The Animals Committee shall:
a) consider the report of the Secretariat and proceed towards recommending for adoption of a standard nomenclature reference for CITES-listed corals;
b) update its list of coral taxa for which identification to genus level is acceptable, but which should be identified to species level where feasible, once a new standard nomenclature reference for CITES-listed coral species has been identified and provide the updated list to the Secretariat for dissemination; and
c) report with recommendations to the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
Document status
Valid
Number/Code
18.312 (Rev. CoP19)
Primary category
Appendices of the Convention
Secondary category
Nomenclature matters/Fauna
Decision group
18.309, 18.310 (Rev. CoP19), 18.311 & 18.312 (Rev. CoP19)
Decision directed to
Animals Committee
Meeting
Nineteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Document type
Decision
Withdrawn
No
Secretariat comments included
No