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Species/country combinations subject to long-standing import suspensions (Version edited for public release) Prepared for the European Commission Directorate General E - Environment ENV.E.2. – Development and Environment by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre January, 2010 PREPARED FOR The European Commission, Brussels, Belgium UNEP World Conservation Monitoring DISCLAIMER Centre The contents of this report do not necessarily 219 Huntingdon Road reflect the views or policies of UNEP or Cambridge contributory organisations. The designations CB3 0DL employed and the presentations do not imply United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1223 277314 the expressions of any opinion whatsoever on Fax: +44 (0) 1223 277136 the part of UNEP, the European Commission Email: [email protected] or contributory organisations concerning the Website: www.unep-wcmc.org legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authority, or concerning the ABOUT UNEP-WORLD CONSERVATION delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. MONITORING CENTRE The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), based in Cambridge, © Copyright: 2010, European Commission UK, is the specialist biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), run cooperatively with WCMC 2000, a UK charity. The Centre's mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making. Through the analysis and synthesis of global biodiversity knowledge the Centre provides authoritative, strategic and timely information for conventions, countries and organisations to use in the development and implementation of their policies and decisions. The UNEP-WCMC provides objective and scientifically rigorous procedures and services. These include ecosystem assessments, support for the implementation of environmental agreements, global and regional biodiversity information, research on threats and impacts, and the development of future scenarios. CITATION UNEP-WCMC. 2010. Species/country combinations subject to long-standing import suspensions. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. 2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Species/country combinations for which the current Article 4.6(b) import suspension may no longer be warranted based on current and anticipated levels of trade ........................................................ 4 3. Species/country combinations suggested for review to determine whether the current Article 4.6(b) import suspension may still be warranted ............................................................................................ 9 4. Annex. Summary of trade in species/country combinations subject to EC import suspensions since 2001 or earlier and not subject to other CITES suspensions. .............................................................. 12 3 1. Introduction Article 4.6(b) import suspensions for some species/country combinations have been in place for a relatively long time. For this reason, it was agreed that a review of species/country combinations subject to long-standing import suspensions be undertaken in order to determine whether or not the suspensions are still appropriate. Madagascar and Indonesia are currently (EC Regulation No. 359/2009) subject to the most EC import suspensions, with 119 (affecting 406 species) and 70 suspensions (affecting 66 species) respectively. These suspensions were reviewed for SRG 49 (Madagascar) and SRG 50 (Indonesia). Species subject to trade suspensions formed through CITES processes (e.g. the Review of Significant Trade) were excluded from the review. The reviews therefore considered 19 species from Madagascar and 31 species from Indonesia, and recommendations to remove 11 and 24 import suspensions were agreed at the 49th and 50th meetings of the SRG, respectively. A further 341 species/country combinations are subject to EC import suspensions formed in 2001 or earlier. Of these, 323 (involving 204 species and 102 countries) are not subject to trade suspensions formed through CITES processes (Table 1). This report presents an overview of trade levels in the 323 abovementioned species/country combinations (see Annex to this document) and provides a suggested approach for systematically reviewing them. Species are provisionally divided into two groups: those which have been subject to very low levels of current and anticipated trade, and those which are subject to trade. Table 1. Species/country combinations subject to EC import suspensions only, since 2001 or earlier. Region (total number species) Class Species/country combinations Africa (131) Mammalia 35 Aves 71 Reptilia 25 All1 (1) Mammalia 1 Asia (75) Mammalia 30 Aves 26 Reptilia 19 Central and South America and the Caribbean (84) Mammalia 14 Aves 47 Reptilia 22 Mollusca 1 North America (5) Reptilia 5 Oceania (27) Aves 14 Reptilia 4 Mollusca 8 Anthozoa 1 Total 323 2. Species/country combinations for which the current Article 4.6(b) import suspension may no longer be warranted based on current and anticipated levels of trade Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 provides that an Article 4.6(b) import suspension may be established for Annex B species when the introduction into the Community may have “a harmful 1 The suspension refers to „all countries‟ 4 effect on the conservation status of the species or on the extent of the territory occupied by the relevant population of the species, taking account of the current or anticipated level of trade”. An analysis of CITES trade data (see Annex) identified those species/country combinations which appear to have zero or very low levels of current trade (Table 2). This includes species that have never been reported in trade (from the country subject to the suspension or from any other country) and species that have been traded in very low volumes 1999-2008 and/or not in trade in recent years. Given the absence of current trade, anticipated trade is also assumed to be negligible. The SRG is invited to consider whether, taking account of the current and anticipated levels of trade, any of these species may warrant removal from the EC suspensions regulation, without an in-depth review of status. Table 2. Species/country combinations with zero or very low levels of current or anticipated trade. Species Countries IUCN Red List AFRICA Mammalia Arctocebus aureus Central African Republic, Gabon LC Cercocebus atys Ghana VU Cercopithecus ascanius Burundi LC Cercopithecus cephus Central African Republic LC Cercopithecus dryas Democratic Republic of the Congo CR Cercopithecus pogonias Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea LC Cercopithecus preussi Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea EN Colobus polykomos Côte d'Ivoire VU Colobus vellerosus Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana VU Equus zebra hartmannae Angola VU Galago demidoff Burkina Faso, Central African Republic LC Galago granti Malawi LC Hexaprotodon liberiensis Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone EN Hippopotamus amphibius Gambia, Niger, Sierra Leone VU Leptailurus serval Algeria LC Papio anubis Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LC Papio papio Guinea Bissau NT Procolobus verus Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo NT Aves Agapornis fischeri Mozambique NT Agapornis lilianae United Republic of Tanzania NT Anthropoides virgo Sudan LC Balaeniceps rex Zambia VU Balearica pavonina Guinea, Mali NT Balearica regulorum Angola, Botswana, Burundi, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, VU Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Bubo vosseleri United Republic of Tanzania VU Falco fasciinucha Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South NT Africa, Sudan, U.R. Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Glaucidium albertinum Democratic Republic of the Congo VU Gyps coprotheres Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland VU Otus capnodes Comoros CR 5 Species Countries IUCN Red List Otus insularis Seychelles EN Otus pauliani Comoros CR Phodilus prigoginei Democratic Republic of the Congo EN Scotopelia ussheri Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone EN Tauraco corythaix Mozambique LC Tauraco fischeri United Republic of Tanzania NT Tauraco macrorhynchus Guinea LC Tauraco porphyreolophus Uganda LC Terathopius ecaudatus Guinea NT Reptilia Python sebae Mozambique - ALL Mammalia Lagothrix cana All countries EN ASIA Mammalia Cynogale bennettii Brunei Darussalam, China, Malaysia, Thailand EN Lynx lynx Azerbaijan LC Macaca arctoides India, Malaysia, Thailand VU Macaca assamensis Nepal NT Macaca fascicularis Bangladesh, India LC Macaca leonina China VU Moschus anhuiensis China EN Moschus berezovskii China EN Moschus chrysogaster China EN Moschus fuscus China EN Nycticebus pygmaeus Cambodia, Lao P.D.R. VU Ovis ammon nigrimontana Kazakhstan NT Prionailurus bengalensis Macao LC Ratufa affinis Singapore NT Ratufa bicolor China NT Trachypithecus phayrei Cambodia, China, India EN Trachypithecus vetulus Sri Lanka EN Trichoglossus johnstoniae Philippines NT Aves Bubo blakistoni China, Japan, Russian Federation - Bubo philippensis Philippines VU Buceros rhinoceros Thailand NT Ketupa ketupu Singapore LC Ninox affinis India NT Otus fuliginosus Philippines NT Otus longicornis Philippines NT Otus mindorensis Philippines NT 6 Species Countries IUCN Red List Otus mirus Philippines NT Pitta nympha Brunei Darussalam, China, D.P.R. Korea, Hong Kong S.A.R., VU Japan, Malaysia, Rep. of Korea, Taiwan P.O.C. Polyplectron
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