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News - Animals Committee Conference of Parties | Standing Committee | Plants Committee | Animals Committee | EC CITES Committee | EC CITES Scientific Review Group | CITES notifications | SUN meetings | Link meetings | Other news | Research projects | Parliamentary Questions | Biennial Report CITES Animals CommitteeThe Animals Committee provides advice to CITES Parties on biological and trade information relating to animal species. It advises when certain species are subject to unsustainable trade and recommends remedial action (known as the Significant Trade Process), undertakes periodic reviews of animal species listed on the appendices, drafts resolutions on animal matters for consideration at Conferences and performs other functions entrusted to it by the Conference of the Parties or the Standing Committee. The Committee consists of members from each CITES region elected at the Conferences and also observers. 18th Animals Committee - San José, Costa Rica, 8-12th April 2002 The draft agenda and some papers
for this forthcoming meeting will be available on the CITES
website. in due course. 17th Animals Committee – Hanoi (Viet Nam), 30 July - 3 August 2001 The summary record of this meeting is now available on the CITES website. 2nd Joint Meeting of the Plants & Animals Committee – West Virginia 1-9 December 2000 This meeting was convened to discuss the revision of the criteria for listing species on the CITES appendices, currently defined in Conference resolution 9.24. A report from the criteria working group formed the basis for the Committees and other observers to comment on the proposed amendments. The UK had submitted written comments but were also represented in the discussions by Noel McGough of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Vin Fleming from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Whilst the debate was wide-ranging, no firm conclusions were reached at the meeting. The minutes of this meeting are now published and the next draft of the revised criteria have been issued as Notification 2001/037. Comments on the latter, from Parties and non-governmental organisations are invited by 15 October 2001. It is requested that comments from national NGOs are routed through the Management Authority of the country in which they are located, in the case of the UK through DEFRA.
16th Animals Committee – West Virginia 11-15 December 2000 In addition to the members of Animals Committee itself, over 30 Parties were represented and 51 inter- or non-governmental organisations. The meeting was chaired by Marinus Hoogmoed (Netherlands), also one of the regional representatives for Europe (the other being Katalin Rodics of Hungary). The UK was again represented by Vin Fleming who, together with Thomas Althaus of Switzerland, are the alternate members for Europe. A wide variety of items on the full agenda were of interest to the UK. Progress was made on the inter-sessional working group on the trade in hard corals, chaired by the UK. Most recommendations on the review of species in the Appendices were accepted, though it was concluded that the review of peregrine by the USA needed to collate more information and was thus postponed to the 17th Animals Committee. Regrettably, the consideration of registration of Appendix I captive breeding operations made little real progress, though further criteria were proposed to interpret the Conference resolution. It is not clear how this item will be taken forward. The review of significant trade generated considerable discussion, especially in relation to musk deer and sturgeon with the Committee concluding that a number of these species were being traded at levels which were likely to be harmful to their conservation status; recommendations to range States are being drafted. Progress was also achieved in a working group looking at the expedited transfer of time-limited veterinary samples. Other topics also addressed during the week included trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises, strategic planning, animal production systems, traditional medicines, caviar labelling, seahorses, and Black Sea bottle-nosed dolphins. A fuller account of the all the technical meeting, with photos and recordings, is available on the Earth Negotiations Bulletin web site, as follows: www.iisd.ca/vol21/enb2117e.html
Report of 15th CITES Animals Committee meeting, 5-9 June 1999In addition to the Committee itself, the meeting was also attended by 28 Parties, 4 observers, and 42 NGOs ranging from animal welfare organisations to sustainable users (160 participants in all). The EU was represented by 8 Member States and the Commission; Vin Fleming attended on behalf of the UK Scientific Authority (Animals). A wide variety of issues were discussed with the forthcoming Conference of Parties very much in mind. Some issues, such as the registration of operations breeding Appendix I species for commercial purposes remain intractable (though the issue has been referred to another working group) and little progress was made with a list of species commonly bred in captivity. Some progress was made on other issues including the transport of live animals, the micro-chipping of live animals, the significant trade process, ranching and the periodic review of animals listed in the appendices. The trade in sharks and corals, both of interest to the UK, were also discussed and representatives were informed about the management of wildlife trade in Madagascar.
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