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<strong>Crocodile</strong> <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Steering Committee Meeting<br />

Goldi Sands Hotel, Negombo, Sri Lanka<br />

20 May 2013 (8.30 am-5.00 pm)<br />

Agenda Item SC.1.1<br />

Information Item<br />

Chairman’s Report<br />

Welcome<br />

Apologies:<br />

Steering Committee: Dietrich Jelden, Toshinori Tsubouchi, Choo Hoo Giam, Nao Thuok, Eric<br />

Langlet, Alfonso Llobet, Carlos Pina, Hesiquio Benitez Dias, Miryam Anaya, Luis Bassetti, Sergio<br />

Medrano-Bitar, Roberto Soberon, Bernado Ortiz, Jon Hutton, Ralf Sommerlad, Ruth Elsey, Allan<br />

Woodward, Noel Kinler, Frank Mazzotti, Tomme Young, Hank Jenkins, Yoshio Kaneko, James<br />

McGegor, Clara Lucia Sierra Diaz, Val Lance<br />

Other CSG members: Patrick Aust, Manuel Muñiz, María de la Paz López Vázquez, Rafael<br />

Antelo, Rob Stuebing, Bienvenu ADJE Chabi, Laura Brant, Gordon Grigg<br />

Report on Activities:<br />

Loss of long-serving CSG members, Saul Elias Gutierrez Eljuri (Venezuela), Keiran McNamara<br />

(Australia). Also, Alfonse Mava (Papue New Guinea) who had been involved in the crocodile<br />

program there for some 30 years.<br />

Steering Committee changes<br />

Anslem de Silva - Regional Chairman, South Asia & Iran (SA&I) Region<br />

Ruchira Somaweera, Maheshwa Dhakal, Raju Vyas - Vice Chairs, SA&I Region<br />

Clara Lucia Sierra Diaz - Vice Chair, Community Education <strong>Group</strong><br />

Parntep Ratanakorn - Chairman, Siamese <strong>Crocodile</strong> Task Force<br />

Simone Comparini - Deputy Vice Chair, Industry <strong>Group</strong><br />

Allan Woodward - Chair, Human-<strong>Crocodile</strong> Working <strong>Group</strong><br />

Meetings<br />

• CITES Standing Committee (SC62), Geneva, Switzerland, 23-27 July 2012<br />

• HCC Symposium, Bangalore, India, August 2012<br />

• American <strong>Crocodile</strong> (C. acutus) Workshop, Homestead FL, USA, 15 February 2013<br />

• CSG-TTF “A Night for the Crocs”, Zoo Miami, USA, 16 February 2013.<br />

• CITES Standing Committee (SC63), Bangkok, Thailand, 2 March 2013<br />

• CITES CoP16, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-14 March 2013<br />

Reviews<br />

• Situation in Madagascar continues to be monitored, while trade ban continues.<br />

• Executive Officer, Tom Dacey, undertook a review in Lao PDR, December 2012.

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