Elephant numbers are declining significantly throughout Africa and Asia. We have been battling intensified poaching and trafficking since the ivory auctions in 2008, yet every year, at least 20,000 African elephants continue to be poached for their ivory, including in...
This document has been prepared by the Secretariat. At its 70th meeting (SC70, Sochi, October 2018), the Standing Committee approved a draft working programme for the present meeting. The Secretariat has supplemented this draft, with the additional documents submitted...
The CITES Authority Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority Harare Zimbabwe. Date: 13th June 2019. Dear Sirs, Re – concerns over the continued wild capture and subsequent export to inappropriate and unacceptable destinations of Zimbabwean elephants. As...
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This proposal concerns the decision establishing the position to be taken on the Union's behalf at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18) in connection with...
In preparation for each CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) meeting, to which proposed amendments to the CITES Appendices are submitted, and at which they are considered, IUCN with TRAFFIC produces the IUCN/TRAFFIC Analyses of the Proposals to Amend the CITES...
The list of 57 proposals to amend Appendices I and II to be considered at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18, Colombo, 2019) was communicated to the Parties through Notification to the Parties No. 2019/004 of 14 January 2019.Annexed to the...
Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019 This document has been submitted by Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, the Niger, Nigeria, the Sudan and Syrian Arab Republic. SummaryThe...
Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019 Interpretation and implementation matters Regulation of trade Definition of the term 'appropriate and acceptable destinations' This document has been submitted by Burkina...
Eighteenth meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019. Zambia proposes that the population of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) of Zambia be downlisted from Appendix I to Appendix II subject to: Trade in registered...