Seventy-eighth meeting of the Standing Committee

Geneva, Switzerland, 03 - 08 February 2025

Information documents

(All documents are provided here in PDF format)

Title Files Referenced agenda item Created / Updated
1. International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) Annual Report 2023 (submitted by the Secretariat)
38.2
2. Pangolin conservation in China (submitted by China)
67
3. Responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2023/136 on Trade in mammoth ivory (submitted by the Secretariat)
65.7
4. Information on the implementation of the measures and activities in the Outcome Document of the CITES Task Force on illegal trade in specimens of CITES-listed tree species (submitted by the Secretariat)
38.3
5. CITES Partnership strategy (draft): Comments received by the Secretariat (submitted by the Secretariat)
16
6. Responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2024/076 on Trade in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) (submitted by the Secretariat)
65.6
7. Responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2024/045 on Wildlife crime enforcement support in West and Central Africa (submitted by the Secretariat)
39
8. Pangolin conservation - an update on U.S. actions (submitted by the United States of America)
67
9. Parties' responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2024/086 on Request for information on Asian big cats (Felidae spp.) (submitted by the Secretariat)
43.1
10. Parties' responses to Notification to the Parties No. 2024/097 on Illegal trade in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) (submitted by the Secretariat)
40
11. Report presented by China as a Member of the Trilateral Contact Group on Law Enforcement to combat illegal trade in totoaba (submitted by China)
33.12
12. Supplementary information regarding the Standing Committee's intersessional working group on the Role of CITES in reducing risk of future zoonotic disease emergence associated with international wildlife trade (submitted by Israel and Singapore)
15
13. Informe anual CITES 2024 Region de Centro América (presentado por Honduras)
85
14. Presentation from Viet Nam concerning trade in Macaca fascicularis in response to Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19) on Review of animal specimens reported as produced in captivity (submitted by Viet Nam)
35.1
15. Additional information on the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties (submitted by the Chair of the Standing Committee)
12.4
16. Annotated agenda (recommendations from the addendums now included) (submitted by the Secretariat)
All
17. CITES Strategic Vision 2021-2030 - Baseline (submitted by the Secretariat)
14
18. Report of the Bern III Conference on Cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (submitted by the Secretariat)
16
19. A portable, affordable and accessible DNA rapid diagnostic technology for species detection (submitted by Mexico)
37
20. Compilation of draft decisions for consideration by the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (submitted by the Secretariat)
All
21. Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/130 of 28 January 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 as regards developments in the framework of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the possibility to issue retrospective permits (submitted by the European Union)
33.1
22. Response from Kazakhstan concerning trade in Chlamydotis macqueenii in response to Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19) on Review of animal specimens reported as produced in captivity (submitted by Kazakhstan)
35.1
23. Informe anual CITES 2023-2024 de la region del Caribe (presentado por la República Dominicana)
85
24. Illegal trade in cheetahs: supplemental information and recommendations (submitted by Ethiopia)
40
25. CITES musical instrument certificate (submitted by the United States of America)
51 & 56
26. Brazil wood (Paubrasilia echinata) (submitted by the United States of America)
73
27. The application of CITES to fungi and lichen (submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
75
28. Regarding draft decisions on sustainable financing for the conservation and management of African elephants (submitted by Benin)
65.8
29. Additional information from Nicaragua concerning trade in Agalychnis callidryas, Dendrobates auratus and Oophaga pumilio with regard to Resolution Conf 17.7 on Review of Animal Specimens reported as produced in captivity (submitted by Nicaragua)
35.1
30. Draft amendments to SC78 Doc. 47 (submitted by the European Union, its Member States and Canada)
47
31. Additional information from Egypt concerning trade in Testudo kleinmanni in regard to Resolution Conf 17.7 on Review of animal specimens reported as produced in captivity (submitted by Egypt)
35.1
32. United States of America positions at CITES SC78 during presidential transition (submitted by the United States of America)
31.1, 33.1-33.3, 33.5-33.9, 34 and 35.1
33. Dalbergia melanoxylon (African Blackwood): A critical resource for musical instruments (submitted by France)
34.3
34. Additional information from Uzbekistan concerning trade in Testudo horsfieldii in regard to Resolution Conf 17.7 on Review of animal specimens reported as produced in captivity (submitted by Uzbekistan)
35.1
35. Informe de la region Centroamericana (submitted by Brazil)
36. Draft amendments to SC78 Doc. 63 (submitted by the North American region)
63
37. Suggested edits on draft Resolution on Eels (SC78 Doc. 69.1 Annex 2) (submitted by the North America region)
69.1
38. Plantations of Paubrasilia echinata in Espirito Santo (submitted by the United States of America on behalf of the author)
73
39. Draft amendments to SC78 Doc. 17 (submitted by Mexico and Canada)
17
40. U.S. edits to draft decisions on Totoabas (Totoaba Macdonaldi) (submitted by the United States of America)
33.12.1
41. Engagement of indigenous peoples and local communities (submitted by Senegal)
28
42. CITES and forests (submitted by the Secretariat)
19
43. Regarding Proposals and draft Decisions on Livelihoods (submitted by Senegal)
28
44. Rhinoceros (submitted by Namibia)
45
45. Draft amendments to SC78 Doc. 63 (submitted by the European Union and its Member States)
63
46. Stocks and stockpiles (submitted by Benin)
53
47. Stocks and stockpiles (Elephant ivory) (submitted by Benin)
54
48. Jaguar recommendations (submitted by Brazil)
44
49. Regarding new draft decisions on transport of live specimens (SC78 Doc. 55) (submitted by the North America region)
55
50. International Consortium on Combating Wildife Crime (ICCWC) side events: ‘Global Cooperation on Combating Wildlife Crime’ and ‘CITES Illegal Trade Data and 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report’ (submitted by the Secretariat)
38.2