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Biodiversity Policy & Practice

Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP16)

3-14 March 2013 | Bangkok, Thailand
 
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Highlights for Thursday, 7 March 2013
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CITES
CITES CoP16In the morning, Committee I reviewed proposals for the transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II of the Abruzzo chamois and the vicuña, which were both accepted. The transfer of polar bears from Appendix II to Appendix I and an alternate proposal to annotate the current Appendix II listing were not accepted. Committee II discussed reports from the Secretariat and TRAFFIC on monitoring the illegal killing of elephants (MIKE) and the elephant trade information system (ETIS). Committee II suspended discussion on these two agenda items and formed working groups that are expected to report back on Friday, 8 March. Committee II then addressed the proposed new resolution concerning the African Elephant Action Plan and African Elephant Fund.

In the afternoon, Committee I considered more proposals to amend the appendices, including the proposal to uplist the West African manatee, which was accepted. Committee II continued discussions on elephants, including a decision-making mechanism and, among other things, revised and voted to accept resolutions and decisions on introduction from the sea
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Picture of floating wood near Port-Gentil, Ogooué-Maritime, Gabon. Photo from the Wild and Precious
exhibit by CITES, UNEP and Goodplanet Foundation. Photo by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
 
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Committee I
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View of the Committee I session chaired by Carolina Caceres (Canada)
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Ute Grimm, Germany
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Hugh Robertson, New Zealand
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Deb Callister, Australia
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L-R: Delegates from Paraguay and Peru consulting
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Benson Okita Ouma, Kenya
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Ignacio Avila, Paraguay
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Mick Reilly, Swaziland
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L-R: Volodymyr Domashlinets, Ukraine; Ioseb Kartsivadze, Georgia; Siranush Muradyan, Armenia; and Aleksandr Grigoryants, Uzbekistan
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Committee II
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View of the Committee II session chaired by Robert Gabel (US)
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Kanjana Nitaya, Thailand
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Ibrahim Lankoande, Burkina Faso
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Asta Einarsdottir, Iceland
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L-R: Tom De Meulenaer, CITES Secretariat; John Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General; and Committee II Chair Robert Gabel (US)
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Mary Rice, Environmental Investigation Agency
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Elizabeth Bennett, Wildlife Conservation Society
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Cosma Wilungula, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Delegates from Indonesia confer
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L-R: Delegates from Denmark and Sweden consulting
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CoP16 Snapshots
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L-R: Martin Guth, Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots; Ugo Eichler Vercillo, Brazil; Lyndon John, Saint Lucia; and Tim Bouts, Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, Qatar
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Thai CoP16 support staff
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L-R: Yolande Dwarika, South Africa, in conversation with Dahai Qi, China
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Participants mingling along the CoP16 corridor
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Wildlife Enforcement Network booth
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Side Event
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Dais during the side event on undercover work with poachers, smugglers and traders. Organized by The Thin Green Line Foundation and Ian Redmond
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Illegal traders showing ivory chop sticks
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Illegal traders with a cache of ivory tusks and ornaments
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Related Links
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
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*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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