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22nd Meeting of the Plants Committee (PC) of the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

19-23 October 2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia


Highlights for Friday, 23 October 2015

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L-R: Teona Karchava, Georgia; Chair Margarita Clemente;
Co-Chair Hesiquio Benítez, Milena Sosa-Schmidt, Secretariat; and Ioseb Kartsivadze, Georgia

CITES PC22 The 22nd meeting of the Plants Committee (PC22) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) convened for its final day in Tbilisi, Georgia on 23 October 2015. During the morning, participants convened in plenary to discuss: guidance on NDFs for trees; the recommendations from the working group on Malagasy ebonies and Malagasy rosewoods; and the executive summaries of the third day of the Committee meeting.

In the afternoon, participants reconvened in plenary to hear the agenda item on trade in artificially propagated plants and discuss the regional reports. The Plants Committee welcomed invitations from Paraguay and Madagascar to host the 23rd and 24th meetings, respectively.

Following the closing session, the meeting was closed at 5:45 p.m.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates from the 22nd Meeting of the Plants Committee (PC) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In addition, IISD Reporting Services has produced a summary and analysis report of CITS PC22, which is available in HTML and PDF. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/cites-pc22/


Tom De Meulenaer, CITES Secretariat

Aro Vonjy Ramarosandratana, Madagascar


Participants of the 22nd Plants Committee held in Tbilisi, Georgia

Outgoing Chair Margarita Clemente and Outgoing Vice-Chair Hesiquio Benítez Diaz

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