Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the 19th meeting

This list of Decisions has been produced in accordance with Resolution Conf. 4.6 (Rev. CoP19) of the Conference of the Parties. It contains the Decisions (other than Resolutions) adopted at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP19, Panama City, 2022) as well as the Decisions adopted at previous meetings that remain in effect after the 19th meeting.

The Decisions in this section are grouped by subject, in accordance with Resolution Conf. 4.6 (Rev. CoP19).

Every Decision that was adopted at CoP19 has a number starting with '19', e.g. Decision 19.1. Every Decision that was adopted at a previous meeting and remains valid is included here with its original number, e.g. Decision 14.69. If the Conference of the Parties amended a Decision at a meeting after the one at which it was adopted, the original number of that Decision is followed by the indication ‘(Rev. CoPXX)’, where 'XX' represents the number of the meeting at which the amendment was adopted. For example, Decision 16.162 (Rev. CoP19) was adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its 16th meeting and amended at its 19th meeting.

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Decision directed to
Administrative and financial matters
18.1 (Rev. CoP19) Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties
18.2 Terms of reference of the Finance and Budget Subcommittee
19.1 to 19.3 Emerging operational issues of the committees
18.4, 19.4 to 19.9 Access to funding
18.12 & 19.10 Sponsored Delegates Project
Strategic matters
19.11 to 19.14 CITES Strategic Vision
19.15 to 19.19 Role of CITES in reducing risk of future zoonotic disease emergenceassociated with international wildlife trade
19.20, 19.21, 17.55 (Rev. CoP19) & 17.56 (Rev. CoP19) Cooperation with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other international organizations
19.22 & 19.23 Cooperation with the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
18.55 Cooperation on the Black sea bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ponticus)
18.59, 18.60 (Rev. CoP19), 18.61, 19.24 & 19.25 Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative
19.26 & 19.27 International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)
19.28 & 19.29 IPBES Assessment report on the sustainable use of wild species
19.30 & 19.31 World Wildlife Trade Report
19.32 to 19.34 CITES and forests
19.35 to 19.37 Financial and operational sustainability of the MIKE and ETIS programmes
19.38 & 19.39 Language strategy for the Convention
Capacity-building
19.40 to 19.43 Capacity-building
19.44 to 19.46 Compliance Assistance Programme
19.47 & 19.48 Country-wide Review of Significant Trade
19.49 & 19.50 CITES Tree Species Programme
CITES and people
19.51 to 19.53 CITES gender action plan
17.57 (Rev. CoP19), 18.31 (Rev. CoP19), 18.32 (Rev. CoP19) & 19.54 Engagement of indigenous peoples and local communities
18.33 (Rev. CoP19) to 18.35 (Rev. CoP19) Livelihoods*
19.55 to 19.57 Demand reduction to combat illegal trade
Compliance
19.58 to 19.62 National laws for implementation of the Convention
17.108 (Rev. CoP19) to 17.110 (Rev. CoP19) Review of Significant Trade
19.63 to 19.65 Review of Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19) on Review of trade in specimens reported as produced in captivity
18.175 Captive-breeding of Sri Lankan agamids
19.66 Review of Resolution Conf. 11.3 (Rev. CoP19) on Compliance and enforcement
19.67 Possession of specimens of species included in Appendix I
18.117 (Rev. CoP19), 18.118 & 18.119 (Rev. CoP19) Closure of domestic ivory markets
19.68 to 19.70 Review of the National Ivory Action Plans Process
19.71 to 19.73 Malagasy palisanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) and ebonies (Diospyros spp.)
18.292 (Rev. CoP19) to 18.295 (Rev. CoP19) & 19.74 to 19.76 Totoabas (Totoaba macdonaldi)
Illegal trade and enforcement
19.77 to 19.79 Enforcement
19.80 Annual illegal trade reports
19.81 to 19.83 Wildlife crime linked to the Internet
18.90 (Rev. CoP19), 18.91 (Rev. CoP19) & 19.84 to 19.88 Wildlife crime enforcement support in West and Central Africa
19.89 to 19.91 Task Force on illegal trade in specimens of CITES-listed tree species
19.92 & 19.93 CITES Big Cats Task Force
19.94 to 19.96 Implementation of the priority recommendations from the review of the ETIS programme
19.97 & 19.98 ETIS categorization of Parties
19.99 to 19.101 Ivory seizures and domestic ivory markets
19.102 & 19.103 Trade in mammoth ivory
19.104 to 19.106 Illegal trade in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
18.217 (Rev. CoP19) Marine turtles (Cheloniidae spp. and Dermochelyidae spp.)
18.226 (Rev. CoP19), 19.107 & 19.108 Trade in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
14.69, 19.109, 18.100, 18.101, 18.102 (Rev. CoP19), 18.103 (Rev. CoP19), 18.105, 18.106 & 18.107 (Rev. CoP19) to 18.109 (Rev. CoP19) Asian big cats (Felidae spp.)
19.110 to 19.114 Jaguars (Panthera onca)
18.116 & 19.115 to 19.122 Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.)
19.123 to 19.127 Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Testudines spp.)
Regulation of trade
19.128 to 19.131 Legal acquisition findings
19.132 to 19.134 Non-detriment findings
19.135 to 19.139 Non-detriment findings for specimens of Appendix-II species
taken from areas beyond national jurisdiction
18.166, 18.168 (Rev. CoP19) & 18.169 (Rev. CoP19) Guidance on non-detriment findings for trade in leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting trophies
19.140 & 19.141 Introduction from the sea
19.142 to 19.144 Materials for the identification of specimens of CITES-listed species
19.145 to 19.148 Identification of timber and other wood products
19.149 Purpose-of-transaction codes
19.150 to 19.152 Electronic systems and information technology
19.153 to 19.155 Risk assessment and analysis for border control
17.170 (Rev. CoP19) Stocks and stockpiles
19.156, 19.157, 18.184 (Rev. CoP19), 18.185 (Rev. CoP19) Stocks and stockpiles (elephant ivory)
19.158 & 19.159 Transport of live specimens
19.160 Rapid movement of wildlife diagnostic samples and musical instruments
19.161 to 19.163 Specimens produced through biotechnology
19.164 to 19.166 Definition of the term ‘appropriate and acceptable destinations’
19.167 & 19.168 Trade in live African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
19.169 to 19.174 Disposal of confiscated specimens
19.175 & 19.176 Labelling system for trade in caviar
19.177 & 19.178 Trade in stony corals (Scleractinia spp.)
Exemptions and special trade provisions
19.179 & 19.180 Review of CITES provisions related to trade in specimens of animals and plants not of wild source
19.181 Review of Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15) on Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
19.182 & 19.183 Guidance on the term ‘artificially propagated’
Species conservation and trade
19.184 & 19.185 Assessment of Appendix-I listed species
19.186 to 19.188 Identifying information on species at risk of extinction affected by international trade
19.189 to 19.191 Aquatic species listed in the CITES Appendices
Fauna
19.192 to 19.196 West African vultures (Accipitridae spp.)
19.197 to 19.199 Conservation of amphibians (Amphibia spp.)
18.238, 18.239 & 19.200 to 19.204 Pangolins (Manis spp.)
19.205 to 19.210 African lions (Panthera leo)
19.211 & 19.212 Leopards (Panthera pardus) in Africa
18.256 (Rev. CoP19) to 18.259 (Rev. CoP19) Songbird trade and conservation management (Passeriformes spp.)
17.256 (Rev. CoP19) African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)
19.213 to 19.217 Saiga antelopes (Saiga spp.)
Fauna/Aquatic species
19.218 to 19.221 Eels (Anguilla spp.)
19.222 to 19.227 Sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.)
18.209 Humphead wrasses (Cheilinus undulatus)
19.228 to 19.232 Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.)
19.233 to 19.236 Queen conch (Strombus gigas)
19.237 & 19.238 Marine ornamental fishes
Flora
19.239 & 19.240 Agarwood-producing taxa (Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp.)
19.241 & 19.242 Boswellia trees (Boswellia spp.)
19.243 to 19.245 Rosewood tree species [Leguminosae (Fabaceae)]
19.246 to 19.248 Products containing specimens of Appendix II orchids (Orchidaceae spp.)
19.249 to 19.253 Brazil wood (Paubrasilia echinata)
19.254 to 19.256 African tree species
19.257 to 19.260 Neotropical tree species
19.261 to 19.264 Trade in medicinal and aromatic plant species
Appendices of the Convention
Annotations
16.162 (Rev. CoP19) Annotations
18.321 (Rev. CoP19) & 18.322 (Rev. CoP19) Annotation #15
18.151 (Rev. CoP19) Implications of the transfer of a species from one Appendix to another
18.317 (Rev. CoP19) & 19.265 Information system for trade in specimens of CITES-listed tree species
19.266 & 19.267 Informal review mechanism for existing and proposed annotations
19.268 to 19.271 Orchid specimens exempted through annotation #4 g)
18.323 (Rev. CoP19) to 18.326 (Rev. CoP19) Annotation of Cape aloe (Aloe ferox)
Nomenclature matters
18.313 (Rev. CoP19) & 18.314 (Rev. CoP19) Nomenclature of Appendix-III listings
19.272 & 19.273 Higher taxon listings in the Appendices
19.274 Development of a standardized global checklist of species
Nomenclature matters/Fauna
18.309, 18.310 (Rev. CoP19), 18.311 & 18.312 (Rev. CoP19) Use of time-specific versions of online databases as standard nomenclature references
19.275 to 19.277 Taxonomy and nomenclature of African elephants (Loxodonta spp.)
19.278 Nomenclature for bird family and order names
Nomenclature matters/Flora
19.279 & 19.280 Nomenclature for aloes (Aloe spp.)
18.304 (Rev. CoP19) to 18.306 (Rev. CoP19) Cactaceae Checklist and its Supplement
18.307 (Rev. CoP19) & 18.308 (Rev. CoP19) Production of a CITES Checklist for rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.)
19.281 & 19.282 Nomenclature for ebonies (Diospyros spp.) (populations of Madagascar)
19.283 Standard nomenclature for cumarus (Dipteryx spp.)
19.284 Standard nomenclature for African mahoganies (Khaya spp.)
19.285 & 19.286 Nomenclature for Appendix-II listed orchids (Orchidaceae spp.)
19.287 & 19.288 Nomenclature for pachypodiums (Pachypodium spp.)
19.289 Standard nomenclature for roseroots (Rhodiola spp.)
19.290 & 19.291 Nomenclature for yews (Taxus spp.)

* For the purpose of these Decisions, “indigenous peoples and local communities” is understood to include rural communities.