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Review of Species from Indonesia Subject to Long-Standing Import Suspensions Review of species from Indonesia 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 October, 2009 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: 2009, 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. 2009. Review of species from Indonesia subject to long-standing import suspensions. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. 2 Introduction Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 4 1.1. INDONESIA ..................................................................................................................... 4 2. SPECIES REVIEWS .............................................................................................................. 5 SPECIES: Macaca maura .......................................................................................................................... 5 SPECIES: Macaca nigra ............................................................................................................................. 8 SPECIES: Macaca nigrescens ................................................................................................................... 12 SPECIES: Macaca ochreata ...................................................................................................................... 14 SPECIES: Macaca pagensis ...................................................................................................................... 16 SPECIES: Goura cristata .......................................................................................................................... 19 SPECIES: Goura scheepmakeri ................................................................................................................. 22 SPECIES: Goura victoria ......................................................................................................................... 25 SPECIES: Harpyopsis novaeguineae ........................................................................................................ 28 SPECIES: Spizaetus bartelsi ..................................................................................................................... 30 SPECIES: Cacatua sanguinea .................................................................................................................. 33 SPECIES: Lorius domicella ...................................................................................................................... 36 SPECIES: Alisterus chloropterus chloropterus ........................................................................................ 39 SPECIES: Eclectus roratus ....................................................................................................................... 43 SPECIES: Psittacula alexandri ................................................................................................................. 48 SPECIES: Tanygnathus gramineus ......................................................................................................... 51 SPECIES: Ninox rudolfi ........................................................................................................................... 54 SPECIES: Otus angelinae ........................................................................................................................ 56 SPECIES: Tyto inexspectata ..................................................................................................................... 58 SPECIES: Tyto nigrobrunnea .................................................................................................................. 60 SPECIES: Tyto sororcula ......................................................................................................................... 62 SPECIES: Varanus dumerilii ................................................................................................................... 64 SPECIES: Varanus jobiensis .................................................................................................................... 70 SPECIES: Varanus prasinus beccarii ....................................................................................................... 75 SPECIES: Varanus salvadorii .................................................................................................................. 80 SPECIES: Morelia boeleni ........................................................................................................................ 86 SPECIES: Manouria emys........................................................................................................................ 92 SPECIES: Ornithoptera croesus ............................................................................................................... 99 SPECIES: Ornithoptera tithonus ........................................................................................................... 108 SPECIES: Troides andromache ............................................................................................................... 117 SPECIES: Tridacna gigas ....................................................................................................................... 119 ANNEX. PURPOSE AND SOURCE CODES. ............................................................................ 123 3 Introduction 1. INTRODUCTION 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 the two countries with most EC import suspensions currently in place, with 117 (affecting 423 species) and 72 suspensions respectively. UNEP-WCMC was therefore requested to review species subject to long-standing EC import suspensions (but not subject to other CITES suspensions) from these countries for SRG 49 (Madagascar) and SRG 50 (Indonesia). This report includes a review of all species subject to an EC only import suspension from Indonesia since 2001. Three species subject to long-standing EC import suspensions from Indonesia, namely Cynogale bennettii, Pitta nympha and Polyplectron schleiermacheri were reviewed for SRG 49 and are therefore not reviewed again here. 1.1. INDONESIA Indonesia has been a Party to CITES since 1979. There are 72 EC import suspensions currently in place for Indonesia, 34 of which have been in place since 2001 (or earlier). None of these are subject to other CITES suspensions. During the SRG mission to Indonesia in November 2008, the European Commission requested the Indonesian authorities to send information on the relevant species. No feedback has been received to date. The 31 species subject to long-standing import suspensions from Indonesia (and not reviewed for SRG 49) have been reviewed in this report. CITES Trade Data for 2008 were included in the reviews, although at the time of writing (27th October 2009), only 49 2008 Annual Reports had been received, of which 24 were from EU Member States. Indonesia‟s Annual Report had not been received. 4 Macaca maura 2. SPECIES REVIEWS REVIEW OF SPECIES FROM INDONESIA SUBJECT TO LONG-STANDING SUSPENSIONS MAMMALIA CERCOPITHECIDAE SPECIES: Macaca maura SYNONYMS: Macaca maurus COMMON NAMES: Moormakaak (Dutch), Celebes Macaque (English), Moor Macaque (English), Macaque maure (French), Macaca mora (Spanish), Brun sulawesimakak (Swedish), Mormakak (Swedish) RANGE STATES: Indonesia RANGE STATE UNDER REVIEW: Indonesia IUCN RED LIST:
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