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

ISSUE PROPOSED ACTIONS SSN RECOMMENDATIONS
declaration or statement on renewed commitment to more
effective enforcement methods in future; and
▪ agree that the meeting should provide an opportunity to set new
benchmarks or identify indicators for measuring progress and the
effectiveness of enforcement.
■ SSN recommends that, if the enforcement meeting does not
provide these opportunities in the first two paragraphs above, then
the CITES Enforcement Expert Group should undertake these
activities.
• Decision 14:71:
■ SSN recommends that the SC include this issue (that Parties
that have or seek to have specialized wildlife crime units should
receive technical assistance from the Secretariat and assistance
with the identification of additional opportunities for technical and
financial support) in the standardized reporting format for
determining compliance with Decision 14.65, as recommended
above.
• Decision 14.72:
■ SSN recommends that the SC:
▪ request the Secretariat to ensure that members of the CITES
Tiger Enforcement Task Force attend the upcoming meeting of the
CITES Enforcement Expert Group; and
▪ request the Secretariat include this item (establish a mechanism
to regularly monitor and evaluate the scale and nature of illegal
trade in Asian big cats) on the agenda for the CITES Tiger
Enforcement Task Force / CITES Enforcement Expert Group
meeting.
31.2 Intensive
operations
breeding tigers on
a commercial scale
SC57 Doc. 31.2
• Prepared by India and Nepal.
• Decision 14.69 states that “Parties with intensive operations
breeding tigers on a commercial scale shall implement
measures to restrict the captive population to a level
supportive only to conserving wild tigers; tigers should not be
bred for trade in their parts and derivatives.”
• Requests the SC to ask all States breeding tigers on a
commercial scale, to report on implementation of Decision
14.69, discuss the issue at SC58, and to make relevant
recommendations to Parties and the CoP.
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• SSN recommends that the SC:
■ support the recommendation in SC57 Doc. 31.2 to request
Parties present at SC57 that breed tigers on a commercial scale to
report verbally to SC57 on the progress they have made in
implementation of Decision 14.69;
■ request the Secretariat issue a Notification to the Parties to
request that Parties with intensive operations breeding tigers on a
commercial scale to report to the SC by 31 December 2008 on
how they are implementing this Decision, including a timeline
leading to full implementation by SC58;
■ determine at SC58 if relevant Parties have implemented this
Decision; and
■ for relevant Parties that have not implemented the Decision,
decide follow up measures to be taken to ensure implementation
by no later than CoP15.