Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

1. Glossary of agarwood products (submitted by China, Indonesia, Kuwait and Thailand)

2. Reported seizures of saiga antelope specimens, 2007 to 2012 (prepared by the Secretariat)

3. Comments from specified stakeholders on Decision-making mechanisms and necessary conditions for a future trade in African elephant ivory (prepared by the Secretariat)

4. U.S. marine mammal advisory body’s recommendation to transfer the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) to Appendix I (submitted by the United States of America)

5. Justice for Forests – Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging (submitted by the Secretariat on behalf of the World Bank)

6. Letter of Understanding – Establishing the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (submitted by the Secretariat)

7. Horn of Africa Wildlife Enforcement Workshop (submitted by Ethiopia)

8. International trade of polar bear from Canada (submitted by Canada)

9. Proposed guidance for making non-detriment findings for agarwood-producing species (prepared by the Secretariat)

10. Climate change and wetlands: implications for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the Ramsar Convention)

11. Guide for participants (prepared by the Secretariat)

12. Election of members of the permanent committees (prepared by the Secretariat)

13. Audit report of the CITES Secretariat by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (prepared by the Secretariat)

14. IUCN/TRAFFIC analyses of the proposals to amend the CITES Appendices at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (submitted by Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of IUCN/TRAFFIC)

15. Response to Canada CoP16 information document on polar bears (submitted by the United States of America at the request of the Humane Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Natural Resources Defense Council)

16. Letter to the Parties at CoP16 regarding amendment proposals CoP16 Prop. 32 and CoP16 Prop. 38 on turtles (submitted by the United States of America at the request of the International Coalition of Concerned Turtle Scientists and Conservationists)

17. Additional information on amendment proposal CoP16 Prop. 43 (submitted by Brazil)

18. Canadian principles for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna And Flora (CITES) (submitted by Canada)

19. Research project on the determination of age and the geographical origin of african elephant ivory (submitted by Germany)

20. Background information on the agarwood documents (submitted by Indonesia and Kuwait)

21. CITES and Livelihoods toolkit and guidelines (submitted by the Secretariat on behalf of the Working Group on CITES and Livelihoods)

22. Population trends in pacific oceanic sharks and the utility of regulations on shark finning (submitted by the United States of America)

23. Report of the first session of the plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services (submitted by the Secretariat)

24. Why shark and manta ray species would benefit from a CITES Appendix-II listing (submitted by Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, the United States of America and the Member States of the European Union)

25. Fact sheet and FAQ paper on the porbeagle listing proposal (submitted by Ireland, on behalf of the European Union Member States acting in the interest of the European Union)

26. Response by the range States of the West African manatee to the provisional assessment of proposal CoP16 Prop. 13 by the Secretariat (submitted by Senegal)

27. European Union position on Introduction from the sea (submitted by Ireland, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States)

28. CITES trade: recent trends in international trade in Appendix II-listed species (1996-2010) (submitted by the Secretariat)

29. Dalbergia spp et Diospyros spp (submitted by Madagascar)

30. CITES trade – A global analysis of trade in Appendix-I listed species (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre)

31. CITES at 40: Perspectives, trade patterns and future prospects (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre)

32. Decisión 15.90 – informe de Brasil (submitted by Brazil)

33. Taller de fortalecimiento de las capacidades técnicas de los países miembros de la OCTA para la formulación de los dictámenes de extracción no perjudicial para las especies CITES de flora (submitted by Brazil)

34. Illegal trade of rhinoceros horn in Viet Nam (submitted by Viet Nam)

35. Oceanic whitetip shark proposal – Additional supporting scientific information (submitted by Brazil, Colombia and the United States of America)

36. CITES wood ID – an innovative tool for the identification of CITES-listed timber species (submitted by Germany)

37. Información adicional sobre la propuesta de enmienda CoP16 Prop. 48 (submitted by Colombia)

38. Rhino conservation, the illegal killing and hunting of rhinoceros in South Africa and comments on the proposal submitted by Kenya to place a zero quota for the export of hunting trophies of white rhinoceros (submitted by South Africa)

39. IUCN and TRAFFIC briefing paper for CoP16 (submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

40. Shark fin identification guide in English, Spanish and French (submitted by Honduras)

41. The role of CITES in the conservation of marine fishes subject to international trade (submitted by the United States of America)

42. Proposed changes to the document CoP16 Doc. 57 (Rev. 1) (submitted by Switzerland)

43. Management measures taken by the ICCAT on eastern bluefin tuna (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas)

44. Saker falcon task force (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals)

45. European Union proposal regarding Ursus maritimus (polar bear) (submitted under Rule 23.5 of the Rules of Procedure by Ireland, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States)

46. Plan de acción nacional para el manejo y conservación de la vicuña en el Ecuador (Anexo I) (submitted by Ecuador)

47. Response from Colombia to comments on amendment proposal CoP16 Prop. 23 (Crocodylus acutus) (submitted by Colombia)

48. Updated EU proposal on “introduction from the sea” [document CoP16 Doc. 32 (Rev. 1)] (submitted by Ireland, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States and Croatia)

49. Proceedings of the meeting on medical plants held on 24-26 May 2012, Thimphu, Bhutan (submitted by Bhutan)

50. Elephants (submitted by the Secretariat)

51. African rhinoceroses – Latest trends in rhino numbers and poaching (submitted by the Secretariat at the request of IUCN)

52. Draft decision for an action plan for Diospyros spp. and Dalbergia spp. (submitted by Madagascar)

53. Conservation of and trade in sturgeons and paddlefish (submitted by the Russian Federation and Ukraine)

54. Chair’s summary of roundtable on combating transnational organized wildlife and forest crime for ministers and high-level representatives (submitted by the Secretariat)

55. Información adicional sobre la propuesta de enmienda CoP16 Prop. 47 (Paratrygon aiereba) (submitted by Colombia)