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No, , Proponents Proposal Result 1 - 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 , Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, the draft decisions contained in document CoP17 , , , Com. I. 29 were accepted by consensus. , and [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 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the future in Swaziland 8 - Manis crassicaudata Transfer Manis crassicaudata from CITES Appendix II to CITES Appendix I Withdrawn Bangladesh 9 - Manis crassicaudata Transfer Manis crassicaudata from CITES Appendix II to CITES Appendix I Accepted by consensus.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. 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 , , Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, , Liberia, Nigeria, , , 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] 14 - Loxodonta africana Delete the annotation to the listing of the Namibian African elephant population in Amended proposal rejected after vote in a secret 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 of Loxodonta Amended proposal rejected after vote in a secret Namibia and Zimbabwe africana by removing the annotation in 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 , 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] , Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sri Lanka and 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] 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 - acutus Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II of the population of Crocodylus acutus Accepted by consensus. (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. 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. 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 per for the artisanal industry will be imposed for the first three 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 (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: 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 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] , 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 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 [inclusion in Appendix II with a Malaysia zero quota for wild specimens for commercial trade], accepted by consensus. [Rec. 12] 33 - Shinisaurus crocodilurus Transfer Shinisaurus crocodilurus (Ahl, 1930) from Appendix II to Appendix I Accepted by consensus. , European Union and [Rec. 12] Viet Nam No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result 34 - Atheris desaixi Include Atheris desaixi in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. Kenya [Rec. 14] 35 - Include Bitis worthingtoni in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. Kenya [Rec. 14] 36 - Cyclanorbis elegans, Include the following six species of the Trionychidae in Appendix II: Accepted by consensus. C. senegalensis, Cycloderma Cyclanorbis elegans, Cyclanorbis senegalensis, Cycloderma aubryi, Cycloderma [Rec. 14] aubryi, C. frenatum, Trionyx frenatum, Trionyx triunguis and Rafetus euphraticus triunguis , Rafetus euphraticus Burkina Faso, Chad, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Togo and United States of America 37 - Dyscophus antongilii Transfer Dyscophus antongilii from Appendix I to Appendix II Accepted by consensus. Madagascar [Rec. 14] 38 – Dyscophus guineti, Include Dyscophus guineti and D. insularis in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. D. insularis [Rec. 14] Madagascar 39 – Scaphiophryne Include Scaphiophryne marmorat, Scaphiophryne boribory and Scaphiophryne Accepted by consensus. marmorata, S. boribory, spinosa in Appendix II [Rec. 14] S. spinosa Madagascar 40 - Telmatobius culeus Include Telmatobius culeus (Garman, 1876) in Appendix I Accepted by consensus. Bolivia (Plurinational State of) [Rec. 14] and Peru 41 - Paramesotriton Include Paramesotriton hongkongensis (Myers and Leviton, 1962) in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. hongkongensis [Rec. 14] China 42 - Carcharhinus falciformis Include Silky Carcharhinus falciformis in Appendix II Accepted with 12 months implementation delay Bahamas, Bangladesh, [with 111 Parties voting in favour, 30 against and Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, 5 abstaining]. the Comoros, Dominican [Rec. 14] Republic, Egypt, European Union, Fiji, Gabon, , Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives, Mauritania, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Ukraine No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result 43 - Alopias spp. Include the genus Alopias spp. in Appendix II Accepted with 12 months implementation delay Bahamas, Bangladesh, [with 108 Parties voting in favour, 29 against and Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, 5 abstaining]. the Comoros, Dominican [Rec. 14] Republic, Egypt, European Union, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritania, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Ukraine 44 - Mobula spp. Include the genus Mobula spp. in Appendix II Accepted with 6 months implementation delay Bahamas, Bangladesh, [with 110 Parties voting in favour, 20 against and Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, 3 abstaining]. the Comoros, , [Rec. 14] Ecuador, Egypt, European Union, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives, Mauritania, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and United States of America 45 - Potamotrygon motoro Include Ocellate stingray Potamotrygon motoro in Appendix II Withdrawn. Bolivia (Plurinational State of) [Rec.14] 46 - Pterapogon kauderni Include Pterapogon kauderni in Appendix II Withdrawn. I European Union Instead five draft decisions, contained in CoP17 Com. I. 32 were agreed by consensus. [Rec.14] 47 - Holacanthus clarionensis Include Holacanthus clarionensis in Appendix II Accepted [with 69 Parties voting in favour, 21 Mexico against and 15 abstaining]. [Rec.14] 48 - Nautilidae spp. Include the Family Nautilidae (Blainville, 1825) in Appendix II Accepted [with 84 Parties voting in favour, 9 Fiji, India, Palau and United against and 10 abstaining]. States of America [Rec.14] 49 - Polymita spp. Inclusion of the genus Polymita in Appendix I in accordance with Article II, Accepted by consensus. paragraph 1 of the Text of the Convention, as it meets Annex I criteria B and C of [Rec. 14] Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16) for Polymita picta, P. muscarum, P. venusta, P. sulphurosa, P. brocheri and P. versicolor 50 - Beaucarnea spp. Include genus Beaucarnea in Appendix II Accepted, with 69 Parties in favour, 8 against and No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result Mexico 27 abstentions. [Rec. 7]

51 – Tillandsia mauryana Delete Tillandsia mauryana from Appendix II Accepted by consensus. Mexico [Rec. 7]

52 - Sclerocactus cloverae, Transfer fishhook cacti Sclerocactus spinosior ssp. blainei (= Sclerocactus blainei), Accepted by consensus. S. sileri, S. spinosior blainei Sclerocactus cloverae (CITES-listed of Sclerocactus parviflorus), and [Rec. 7] United States of America Sclerocactus sileri from Appendix II to Appendix I 53 - Dalbergia Amend the annotation to the listings of Dalbergia cochinchinensis as follow: Accepted by consensus. cochinchinensis Delete the current annotation #5 Logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets. Replace it [Rec. 8] with annotation #4 that reads as follows: #4 All parts and derivatives, except: a) Seeds (including seedpods of Orchidaceae), spores and pollen (including pollinia). The exemption does not apply to seeds from Cactaceae spp. exported from Mexico, and to seeds from Beccariophoenix madagascariensis and Neodypsis decaryi exported from Madagascar b) Seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) Cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; d) Fruits, and parts and derivatives thereof, of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla (Orchidaceae) and of the family Cactaceae; e) Stems, flowers, and parts and derivatives thereof, of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Opuntia subgenus Opuntia and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); and f) Finished products of Euphorbia antisyphilitica packaged and ready for retail trade. 54 - Dalbergia calderonii, Include 13 timber species of genus Dalbergia (native to Mexico and Central Accepted by consensus as amended [inclusion of D. calycina, D. congestiflora, America) in Appendix II: annotation #6] D. cubilquitzensis, 1) Dalbergia calderonii [Rec. 8] D. glomerata, 2) Dalbergia calycina D. longepedunculata, 3) Dalbergia congestiflora D. luteola, D. melanocardium, 4) Dalbergia cubilquitzensis D.modesta, D. palo-escrito, 5) Dalbergia glomerata D. rhachiflexa, D. ruddae, D. 6) Dalbergia longepedunculata tucurensis 7) Dalbergia luteola Mexico 8) Dalbergia melanocardium 9) Dalbergia modesta No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result 10) Dalbergia palo-escrito 11) Dalbergia rhachiflexa 12) Dalbergia ruddae 13) Dalbergia tucurensis 55 - Dalbergia spp. Include the genus Dalbergia in CITES Appendix II with exception to the species Accepted by consensus as amended, by ncluding Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala included in Appendix I the annotation proposed by Guatemala as and Kenya amended by Mexico. This proposal superseded proposals CoP17 Props. 53 and 54. [Rec. 8] 56 - Guibourtia demeusei, Include Guibourtia tessmannii, Guibourtia pellegriniana and Guibourtia demeusei in Accepted with the annotation accepted for G. pellegriniana, Appendix II proposal CoP17 Prop. 55. G. tessmannii [Rec. 9] European Union and Gabon 57 - Pterocarpus erinaceus Include Pterocarpus erinaceus in Appendix II, without annotation Accepted by consensus. Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, [Rec. 9] Côte d'Ivoire, European Union, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo 58 - Adansonia grandidieri Include Adansonia grandidieri in Appendix II only for seeds, fruits, oil and live plants Accepted by consensus. Madagascar and annotate the listing to this effect [Rec. 9]

59 - Abies numidica Include Abies numidica in Appendix I Withdrawn. [Rec.10] 60 - Aquilaria spp., Gyrinops Amend the listings of Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp. in Appendix II: Accepted by consensus. spp. Amend Annotation #14 with the underlined text: [Rec. 9] United States of America “All parts and derivatives except: a) seeds and pollen; b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) fruits; d) leaves; e) exhausted agarwood powder, including compressed powder in all shapes; and f) finished products packaged and ready for retail trade, this exemption does not apply to wood chips, beads, prayer beads and carvings” 61 - Siphonochilus Include Siphonochilus aethiopicus (populations of , South Africa, Accepted by consensus. No, Species, Proponents Proposal Result aethiopicus Swaziland and Zimbabwe) in Appendix II [Rec. 9] South Africa 62 - Bulnesia sarmientoi Amend the listing of Bulnesia sarmientoi in Appendix II Accepted by consensus. United States of America Amend Annotation #11 with the underlined text: [Rec. 9] Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder and extracts. Finished products containing such extracts as ingredients, including fragrances, are not considered to be covered by this annotation