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Original language: English AC27 Doc. 12.4 (Rev.1) 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 Compliance and enforcement Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species [Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13)] SPECIES SELECTED FOLLOWING COP15 1. This document has been prepared by the Secretariat. 2. At its 25th meeting (AC25, Geneva, 2011) and following the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15, Doha, 2010), the Animals Committee selected 24 taxa for the Review of Significant Trade in compliance with paragraph a) and b) of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13) on Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species. (see documents AC25 Doc. 9.3 and AC25 Doc. 9.6). 3. At its 26th meeting (AC26, Geneva, 2012), the Committee reviewed the available information on these taxa in accordance with paragraph f) of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13). In instances where the Committee was satisfied that Article IV, paragraph 2 (a), 3 or 6 (a), was correctly implemented, it eliminated the species from the review with respect to the range State concerned, and these range States were notified accordingly by the Secretariat (see document AC26 Doc.12.3 and the summary record of AC26). 4. At AC26, the Committee also agreed that prior to the compilation of information called for in paragraph g), range States that had been kept in the process due to a lack of response but where no commercial trade had been recorded over the most recent 10 years, would be removed from the process in consultation with the Animals Committee. The taxa and range States that were thus retained in the review are shown in the table below. Taxa selected following CoP15 and retained in the review after AC26 Taxon selected Range State Macaca fascicularis Cambodia; India, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mauritius, Palau, Philippines, Viet Nam Psittacus erithacus Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Uganda Chamaeleo gracilis Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Uganda Chamaeleo senegalensis Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone Trioceros melleri Mozambique Trioceros quadricornis Cameroon, Nigeria Kinyongia fischeri United Republic of Tanzania Kinyongia tavetana United Republic of Tanzania Ptyas mucosus Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic AC27 Doc. 12.4 (Rev.1) – p. 1 Taxon selected Range State Naja sputatrix Indonesia Python reticulatus Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam Podocnemis unifilis Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Kinixys homeana Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Togo Hippocampus algiricus Guinea, Senegal Hippocampus barbouri Philippines Hippocampus histrix Egypt, Philippines, Viet Nam Hippocampus trimaculatus Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam Antipatharia spp. Bahamas, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan (Province of China), Vanuatu Catalaphyllia jardinei Fiji Euphyllia cristata Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Viet Nam Plerogyra simplex Fiji, Solomon Islands Plerogyra sinuosa Fiji, Marshall Islands, Palau, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Trachyphyllia geoffroyi Singapore, Solomon Islands 5. In accordance with paragraph g) of the Resolution, the Secretariat proceeded with the compilation of information regarding the species mentioned in the table above. The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) was engaged to compile information about the biology and management of and trade in these species, and to provide a preliminary categorization of the species in compliance with paragraphs h) and i). The Secretariat transmitted the resulting reports from UNEP-WCMC to relevant range States on 13 and 19 December 2013, which had 60 days to submit comments in accordance with paragraph j). 6. The species reports of UNEP-WCMC present conclusions about the effects of international trade on the selected species, the basis on which such conclusions are made, and problems with the implementation of Article IV of the Convention. They provide preliminary categorizations of each species into one of the three categories outlined in paragraph i) of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13), namely: i) ‘species of urgent concern’ shall include species for which the available information indicates that the provisions of Article IV, paragraph 2 (a), 3 or 6 (a) of the Convention are not being implemented; ii) ‘species of possible concern’ shall include species for which it is not clear whether or not these provisions are being implemented; and iii) ‘species of least concern’ shall include species for which the available information appears to indicate that these provisions are being met. 7. The UNEP-WCMC reports are attached in Annex 1 to this document. The comments from range States that had been received by the Secretariat at the time of writing this document (February 2014) are presented in annexes 2 to 10. They were provided by Brazil, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Senegal, Thailand, Uganda, and Viet Nam. Recommendations 8. In accordance with paragraphs k) and l) of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP13), the Animals Committee is invited to: a) review the reports in the Annex to the present document and the responses received from range States and, if appropriate, revise the preliminary categorizations proposed by UNEP-WCMC; and AC27 Doc. 12.4 (Rev.1) – p. 2 b) refer problems that are not related to the implementation of Article IV, paragraph 2 (a), 3 or 6 (a), to the Secretariat. 9. In accordance with paragraphs m) to o), the Animals Committee must formulate recommendations for species of urgent concern and of possible concern with deadlines for their implementation. Such recommendations should differentiate between short-term and long-term actions, and be directed to the range States concerned. Species of least concern shall be eliminated from the review. AC27 Doc. 12.4 (Rev.1) – p. 3 AC27 Doc. 12.4 (Rev.1) Annex 1 Review of Significant Trade: Species selected by the CITES Animals Committee following CoP15 and retained in the review following AC26 CITES Project No. S-412 Prepared for the CITES Secretariat by United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre AC27 Doc. 12.4 (Rev.1) – p. 4 UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre 219 Huntingdon Road Cambridge CB3 0DL United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1223 277314 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 277136 Email: [email protected] Website: www.unep-wcmc.org CITATION ABOUT UNEP-WORLD CONSERVATION UNEP-WCMC (2013). Review of Significant Trade: MONITORING CENTRE Species selected by the CITES Animals Committee following CoP15 and retained in the review following The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre AC26. (UNEP-WCMC), based in Cambridge, UK, is the specialist biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment PREPARED FOR Programme (UNEP), run cooperatively with WCMC, a UK charity. The Centre's mission is to evaluate CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. 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 DISCLAIMER provides authoritative, strategic and timely information for Conventions, countries and The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect organisations to use in the development and the views or policies of UNEP or contributory implementation of their policies and decisions. organisations. The designations employed and the presentations do not imply the expressions of any The UNEP-WCMC provides objective and opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP or scientifically rigorous procedures and services. contributory organisations concerning the legal status These include ecosystem assessments, support for of any country, territory, city or area or its authority, or the implementation of environmental agreements, concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or global and regional biodiversity information, research boundaries. on threats and impacts, and the development of future scenarios. © Copyright: 2013, CITES Secretariat Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Macaca fascicularis ................................................................................................................................. 3 Psittacus erithacus ................................................................................................................................ 27 Chamaeleo gracilis ................................................................................................................................ 42 Chamaeleo senegalensis ........................................................................................................................ 56 Kinyongia fischeri ................................................................................................................................. 66 Kinyongia tavetana ............................................................................................................................... 72 Trioceros melleri ..................................................................................................................................