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Daily Web Coverage/ Reports
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis from this meeting. To download our reports, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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 In the morning, ministers and high-level representatives convened for the roundtable on combating transnational organized wildlife and forest crime.
In the afternoon, participants met in Committees. Committee I addressed resolutions and decisions on: cooperation with the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); climate change; non-detriment findings (NDFs); and standard nomenclature. Committee II addressed financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and the CoP.
As well as scheduled meetings, various side events were held during the lunch break. A joint Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)-CITES side event on “The Saiga Antelope: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Sustainable Use," co-hosted by China, the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, discussed the threats faced by the species. The GRASP report, "Stolen Apes: The Illicit Trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans," was introduced in a side event moderated by Ofir Drori, Doug Cress, and Ian Redmond. A side event was also held on “Ending Tiger Trade: A Call for Implementation,” hosted by the Born Free Foundation, Environmental Investigation Agency and Wildlife Protection Society of India, to address trade in tigers and other Asian big cats. |
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CoP16 resources
 CoP16 website
CoP16 agenda and working documents
Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II
Information documents
List of proposals with Secretariat’s recommendations
Standard nomenclature – Standard references to be considered at CoP16 (Notification to the Parties No. 2012/060)
IISD RS resources
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Sixty-second meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, 23-27 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Twenty-sixth meeting of the CITES Animals Committee (AC26), Joint Meeting of the CITES Animals and Plants Committees and CITES Twentieth meeting of the Plants Committee (PC20), 15-20 March 2012, 22-24 March 2012 and 26-30 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland and Dublin, Ireland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Sixty-first meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, 15-19 August 2011, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of AC25, 18-22 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of PC19, 18-21 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the CITES CoP15, 13-25 March 2010, Doha, Qatar (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Fifty-eighth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, 6-10 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of AC24, 20-24 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of PC18, 17-21 March 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS archive of CITES meetings
Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Chemicals and Wastes Policy
Land Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Adressing International Sustainable Land
Forests Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Forests Policy
SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Water Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Addressing Sustainable Water and Sanitation
Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Sustainable Energy Activities
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Contributing to International Sustainable Development
Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
African Regional Coverage
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage |
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Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP16)
