Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Bangkok, Thailand, 02 - 14 October 2004

Information documents

(All documents are provided here in PDF format)

Title Files Referenced agenda item Created / Updated
1. A Survey Report on Zambia as a Range State for Pancake Tortoise
2. Report on the Technical Workshop on Economic Incentives and Trade Policy
3. Background paper on methodologies for national wildlife trade reviews
4. Guide for participants
5. Economic Incentives and CITES Appendix II-listed Species – Scoping paper on Individual Tranferable Quotas for Acipenseriformes spp. In the Caspian Sea
6. Mekong River sub-regional workshop on wildlife trade management and CITES implementation
7. Lessons learnt: CITES, devil’s claw and livelihoods
8. Preliminary Assessment [China]
9. Memorandum of Understanding between CITES and FAO
10. Memorandum of Cooperation between the Secretariat of CITES and the Secretariat of CBD
11. Amendment to the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Secretariats to CBD and CITES
12. Comments by NAMMCO on proposal CoP13 Prop. 4
13. Achieving greater synergy in CITES and CBD implementation
14. Trade in and Conservation of two Shark Species
15. Response to Secretariat paper CoP13 Doc. 36 (Rev. 1) regarding Conservation of and Trade in Dissostichus species
16. Election of members of the permanent committees
17. Actions Implemented by Mexico for Conservation and Management of the Lilac-crowned Parrot (Amazona finschi): considerations for its transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I
18. Additional information on South Africa’s Leopard proposal
19. Additional information on South Africa’s Black Rhino proposal
20. IUCN/TRAFFIC analyses of proposals to amend the CITES Appendices
21. Conservation of rhinoceros in Namibia
22. CITES Conservation of and Trade in African and Asian Rhinoceros
23. Conservation of and Trade in Rhinoceros in China (fax)
24. Letter of support for the EU's proposal on biological samples
25. The Proposal to List Great White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Appendix II with a Zero Quota: A Discussion of Issues
26. Results of a Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus survey in the river systems of north-east Namibia during August 2004
27. Conservation of and trade in African rhinoceros – South Africa
28. Informations complémentaires sur la proposition 15 (French only)
29. Informations complémentaires sur la proposition 27 (French only)
30. Informations complémentaires sur la proposition 28 (French only)
31. Informations complémentaires sur la proposition 29 (French only)
32. Technical comments in support of amendments to CITES appendices
33. Control system for worked ivory in Namibia
34. FAO Fisheries Report No. 741: Report of the expert consultation on implementation issues associated with listing commercially-exploited aquatic species on CITES Appendices
35. FAO Fisheries Report No. 746: Report of the expert consultation on legal issues related to CITES and commercially-exploited aquatic species
36. FAO Fisheries Report No. 748: Report of the FAO ad hoc expert advisory panel for the assessment of proposals to amend Appendices I and II of CITES concerning commercially-exploited aquatic species
37. Information paper on specimens to be exempted from the provisions of the Convention
38. CITES and the application of the precautionary principle to listing proposals
39. Ivory stock verification mission to Burundi
40. A note for CITES COP13 regarding the status of discussions within the International Whaling Commission on the Revised Management Scheme (submitted by IWC’s Advisory Committee)
41. Export quota working group
42. Clarifications of Working Document 42, and further information on trade in Appendix-I species and the definitions of ‘primarily commercial purposes’ (submitted by Israel)
43. Report of the workshop "Towards the harmonization of national reporting to biodiversity-related treaties" (submitted by UNEP-WCMC)
44. CITES and the Precautionary Principle (submitted by the United Kingdom)
45. "Operation Marco Polo": An Italian investivation on the illegal trade in Asian traditional medicine (submitted by Italy)
46. Update on actions regarding ivory sales in the UK (submitted by the United Kingdom)
47. The growing trade in tiger and other Asian big cat skins and the need for increased enforcement, cooperation and intelligence sharing between India, Nepal and China (submitted by the United Kingdom)
48. Agenda item 11.1 - Review of the Scientific Committee (submitted by Australia)
49. Proposal 7 (Amended) Population of Loxodonta africana of Namibia (submitted by Namibia)
50. Proposal 37: Additional information provided by the Management Authorities of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
51. October 2, 2004: A Single Day Snapshot of the Trade in Great White Shark (submitted by Australia)
52. Budget for 2006-2008 (prepared by the Secretariat)
53. Conservation and Management of Sharks (submitted by the United States of America)
54. Comments of the United Arab Emirates on CoP13 Prop. 49 (Indonesia) "Inclusion of Agarwood-producing species, Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp., in Appendix II".
55. Additional information on the proposal to include Uroplatus spp.(Leaf-tailed Geckos) in Appendix II of CITES (submitted by Madagascar)
56. Additional information on annotation concerning CoP 13 Prop 50 - listing of ramin (Gonystylus spp.) on Appendix II (submitted by Indonesia)
57. Statement regarding United States position on Prop. 3 - Transfer the irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) from Appendix II to Appendix I (Thailand)
58. Statement regarding United States position on Doc. 12.2 - CITES listing of whale stocks and the International Whaling Commission (submitted by the United States of America)
59. Information document on white rhino population management pursuant to CoP13 proposal 9 (submitted by Swaziland)
60. Information sheet on painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
61. Draft decision in association with CoP13 Doc. 42 (submitted by the United States of America)
62. Draft decision in association with CoP13 Doc. 41 (submitted by the United States of America)
63. Experts' review of the proposal to list humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) in Appendix II
64. Written Statement by the Republic of Korea on the naming of sea area between the Korean Peninsula and Japanese archipelago
65. Rehabilitation and management of conch resources in the Caricom/Cariforum States (submitted by Vincent and the Grenadines)
66. Written Statement by Japan on the naming of Sea of Japan