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AC27 Doc. 12.5 Original language: English AC27 Doc. 12.5 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA ____________ Twenty-seventh meeting of the Animals Committee Veracruz (Mexico), 28 April – 3 May 2014 Interpretation and implementation of the Convention Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species [Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13)] SELECTION OF SPECIES FOR TRADE REVIEWS FOLLOWING COP16 1. This document has been prepared by the Secretariat. 2. In Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13) on Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species, the Conference of the Parties: DIRECTS the Animals and Plants Committees, in cooperation with the Secretariat and experts, and in consultation with range States, to review the biological, trade and other relevant information on Appendix-II species subject to significant levels of trade, to identify problems and solutions concerning the implementation of Article IV, paragraphs 2 (a), 3 and 6 (a)... 3. In accordance with paragraph a) of that Resolution under the section Regarding conduct of the Review of Significant Trade, the Secretariat requested UNEP-WCMC to produce a summary from the CITES Trade Database of annual report statistics showing the recorded net level of exports for Appendix-II species over the five most recent years. Its report is attached as Annex 1 (English only) to the present document. The raw data used to prepare this summary are available in document AC27 Inf. 2. 4. Paragraph b) of the same section directs the Animals Committee, on the basis of recorded trade levels and information available to it, the Secretariat, Parties or other relevant experts, to select species of priority concern for review (whether or not such species have been the subject of a previous review). 5. In order to assist the Committee with this selection, UNEP-WCMC has developed a process, based on an extended analysis of trade, for identifying candidate species for review. This process is described in Annex 2 (English only) of the present document, which also contains a summary of the extended trade analysis and a list of possible candidate species thus identified. Recommendation 6. The Committee is invited to select species of priority concern for trade reviews. AC27 Doc. 12.5 – p. 1 AC27 Doc. 12.5 Annex 1 (English only /únicamente en inglés / seulement en aglais) Recorded Net Exports of Appendix-II Fauna 2007-2011 To comply with the specifications of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13), an initial data output was produced comprising net exports of Appendix-II species over the most recent five-year period for which near-complete data are available (2007-2011). Data from 2012 were excluded because at the time of the data extraction (2 December 2013), only 40% of annual reports had been received (72 out of the 180 Parties to CITES); however, 2012 data can be viewed within the dataset provided in AC27 Inf. 2. This output only contains direct trade reported as wild-collected (‘W’), ranched (‘R’), unknown (‘U’) or without a source reported. A full list of “terms” (i.e. descriptions of specimens in trade) traded is available in the CITES Trade Database interpretation guide, see: www.unep-wcmc-apps.org/citestrade/docs/EN- CITES_Trade_Database_Guide.pdf. Specimens traded at levels averaging less than one item over the five-year period have been excluded from the output. Quantities recorded have been rounded to the nearest decimal place, when applicable. Order Family Taxon Term Unit 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Yearly Average PHYLUM CHORDATA CLASS MAMMALIA Artiodactyla Bovidae Ammotragus lervia HOR 414 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ammotragus lervia SKI 2 2 2 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ammotragus lervia SKU 2 2 4 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ammotragus lervia TRO 14 37 29 13 20 23 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison athabascae MEA kg 10 2 AC27 Doc.12.5 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison athabascae SKI 2 3 1 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison athabascae SPE 499 100 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison athabascae TEE 1 12 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison hybrid DER kg 227 45 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison hybrid HOR 4 4 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison bison hybrid SKI 3 4 1 – p. 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus dorsalis HAI 20 4 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus dorsalis SPE 44 20 13 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus dorsalis TRO 16 18 20 13 20 17 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus ogilbyi HAI 5 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus ogilbyi SPE 46 6 10 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus silvicultor SKI kg 13 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus silvicultor SPE cm3 100 20 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus silvicultor SPE 32 2 7 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus silvicultor TRO 31 6 46 42 5 26 Artiodactyla Bovidae Cephalophus spp. TRO 712 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus hybrid TRO 13 4 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus lunatus TRO 4 1 9 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus TRO 2 1 1 1 4 2 Order Family Taxon Term Unit 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Yearly Average Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus hybrid TRO 551 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus pygargus BOD 1 4 2 2 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus pygargus HOR 26 6 26 12 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus pygargus SKI 13 5 26 9 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus pygargus SKU 1 8 4 16 6 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus pygargus SPE 151 151 60 Artiodactyla Bovidae Damaliscus pygargus pygargus TRO 134 225 260 107 180 181 Artiodactyla Bovidae Gazella dorcas LIV 86 4 18 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche BOD 16212 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche FOO 16 8 15 8 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche HOR 8 4 17 6 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche LIV 273 425 140 21 172 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche POW kg 5 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche SKI 16 5 16 8 23 14 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche SKP 1 2 12 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche SKU 7 8 12 8 22 11 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche SPE 126 3 26 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche TRO 359 522 394 322 326 385 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche kafuensis LIV 10 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche kafuensis SKI 3 4 1 AC27 Doc.12.5 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche kafuensis SKU 5 5 165 105 56 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche kafuensis SPE 32 96 26 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche kafuensis TEE 52 10 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche kafuensis TRO 85 72 41 70 45 63 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche smithemani LIV 6 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche smithemani SKI 8 2 – p. 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche smithemani SKU 2 62 32 19 Artiodactyla Bovidae Kobus leche smithemani TRO 49 37 17 31 31 33 Artiodactyla Bovidae Oryx leucoryx LIV 21 4 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon HOR 9 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon SKI 2 1 5 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon SKU 1 2 1 4 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon SPE 75 15 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon TRO 32 26 57 64 79 52 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon ammon HOR 114 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon ammon TRO 12 17 6 15 22 14 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon darwini HOR 2 5 3 2 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon darwini SKU 2 4 1 Order Family Taxon Term Unit 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Yearly Average Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon darwini TRO 44 47 57 42 28 44 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis ammon polii TRO 11 18 29 3 15 15 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis canadensis HOR 11 2 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis canadensis LIV 40 8 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis canadensis SKU 1 4 1 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis canadensis TRO 126 117 106 139 85 115 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis vignei TRO 188686 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis vignei arkal TRO 5 2 5 16 6 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis vignei blanfordi TRO 20 18 14 15 14 16 Artiodactyla Bovidae Ovis vignei punjabiensis TRO 8 8 5 6 5 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola BOD 11342 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola HOR 5 1 15 4 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola LIV 3 3 1 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola SKI kg 1000 200 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola SKI 1 3 8 25 7 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola SKU 15 2 6 9 23 11 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola SPE cm3 250 50 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola SPE 120 20 28 Artiodactyla Bovidae Philantomba monticola TRO 163 133 194 96 98 137 Artiodactyla Bovidae Saiga tatarica DER kg 568 358 96 139 232 AC27 Doc.12.5 Artiodactyla Bovidae Saiga tatarica HOR kg 199 118 285 348 462 282 Artiodactyla Bovidae Saiga tatarica MED kg 14 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Saiga tatarica SPE 16 3 Artiodactyla Bovidae Saiga tatarica mongolica SPE 9 2 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe CLO kg 202 123 65 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe CLO m 7 1 – p. 4 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe GAR 14 1 84 1 20 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe HAI kg 1760 773 1040 42 338 790 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe MEA kg 44 56400 11289 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe SKI kg 273 55 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe SKI 104 500 500 1 77 236 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe SPE 86 42 26 Artiodactyla Camelidae Lama guanicoe TEE 179 36 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna CLO kg 222 363 1202 358 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna CLO m 17 11 57 54 57 39 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna CLO m2 6 1 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna CLO 10152356 1 39 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna FIB kg 15 2371 7728 457 2114 Order Family Taxon Term Unit 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Yearly Average Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna FIB m 5 1 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna FIB 375 75 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna GAR m 3 3 1 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna vicugna GAR 71 140 316 459 1022 402 Artiodactyla Camelidae Vicugna
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