Demand reduction

The Secretariat shall, subject to external funding:
a) contract a consultant to:
  i) engage with Parties that reported against Decision 16.85 paragraph c)* and any other Parties as may be appropriate to identify best practices and challenges experienced by these   Parties in their development and implementation of long-term demand reduction strategies or programmes to combat trafficking in wildlife; and
  ii) conduct a review of existing demand-reduction studies and material, and the outcomes of demand-reduction workshops and other initiatives that have taken place in recent  years;
b) convene an expert workshop for Parties to review the consultants’ report and agree practical steps to be taken, including recommendations for the Standing Committee to submit to the Conference of the Parties at its 18th meeting;
c) support interested Parties in implementing demand-reduction strategies and provide necessary technical cooperation to those Parties on an ongoing basis;
d) prepare a report on the basis of the findings made through the activities outlined in paragraphs a) to c) in this decision, together with recommendations, on how to further enhance the effectiveness of such strategies or programmes to reduce demand for illegal wildlife specimens; and
e) report on progress on the implementation of the present Decision at the 69th and 70th meetings of the Standing Committee.

* China, Greece, South Africa and Zimbabwe – document CoP17 Doc. 68. 

Document status
Invalid
Number/Code
17.48
Primary category
Strategic matters
Decision group
17.44 to 17.48
Decision directed to
Secretariat
Meeting
Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Document type
Decision