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Notification No. 2005/035 Notification No. 2005/035 A. General information Party THAILAND Period covered in this report 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2014 Details of agency preparing this report CITES Management Authorities of Thailand Contributing agencies, organizations or 1) Division of Wild Fauna and Flora Protection, individuals 1) Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant 1) Conservation, 61, Phaholyothin Rd., Chatuchak, BANGKOK 10900 2) Plant Varieties Protection Division, Department of 2) Agriculture, 50 Phaholyothin Rd., Chatuchak, 2) BANGKOK 10900 3) Fisheries Resource Conservation Division, 3) Department of Fisheries, Kaset-Klang, Chatuchak, 3) BANGKOK 10900 B. Legislative and regulatory measures 1 Has information on CITES-relevant legislation already been Yes (fully) Provided under the CITES National Legislation Project? Yes (partly) If yes, ignore question 2, 3 and 4 No No information/unknown 2 If any CITES-relevant legislation has been planned, drafted or enacted provide the following details: Title and date: - Status: - Brief description of contents: - 3 Is enacted legislation available in one of the working Yes languages of the Convention? No No information 4 If yes, please attach a copy of the full legislative text legislation attached or key legislative provisions that were gazetted. provided previously not available, will send later 5 Which of the following issues are addressed by any stricter domestic Tick all applicable measures adopted for CITES-listed species (in accordance with Article XIV of the Convention)? The conditions for: The complete prohibition of: Issue Yes No No information Yes No No information Trade Taking Possession Transport Other (specify) Additional comments : - Notification No. 2005/035 6 What were the results of any review or assessment of the effectiveness Tick all applicable of CITES legislation, with regard to the following item? Partially Item Adequate Inadequate No information Inadequate Power of CITES authorities Clarity of legal obligations Control over CITES trade Consistency with existing policy on wildlife management and use Coverage of law for all types of offences Coverage of law for all types of penalties Implementing regulations Coherence within legislation Other (please specify) Please provide details if available: Department of Agriculture and Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation are adequately control over CITES trade but Department of Fisheries is partially inadequate. 7 If no review or assessment has taken place, is one Yes planned for the next reporting period? No No information Please provide details if available: - 8 Has there been any review of legislation on the following subjects in Tick all applicable relation to implementation of the Convention? Subject Yes No No information Access to or ownership of natural resources Harvesting Transporting of live specimens Handling and housing of live specimens Please provide details if available: 9 Please provide details of any additional measures taken: - C. Compliance and enforcement measures Yes No No information 1 Have any of the following compliance monitoring operations been undertaken? Review of reports and other information provided by trader and producers Inspections of trader, producers, markets Border controls Other (specify): - 2 Have any administrative measures (e.g. fines, bans, Notification No. 2005/035 suspensions) been imposed for CITES-related violation? 3 If Yes, please indicate how many and for what types of violations. If available, please attach details. - Violation of the Wildlife Animal Reservation and Protection Act B.E.2535 (1992) : Maximum imprisonment of 4 years or a maximum fine of 40,000 Thai Baht, or both. - Violation of Plant Act B.E.2535 (1992) : Maximum imprisonment of 3 months or a maximum fine of 3,000 Thai Baht, or both. 4 Have any significant seizures, confiscations and forfeitures of CITES specimens been made? 5 If information available: Number Significant seizure/confiscations 18 Total seizures/confiscations 51 If possible, please specify per group of species or Details of specimens seized, attach detail. confiscated or imposed (attachment 1) 6 Have there been any criminal prosecutions of significant CITES-related violations? 7 If Yes, how many and for what types of violations? If available, please attach details as Annex. - 8 Have there been any other court actions of CITES-related violations? 9 If Yes, what were the violations involved and what were the results? Please attach details as Annex. - 10 How were the confiscated specimens usually disposed of? Tick if applicable - Return to country of export - Public zoos or botanical gardens - Designated rescue centres - Approved, private facilities - Euthanasia - Other (specify): Destroy Comments: 1) Living specimens were usually sent to designated rescue centres. 2) Confiscated ivory that the cases ended, the specimens were crashed and burnt. 11 Has detailed information been provided to the Secretariat on Yes significant cases of illegal trade (e.g. through an ECOMESSAGE No or other means), or information on convicted illegal traders and persistent offenders? Not applicable No information Comments: ETIS 12 Have there been any cooperative enforcement activities with Yes other countries (e.g. exchange of intelligence, technical support, No investigative assistance, joint operation, etc.)? No information 13 If Yes, please give a brief description: - Lucky Dice joint operation between Thailand and USA for investigating a case of internet trade in ivory from Thailand to the USA. - Thailand WEN activities. Notification No. 2005/035 14 Have any incentives been offered to local communities to assist Yes in the enforcement of CITES legislation, e.g. leading to the arrest No and conviction of offenders? No information 15 If Yes, please describe: - 16 Has there been any review or assessment of CITES-related Yes enforcement? No Not applicable No information Comments: - 17 Please provide details of any additional measures taken: - D. Administrative measures D1 Management Authority (MA) 1 Have there been any changes in the designation of or contact Yes information for the MA(s) which are not yet reflected in the CITES No Directory? No information 2 If Yes, please use the opportunity to provide those changes here. Fisheries Licensing and Management Measures Section, Fisheries Administration and Management Bureau. 3 If there is more than one MA in your country, has a lead MA Yes been designated? No No information 4 If Yes, please name that MA and indicate whether it is identified as the lead MA in the CITES Directory. Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation 5 How many staff work in each MA? - Department of National parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation : 42 staff - Department of Agriculture : 6 permanent staff, 6 temporary staff - Department of Fisheries : 26 staff 6 Can you estimate the percentage of time they spend on CITES- Yes related matters? No No information If Yes, please give estimation: full time 7 What are the skills/expertise of staff within the MA(s)? Tick if applicable - Administration - Biology - Economics/trade - Law/policy - Other (specify): Taxonomy - No information Notification No. 2005/035 8 Have the MA(s) undertaken or supported any research activities in Yes relation to CITES species or technical issues (e.g. labelling, tagging, No species identification) not covered in D2(8) and D2(9)? Not information 9 If Yes, please give the species name and provide details of the kind of research involved. - Study on seahorse (Hippocampus spp.) habitat and situation which is an operation between Thailand and the University of British Columbia, Canada. - Monitoring of cobra exploitation. - Study to conduct Departmental Notification on Nursery registration of Agarwood by electronic. 10 Please provide details of any additional measures taken: - D2 Scientific Authority (SA) 1 Have there been any changes in the designation of or contact Yes information for the SA(s) which are not yet reflected in the CITES No Directory? No information 2 If Yes, please use the opportunity to provide those changes here. Department of Marine and Coastal Resources 3 Is the designated Scientific Authority independent from the Yes Management Authority? No No information 4 What is the structure of the SA(s)? Tick if applicable - Government institution - Academic or research institution - Permanent committee - Pool of individuals with certain expertise - Other (specify): - 5 How many staff work in each SA on CITES issues? - Department of National parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation : 9 expertises. - Department of Agriculture : 10 expertises, 6 Government institutes. - Department of Fisheries : 14 expertises, 3 Government institutes. 6 Can you estimate the percentage of time they spend on CITES- Yes related matters? No No information If Yes, please give estimation: 30-50% 7 What are the skills/expertise of staff within the SA(s)? Tick if applicable - Botany - Ecology - Fisheries - Forestry - Welfare - Zoology - Other (specify): Taxonomy, Entomology - No information Notification No. 2005/035 8 Have any research activities been undertaken by the SA(s) in Yes relation to CITES species? No Not information 9 If Yes, please give the species name and provide details of the kind of research involved. Species name Populations Distribution Off Legal Illegal Other take
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