CITES CoP16 Digest - Species Survival Network

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Dear Delegates and Colleagues: On behalf of the 92 Member Organizations of the Species Survival Network, I am pleased to share with you SSN’s analysis of each document to be discussed at the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in Bangkok, Thailand. For two decades, SSN’s scientists, lawyers, field conservation practitioners and policy experts have prepared a CITES Digest, which we hope you will agree is a useful tool to inform and enhance the deliberations of the Parties. With so many important, indeed often life-saving, matters under consideration –a fully-informed debate is essential. SSN strongly believes that the survival of thousands of species imperiled by trade is enhanced by CITES when the treaty is strictly enforced and universally implemented. It is with great pride that I share this Digest with you and commend your efforts on behalf of the species we seek to conserve. Will Travers President, Species Survival Network
Analysis of the Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II SPECIES/PROPONENT/PROPOSAL CURRENT STATUS OF SPECIES SSN VIEW To be discussed at the 16th Conference of the CITES Parties, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-14 March 2013 Abbreviations used: RC=Resolution Conf. • CoP=Conference of the Parties • SC=Standing Committee • AC=Animals Committee PC=Plants Committee • WG=Working Group • EU=European Union • References cited available upon request SPECIES/PROPONENT/PROPOSAL CURRENT STATUS OF SPECIES SSN VIEW Prop. 1 Abruzzo chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata • Distribution: Italy. • Population: Vulnerable (IUCN 2008); very small population (approximately 1,500 individuals) in three parks; population increasing due to strict protection, captive breeding and reintroductions. • Threats: Competition with livestock. • Trade: International trade since 1975: 143 skins (plus 800 kg skins), 29 trophies, 10 live animals and four bodies; 20 garments and three trophies exported from Italy. SUPPORT • Killing, take, disturbance, possession or commercial use prohibited under national law and EU legislation. • AC endorsed this proposal by postal procedure after AC26 as part of Periodic Review of the Appendices (RC 14.8). • The Handbook of the Mammals of the World, v.2, treats R. p. ornata as a full species; AC Nomenclature WG has decided not to follow this classification. Denmark on behalf of EU Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II Prop. 2 Vicuña Vicugna vicugna Ecuador • Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru; reintroduced in Ecuador in 1984. • Population: Least Concern (IUCN 2008); proposal states 4,824 individuals in Ecuador. • Threats: Poaching; Ecuador--no records of poaching; collision with vehicles is primary threat. • Trade: Currently none from Ecuador; Ecuador seeks to initiate a communitybased catch and release program for shearing of and trade in vicuna fiber; members of the Convention for the Conservation and Management of the Vicuña agreed to the proposed downlisting (Resolution No.341/2012): currently, all populations on Appendix I except certain populations of Argentina and Chile and the entire populations of Peru and Bolivia, which are included in Appendix II. OPPOSE • Ecuador’s small population continues to meet biological criteria for listing in Appendix I (RC 9.24 (Rev. CoP15), Annex 1). • RC 9.24 (Rev. CoP15), Annex 4, A) 2) states, “species included in Appendix I should only be transferred to Appendix II if they do not satisfy the relevant criteria in Annex 1.” • Ecuador does not provide sufficient information to evaluate whether effective management and enforcement controls are in place if trade in this population where allowed. • Population meets criteria for inclusion in Appendix I (RC 9.24 (Rev. CoP15) Annex 1, A) ii)): wild population is small • in demand for trade Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II, the populations of Ecuador www.ssn.org 1
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