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No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result 1 - Bison bison athabascae Delete Bison bison athabascae from Appendix II Accepted by consensus. Canada [Rec. 1] 2 - Capra caucasica Include Capra caucasica in Appendix II, with a zero quota for wild-taken Capra Accepted by consensus, as amended [deletion of European Union and Georgia caucasica caucasica exported for commercial purposes or as hunting trophies “with a zero quota for wild-taken Capra caucasica caucasica exported for commercial purposes or as hunting trophies”] [Rec. 1] 3- Vicugna vicugna Amendment to the CITES Appendices referring to annotations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Accepted, as amended and on the understanding Peru populations of Vicugna vicugna in Appendix II that the English and French versions would be accurately aligned with the original Spanish version. The text of the amended annotations can be found in document COM.I.7 (Rev.1) 4 - Panthera leo Transfer all African populations of Panthera leo from Appendix II to Appendix I The amendment to proposal CoP17 Prop. 4 and Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, the draft decisions contained in document CoP17 Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Com. I. 29 were accepted by consensus. Niger, Nigeria and Togo [Rec.12] 5 - Puma concolor coryi and Transfer Puma concolor coryi and Puma concolor couguar from Appendix I to Accepted by consensus. Puma concolor couguar Appendix II [Rec. 6] Canada The Committee agreed that the Annex to Resolution Conf. 12.11 (Rev. CoP16) on Standard nomenclature be amended to reflect the fact that the taxonomic reference for Puma concolor would henceforth be Wilson and Reader (2005). 6 - Equus zebra zebra Transfer the Cape mountain zebra, Equus zebra zebra, from Appendix I to Accepted by consensus. South Africa Appendix II [Rec. 6] 7 - Ceratotherium simum To alter the existing annotation on the Appendix II listing of Swaziland’s white rhino, Rejected by vote in a secret ballot [with 26 Parties simum adopted at the 13th Conference of Parties in 2004, so as to permit a limited and in favour, 100 against and 17 abstentions]. Swaziland regulated trade in white rhino horn which has been collected in the past from natural [Rec. 13] deaths, or recovered from poached Swazi rhino, as well as horn to be harvested in a non-lethal way from a limited number of white rhino in the future in Swaziland 8 - Manis crassicaudata Transfer Manis crassicaudata from CITES Appendix II to CITES Appendix I Withdrawn Bangladesh 9 - Manis crassicaudata Transfer Manis crassicaudata from CITES Appendix II to CITES Appendix I Accepted by consensus. India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and [Rec. 6] United States of America No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result 10 - Manis culionensis Transfer Manis culionensis from Appendix II to Appendix I Accepted by consensus. Philippines and United States [Rec. 6] of America 11 - Manis javanica and Transfer Manis javanica and M. pentadactyla from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I Accepted [with 114 Parties voting in favour, M. pentadactyla one against and five abstaining. United States of America and [Rec. 6] Viet Nam 12 - Manis gigantea, Transfer Manis tetradactyla, M tricuspis, M. gigantea and M. temminckii from CITES Accepted by consensus. M. temminckii, Appendix II to Appendix I [Rec. 7] M. tetradactyla, M. tricuspis Angola, Botswana, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo and United States of America 13 - Macaca sylvanus Transfer Macaca sylvanus from Appendix II to Appendix I Accepted by consensus. European Union and [Rec. 7] Morocco 14 - Loxodonta africana Delete the annotation to the listing of the Namibian African elephant population in Amended proposal rejected after vote in a secret Namibia Appendix II by deleting any reference to Namibia in that annotation ballot, with 27 Parties in favour, 100 against and 9 abstaining. [Rec. 13] 15 - Loxodonta africana Amend the present Appendix II listing of the population of Zimbabwe of Loxodonta Amended proposal rejected after vote in a secret Namibia and Zimbabwe africana by removing the annotation in order to achieve an unqualified Appendix II ballot, with 21 Parties in favour, 107 against and listing 11 abstaining. [Rec. 13] 16 - Loxodonta africana Include all populations of Loxodonta africana (African elephant) in Appendix I Rejected after vote in a secret ballot, with 62 Benin, Burkina Faso, Central through the transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I of the populations of Botswana, Parties in favour, 71 against and 12 abstaining. African Republic, Chad, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe [Rec. 14] Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Uganda 17 - Falco peregrinus Transfer Falco peregrinus from Appendix I to Appendix II Rejected after vote with 52 in favour, 57against Canada and 12 abstentions. [Rec. 9] 18 - Lichenostomus Transfer Lichenostomus melanops cassidix from Appendix I to Appendix II Accepted by consensus. melanops cassidix [Rec. 10] Australia No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result 19 - Psittacus erithacus Transfer Psittacus erithacus from Appendix II to Appendix I Accepted after vote, in a secret ballot, with 95 in Angola, Chad, European favour, 35 against and 5 abstentions. Union, Gabon, Guinea, [Rec. 10] Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and United States of America 20 - Ninox novaeseelandiae Transfer Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata from Appendix I to Appendix II Accepted by consensus. undulata [Rec. 10] Australia 21 - Crocodylus acutus Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II of the population of Crocodylus acutus Accepted by consensus. Colombia (Cuvier, 1807) of the « Distrito Regional de Manejo Integrado del Área de Manglar [Rec. 11] de la Bahía de Cispata y Sector Aledaño del Delta Estuarino del Río Sinú », located in the department of Cordoba, Republic of Colombia, in accordance with Resolution Conf. 11.16 (Rev. CoP15) on ranching and trade in ranched specimens 22 - Crocodylus moreletii Delete the “zero quota for wild specimens traded for commercial purposes” from the Accepted by consensus. Mexico Appendix-II listing of the population of Mexico of Crocodylus moreletii [Rec. 11] 23 - Crocodylus niloticus Maintain the Malagasy population of Crocodylus niloticus in Appendix II subject to Withdrawn. Madagascar the following annotations: [Rec. 11] 1. No skins or products within the artisanal industry from wild C. niloticus less than 1 m or greater than 2.5 m total length will be permitted for national or international trade 2. An initial wild harvest ceiling of 3000 animals per year for the artisanal industry will be imposed for the first three years of operation (2017-2019) 3. No export of raw or processed skins harvested from the wild will be permitted for the first 3 years 4. Farm production shall be restricted to ranching and/or captive breeding, with national skin production quotas 5. Management, wild harvest ceiling and national skin production quotas will be audited and reviewed annually by international experts for the first three years to ensure sustainability and national skin production quotas will be audited and reviewed annually by international experts for the first three years to ensure sustainability 24 - Crocodylus porosus Transfer the Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) in Malaysia from Appendix I Accepted by consensus. Malaysia to Appendix II, with wild harvest restricted to the State of Sarawak and a zero quota [Rec. 11] for wild specimens for the other States of Malaysia (Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia), with no change in the zero quota unless approved by the Parties 25 - Abronia anzuetoi, Include Abronia anzuetoi (Campbell & Frost, 1993); Abronia campbelli (Brodie & Annotation b) withdrawn, then accepted by A. campbelli, A. fimbriata, Savage, 1993); Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1884); Abronia frosti (Campbell, Sasa, consensus. A. frosti, A. meledona, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998); and Abronia meledona (Campbell & Brodie, 1999), in [Rec. 11] No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result A. aurita, A. gaiophantasma, Appendix I and Abronia aurita (Cope, 1869); Abronia gaiophantasma (Campbell & A. montecristoi, Frost, 1993); Abronia montecristoi (Hidalgo, 1983); Abronia salvadorensis (Hidalgo, A. salvadorensi, 1983); and Abronia vasconcelosii (Bocourt, 1871), in Appendix II A. vasconcelosii Annotation: Guatemala a) 0 (zero) export quota for wild specimens b) 0 (zero) export quota for specimens bred in non-range countries of the species 26 - Abronia spp. Include the genus Abronia (29 species) in Appendix II Reduced scope by deleting Abronia anzuetoi, European Union and Mexico A. campbelli, A. fimbriata, A. frosti, A. meledona, A. aurita, A. gaiophantasma, A. montecristoi, A. salvadorensi, A. vasconcelosii. Then accepted by consensus. [Rec. 11] 27- Rhampholeon spp., Include the genera Rhampholeon spp. and Rieppeleon spp. in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. Rieppeleon spp. [Rec. 12] Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria and United States of America 28 - Rhampholeon spp., Include the genera Rhampholeon spp. and Rieppeleon spp. in Appendix II Withdrawn. Rieppeleon spp. [Rec.12] Kenya 29 - Cnemaspis psychedelica Include Cnemaspis psychedelica in Appendix I Accepted by consensus. European Union and [Rec. 12] Viet Nam 30 - Lygodactylus williamsi Include Lygodactylus williamsi in Appendix I Accepted by consensus. European Union and United [Rec. 12] Republic of Tanzania 31 - Paroedura masobe Include Paroedura masobe in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. European Union and [Rec. 12] Madagascar 32 - Lanthanotidae spp. Include Lanthanotidae spp. in Appendix I Amended proposal
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