.305] | AC30 Doc. 31/PC24 Doc. 26 | 01/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 27. | Report of the specialist on botanical nomenclature [Resolution Conf. 12.11 (Rev. CoP17) and Decision 17.317] | PC24 Doc. 27 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 28. | Annotations for Appendix II orchids: Report of the intersessional working group [Decision 17.318] | PC24 Doc. 28 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| 29. | Annotations* [Decision 16.162 (Rev. CoP17)] | AC30 Doc. 33 / PC24 Doc. 29 | 28/05/2018 | ||||||||
| REGIONAL MATTERS | |||||||||||
| 30. | Regional reports | ||||||||||
| 30.1 | Africa | No document | |||||||||
| 30.2 | Asia | PC24 Doc. 30.2 (Rev. 1) | 25/06/2018 06/07/2018 |
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| 30.3 | Central and South America and the Caribbean | PC24 Doc. 30.3 | 04/07/2018 | ||||||||
| 30.4 | Europe | PC24 Doc. 30.4 | 05/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 30.5 | North America | PC24 Doc. 30.5 | 11/06/2018 | ||||||||
| 30.6 | Oceania | No document | |||||||||
| CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING | |||||||||||
| 31. | Any other business | No document | |||||||||
| 32. | Timeand venue of the 25th meeting of the Plants Committee | No document | |||||||||
| 33. | Closing remarks | No document | |||||||||
* This agenda item is addressed to the Animals and Plants Committees.