19.128 to 19.131 Legal acquisition findings

Decision directed to
19.128
Decision directed to:
Parties
Parties are invited to test the ‘Rapid guide for making legal acquisition findings’ developed by the Secretariat and offer, upon request, peer assistance to other Parties for the improvement of their capacity to verify legal acquisition for different taxa.
19.129
Decision directed to:
Parties
Parties are requested to provide observations and feedback to the Secretariat following their tested use of the Rapid guide for the making of legal acquisition findings.
19.130
Decision directed to:
Secretariat
The Secretariat shall: a) subject to external funding, and taking into consideration the information gathered under Decisions 19.128 and 19.129 on experiences with using the Rapid Guide, develop digital solutions to automate relevant parts of the ‘Rapid guide for making legal acquisition findings’, inviting Parties to provide input on the development of these digital solutions, and maintain a dedicated webpage regarding the verification of legal acquisition for different taxa and specimens on the CITES website and update it regularly; b) subject to external funding, organize workshops and other capacity-building activities related to the implementation of Resolution Conf. 18.7 (Rev. CoP19) on Legal acquisition findings and disseminate training material for the verification of the legal acquisition of CITES specimens; and c) report to the Standing Committee on the progress made in the implementation of Resolution Conf. 18.7 (Rev. CoP19) on the basis of information, experiences and examples submitted by the Parties.
19.131
Decision directed to:
Standing Committee
The Standing Committee shall monitor progress in the implementation of Resolution Conf. 18.7 (Rev. CoP19), assess any reports submitted by the Secretariat as per Decision 19.130, paragraph c) and, where appropriate, make recommendations for improving the verification of legal acquisition by the Parties for submission to the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.