SSN Briefing Document for the 57th Meeting of the CITES Standing ...

ISSUE PROPOSED ACTIONS SSN RECOMMENDATIONS
instead lowered its quota. SSN disagrees with the
recommendation that Mali simply maintain this quota. SSN urges
the SC to extend the deadline for compliance to 31 December
2008 and to recommend a trade suspension should Mali fail to
report measures used to make a science-based non-detriment
finding at that time. Regarding Niger, SSN urges the SC to
request that Niger maintain its zero export quota until the
recommendations of the AC are be complied with.
• Tridacnidae (giant clams): Regarding Madagascar, the
Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, SSN agrees with
the recommendations to suspend trade of these species from both
Parties and non-Parties for their lack of response. SSN agrees that
Fiji, France, Mozambique, have complied with the
recommendations and should be removed from the Review.
• Country-based Review of Significant Trade (Madagascar):
■ SSN notes that the AC and PC have agreed that the countrybased
Review of Significant Trade in Madagascar has now been
completed.
■ SSN urges the SC to direct the AC and PC not to undertake
additional country-based reviews until the results of the Evaluation
of the Review of Significant Trade are available.
29.2 Review of
recommendations
to suspend trade
made more than
two years ago
SC57 Doc. 29.2
• RC 12.8 (Rev. CoP13) on Review of Significant Trade in
specimens of Appendix-II species states that the SC, in
consultation with the Secretariat and the Chair of the AC or
PC, shall review recommendations to suspend trade that
have been in place for longer than two years and, if
appropriate, take measures to address the situation.
• Provides a list of suspensions established prior to September
2003, the recommendations of the Secretariat (Annex 1),
and an analysis by TRAFFIC (Annex 2).
• Requests the SC to note changes in nomenclature for some
of these species adopted at CITES CoP14.
• Provides a letter and report from Tanzania requesting the
withdrawal of the recommendation to suspend trade in
Agapornis fischeri (Fischer's lovebird) (Annex 3).
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• SSN agrees that the SC should note the changes in nomenclature
adopted at CITES CoP14.
• SSN reminds the SC that paragraph (u) of RC 12.8 (Rev. CoP13)
states, “a recommendation to suspend trade in the affected
species with the State concerned should be withdrawn only
(emphasis added) when that State demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Standing Committee, through the Secretariat,
compliance with Article IV, paragraph 2 (a), 3 or 6 (a).” SSN is
concerned that the Secretariat, for several species, recommends
removal of trade suspensions though Article IV has not been
complied with.
• SSN notes that the TRAFFIC report contains a number of
recommendations to the AC. SSN urges the SC to direct AC24 to
consider these issues before taking any decisions.
• Argentina- Lama glama guanicoe (guanaco): SSN agrees with
the recommendation to remove the suspension because a
regulation has been adopted at the national level to limit exports to
wool sheared from live animals. Such wool is exempt from the
suspension.