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Non-Detriment Findings and Review of Significant Trade in Plant Species Capacity Building Workshop on "Non-detriment Findings and Review of Signifi cant Trade in Plant Species" JanuaryJanuary 09-11,09-11, 20112011 Kathmandu, Nepal PROCEEDINGS GGovernmentovernment ofof NepalNepal CITES Secretariat MMinistryinistry ofof ForestsForests andand SoilSoil ConservationConservation Geneva, Switzerland DDepartmentepartment ooff ForestsForests KKathmandu,athmandu, NepalNepal Table of Contents 1. Background 1 2. Objecti ves 1 3. Expected Outcomes 2 4. Parti cipants 3 5. Management 3 6. Venue 3 7. Methodology 3 8. Materials 3 9. Workshop Program 3 9.1 Opening of the workshop 3 9.2 Sessions Detail 5 10. Financial statement 12 11. Findings 12 12. Recommendati ons 12 13. Conclusions 13 Annexes Annex 1 : List of Parti cipants 16 Annex 2 : Workshop working programme 19 Annex 3 : NDF Exercise Findings 21 Annex 4 : Country Presentati ons 26 Annex 5 : Statement of Expenditures 43 1. Background authoriti es. This workshop focused on the implementati on of six of these Decisions. These It is a major challenge for many countries in are Decision 15.36 on Review of Signifi cant Trade the region to meet the requirements for trade in Cistanche deserti cola, Dioscorea deltoidea, in CITES-listed plant species, which range from Nardostachys grandifl ora, Picrorhiza kurrooa, legal sourcing and sustainability of the harvest Pterocarpus santalinus, Rauvolfi a serpenti na and requirements to the eff ecti ve control of legal trade Taxus wallichiana and, Decisions 15.23 to 15.27 and deterrence of illegal trade. Mechanisms exist on Non-detriment fi ndings (NDFs). in CITES, and in both exporti ng and importi ng countries, that promote and facilitate compliance. This workshop was organized to strengthen Countries that persistently do not meet CITES the capacity of parti cipants to formulate non- requirements and show no intenti on to achieve detriment fi ndings and, to improve the general compliance, however, may be subjected to one knowledge and understanding regarding the or more internati onal compliance measures process of the Review of Signifi cant Trade in CITES adopted by the CITES Standing Committ ee and plant species from the South Asian region. by the Conference of the Parti es, including trade suspensions. The workshop was also aimed at improving parti cipants’ understanding of the underlying While mechanisms for identi fying non- concept of legal, sustainable and traceable compliance and recommending acti ons to restore trade and, model frameworks or approaches for compliance are well developed, programmes to achieving such trade. encourage and assist countries in meeti ng trade requirements are limited in number and funding There were 19 parti cipants from Bangladesh, and soluti ons are hampered by a lack of specialist Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal capacity in many exporti ng countries, or a lack and Sri Lanka. of current biological or trade informati on with respect to certain species. The result is poor or These Proceedings summarize the outcomes of absent management plans for the populati ons the three day workshop. of the species in the wild, reduced levels of legal trade, which in turn impact on economic growth 2. Objecti ves and, on local livelihoods and, reduces opti ons and incenti ves for conserving, managing and using The main objecti ve of the workshop was to wild resources eff ecti vely. enhance the capacity of parti cipants to make nondetriment fi ndings and, to respond to The CITES Secretariat is working with Parti es recommendati ons which result from the Review and others to implement a number of Decisions of Signifi cant Trade of plant species. adopted at the last meeti ng of the Conference of the Parti es (CoP15, Doha, March 2010) that The specifi c objecti ves were to: intend to strengthen the capaciti es of nati onal PROCEEDINGS 1 1. identi fy the diffi culti es in meeti ng the understood and implemented through fl uid requirements for trade in CITES Appendix- communicati on between these countries, the II listed plant species, ranging from the CITES Secretariat, the Plants Committ ee and, sustainability of the harvest and the the Standing Committ ee. formulati on of the non-detriment fi ndings to the recogniti on of applicable legal requirements o Current guidance on non-detriment fi ndings and the assurance that trade in these species for plant species is tested through case was sustainable and legal. studies relevant to the region. Feedback from parti cipati ng countries to be presented at 2. understand what eff ecti ve implementati on of the 19th meeti ng of the Plants Committ ee CITES mechanisms involves, parti cularly in (PC19, Geneva, April 2011) and regional PC the case of the Review of Signifi cant Trade in representati ves to coordinate with other Appendix II listed species . colleagues from their region on their report to the Committ ee; improved Asian regional report submitt ed at PC19. 3. strengthen the capacity of nati onal authoriti es to implement eff ecti vely a number of o Parti es ready to report to the PC in line with Decisions adopted at the last meeti ng of Decisions 15.23 and 15.26, the two regional the Conference of the Parti es (CoP15, Doha, representati ves for Asia to the PC make March 2010). These are Decision 15.36 on progress on the implementati on of Decision 'Review of Signifi cant Trade in Cistanche 15.24. The CITES Secretariat to be in a positi on deserti cola, Dioscorea deltoidea, Nardostachys to report at PC20 on progress made with the grandifl ora, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Pterocarpus implementati on of Decisions 15.36, 15.25 and santalinus, Rauvolfi a serpenti na and Taxus 15.27. wallichiana', and Decisions 15.23 to 15.27 on 'Non-detriment fi ndings'. 4. Parti cipants 4. strengthen the communicati on among CITES authoriti es in the region, the Regional The parti cipants of the workshop were the Management and Scienti fi c Authoriti es from Representati ves for Asia to the CITES Plants Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Committ ee and with the CITES Secretariat. Nepal, and Sri Lanka as well as one regional representati ve, for Asia, from Indonesia, 3. Expected Outcomes to the Plants Committ ee. Altogether there were 24 parti cipants, among them 14 nati onal o Management and Scienti fi c Authoriti es from authoriti es from seven Asian countries, and one Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Plants Committ ee member from Indonesia, two Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are familiar facilitators from the CITES Secretariat (Geneva, with CITES requirements and compliance Switzerland) and, seven observers from the host measures; the Review of Signifi cant Trade is country. Pakistan, unfortunately, was unable 2 Capacity Building Workshop on Non-detriment Findings and Review of Signifi cant Trade in Plant Species to parti cipate in the workshop. The list of the 9. Workshop Program workshop parti cipants is given in Annex 1. The workshop was successfully conducted as per 5. Management the working programme shown in Annex 2 The CITES Secretariat, based in Geneva, provided 9.1 Opening of the workshop: necessary technical and fi nancial support for the workshop. Under contract with the CITES Chief Guest, the Honorable Minister of Forests Secretariat, the Department of Forests, the and Soil Conservati on (MFSC), Nepal Mr. Deepak CITES Management Authority for plant species in Bohara formally inaugurated the workshop by Nepal, organized the logisti cs for the workshop watering a Taxus wallichiana plant. The Honorable and otherwise managed the workshop. Minister welcomed parti cipants and delegates and thanked the CITES Secretariat for providing 6. Venue Nepal the opportunity to host the workshop. The workshop was organized at the Everest Hotel, He assured parti cipants that Nepal will take New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal. seriously their deliberati ons on NDF and incorporate them into the nati onal policy. Recently, Nepal had signed a Memorandum of 7. Methodology Understanding (MoU) with China, on matt ers related to the conservati on of and the curbing The methodology adopted for the workshop was of trans-boundary illegal trade in wild animal and based on the principle of “sharing and learning”. plant species and soon a similar MoU would be More specifi cally, it included presentati ons, made with India. He also emphasized that the plenary discussions and group exercises, lessons learned from the workshop would be demonstrati ons and displays, experience-sharing instrumental in helping to fulfi ll the requirements and short briefi ngs following parti cipatory for sustainable harvest and legal trade in CITES- approaches. listed plant species, help understand the eff ecti ve implementati on of CITES mechanisms and, 8. Materials consolidate the capaciti es of nati onal authoriti es to implement eff ecti vely the number of decisions The CITES Secretariat provided necessary NDF adopted at the last meeti ng of the CoP held in training materials and CITES- related documents. Doha, during March 2010. Other materials provided during the workshop included soft and hard copies of the NDF capacity- i) Welcome Address building package. Mr. Gopal Kumar Shrestha , Director General, Department of Forests and Management Authority for Plant Species, Nepal, welcomed PROCEEDINGS 3 parti cipants and delegates from the CITES regionally- coordinated acti viti es to improve the Secretariat. He hoped that the workshop, the fi rst management of shared plant species. of its kind in the region, would be fundamental in helping to enhance the capacity of nati onal 2. Mr. Yubaraj Bhusal, Secretary, MFSC, Nepal authoriti es in understanding the making of NDFs welcomed delegates and workshop parti cipants to and various CITES related processes. He also Nepal. He highlighted Nepal's natural features as emphasized that the outcomes of this workshop a country of rich biodiversity and its potenti al for would be appropriately taken into account by legal trade in internati onal markets through the CITES Authoriti es of the region in order to fulfi ll implementati on of CITES mechanism.
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