Commission for Environmental Cooperation Collaboration to support sustainable trade of tarantulas in North America: Findings of the Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop Please cite as: CEC. 2019. Collaboration to support sustainable trade of tarantulas in North America: Findings of the Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop. Montreal, Canada: Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 27 pp. This publication was prepared by Ernest W.T. Cooper, of E. Cooper Environmental Consulting, for the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. The information contained herein [is the responsibility of the author and] does not necessarily reflect the views of [the CEC, or] the governments of Canada, Mexico or the United States of America. Reproduction of this document in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes may be made without special permission from the CEC Secretariat, provided acknowledgment of the source is made. 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Except where otherwise noted, this work is protected under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial-NoDerivative Works License. © Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2019 ISBN: 978-2-89700-257-2 Disponible en español – ISBN: 978-2-89700-259-6 (versión electrónica) Disponible en français (sommaire de rapport)] Legal deposit – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2019 Legal deposit – Library and Archives Canada, 2019 Publication Details Document category: Project Publication date: February, 2019 Original language: English Review and quality assurance procedures: Final Party review: February, 2019 QA 340 Project: 2017-2018/Supporting Sustainable Trade of CITES Species Cover photo: Mexican orangeknee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii) copyright Ernie Cooper 2018 For more information: Commission for Environmental Cooperation 700 de la Gauchetière St. West, Suite 1620 Montreal (Quebec) H3B 5M2 Canada t 514.350.4300 f 514.350.4314 [email protected] / www.cec.org Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop Report final Table of Contents List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ............................................................................... v Abstract ............................................................................................................................. vi Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ vii Preface ............................................................................................................................... xi Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................... xii 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 2. Background .................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 IUCN ........................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 CITES ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Relevant Mexican Acts and Regulations ................................................................. 4 3. Trinational Trade Session ............................................................................................ 5 3.1. Overview ................................................................................................................. 5 3.2. Results ..................................................................................................................... 6 4. IUCN Red List Assessment Session ........................................................................... 12 4.1. Overview ............................................................................................................... 12 4.2. Results ................................................................................................................... 12 5. Enforcement Closed Session ....................................................................................... 16 5.1. Overview ............................................................................................................... 16 5.2. Results ................................................................................................................... 16 Bibliography .................................................................................................................... 17 Annex A: Workshop Agenda ......................................................................................... 18 Annex B: Workshop Participants .................................................................................. 23 Annex C: Community Involvement Working Group Responses ................................ 25 Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop Report final List of Tables Table 1. Priority tarantula species ....................................................................................... 1 Table 2. Participant comments on action plan outstanding recommendations.................. 10 Table 3. Preliminary results of IUCN assessment of CITES-listed tarantula species ....... 12 Table 4. Tarantula trade working group discussion points ............................................... 13 Table 5. Draft goals and activities for a tarantula conservation strategy .......................... 15 Table 6. Participants in the Trinational Trade Session ...................................................... 23 Table 7. Participants in the IUCN Red List Assessment Session...................................... 24 Table 8. Participants in the Enforcement Closed Session ................................................. 24 Commission for Environmental Cooperation iv Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop Report final List of Abbreviations and Acronyms CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Cluni Clave Única de Inscripción al Registro Federal de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil [Federal Register of Civil Society Organizations; Mexico] Conabio Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad [National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity; Mexico] DGVS Dirección General de Vida Silvestre [General Directorate for Wildlife; Mexico] ECCC Environment and Climate Change Canada ECEC E. Cooper Environmental Consulting Ecosur El Colegio de la Frontera Sur [The South Border College; Mexico] EU European Union INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature LGVS Ley General de Vida Silvestre [General Law of Wildlife; Mexico] NGO Non-governmental organization NOM-059 Mexican Official Standard NOM059-SEMARNAT-2010 [Mexico] PIJAC Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council PIMVS Predios o Instalaciones que Manejan Vida Silvestre en forma confinada, fuera de su hábitat natural [Property or Facility that Manages Wildlife in a confined way, outside their natural habitat] PNUD-Biofin Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo- Iniciativa para la Financiación de la Biodiversidad [United Nations Development Programme- Initiative for the Financing of Biodiversity] Profepa Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente [Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection; Mexico] Sagarpa Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación [Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food; Mexico] Semarnat Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales [Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources; Mexico] Senasica Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria [National Service of Health, Safety and Agroalimentary Quality; Mexico] SHCP Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público [Ministry of Finance and Public Credit; Mexico] UMA Unidad de Manejo para la Conservación de Vida Silvestre [Management Units for the Conservation of Wildlife; Mexico] UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [National Autonomous University of Mexico] UNEP-WCMC United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service WED Wildlife Enforcement Directorate (of ECCC) Commission for Environmental Cooperation v Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop Report final Abstract The Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop was organized by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in response to the recommendations of the CEC publication Sustainable Trade in Tarantulas: Action Plan for North America. The workshop was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, from 27 February to 2 March 2018. The workshop was organized into three separate sessions. The first two days of the workshop consisted of the Trinational Trade Session. The following two days included two concurrent meetings: a Law Enforcement Closed Session, and an IUCN Red List Assessment Session. The Trinational Trade Session included 16 presentations in nine topics related to the conservation and sustainable trade in North American species of tarantulas that are included in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. In addition, group discussions were