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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.