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CITES and Plants : CITES and Plants A User’s Guide
Version 3.0
What This Presentation Will Cover : What This Presentation Will Cover Aims and implementation of the Convention
Plant groups covered by CITES
Enforcement of the Convention
Aims and Implementation : Aims and Implementation
Why Protect Wild Plants? : Why Protect Wild Plants? Unsustainable international trade in wild plants may threaten the survival of wild populations
Aims of the Convention : To regulate and monitor the international trade in selected species of plants and animals
To ensure that international trade does not endanger the survival of populations in the wild Aims of the Convention
Parties to the Convention : Party 2003 Non-Party 2003 Parties to the Convention
CITES Authorities : CITES Authorities Management Authority Scientific Authority CITES Secretariat
CoPs and Committees : CoPs and Committees Plants Committee
The Appendices : The Appendices Appendix I >300 species Appendix II >25,000 species Appendix III >30 species
Appendix I : Trade in wild plants prohibited for commercial purposes
Trade in artificially propagated plants allowed, subject to permit Appendix I
Appendix II : Trade in wild and artificially propagated plants allowed for commercial & non- commercial purposes, subject to permit
Appendix II
Appendix III : Trade in wild and artificially propagated plants allowed for commercial & non- commercial purposes, subject to permit
Appendix III
Export Permits : Issued by the Management Authority
Scientific Authority must advise that export will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild
The Non-Detriment Statement Export Permits
Import Permits : CITES requires for wild Appendix I plants
Some countries, for example member states of the European Union, require import permits for all species treated as Appendix I or Appendix II Import Permits
Certificates of Origin : Certificates of Origin
Summary : International convention with over 160 Parties
COPs and Committees
Appendices = species lists
Permit system Summary
Plant Groups Covered by CITES : Plant Groups Covered by CITES
More Plants than Animals! : More Plants than Animals!
Plants, Parts and Derivatives : Plants, Parts and Derivatives
Orchid Species : Orchid Species
Orchid Hybrids : Orchid Hybrids
Cacti : Cacti
Cacti Seeds : Cacti Seeds
Carnivorous Plants : Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous Plants - Dionaea muscipula : Carnivorous Plants - Dionaea muscipula
Galanthus : Galanthus
Cyclamen : Cyclamen
Aloe : Aloe
Succulent Euphorbia : Succulent Euphorbia
Cycads : Cycads
Palms : Palms
Tree Ferns : Tree Ferns
Timber - Appendix I : Timber - Appendix I
Timber - Appendix II and III : Timber - Appendix II and III Swietenia Pericopsis Gonystylus Major trade routes
Medicinal Plants : Medicinal Plants
Exemptions : Exemptions
Summary : Plant groups controlled
Parts, derivatives and products
Exemptions to the controls Summary
Enforcement : Enforcement
Enforcement : Enforcement CUSTOMS
Problems with Shipments : Problems with Shipments No documents
Documents do not match plants
Misdeclarations
Distinguishing Between Wild and Artificially Propagated Plants : Distinguishing Between Wild and Artificially Propagated Plants Artificially Propagated Artificially Propagated Wild Wild
Wild Collected Cacti : Wild Collected Cacti
Wild Collected Orchids : Wild Collected Orchids
Seized Plants : Seized Plants Numbers
Identification
Resources
Condition
Summary : Sustainable levels of trade
Organisation of CITES
Main plant groups
Enforcement Summary
Conclusion : Conclusion
Further Information : Further Information CITES Secretariat,
International Environment House,
Chemin des Anémones,
CH-1219 Châtelaine,
Geneva
Switzerland Tel: (+4122) 917-8139/40
Fax: (+4122) 797-3417
Email: cites@unep.ch
URL: http://www.cites.org/
Additional Slides : Additional Slides
Parties to the Convention : Parties to the Convention
The Appendices : The Appendices Appendix I >300
Appendix II >25,000
Appendix III >30
Nursery Registration : Nursery Registration
CITES Definition of ‘Artificially Propagated’ : CITES Definition of ‘Artificially Propagated’
Detecting Detrimental Trade?The Burden on Exporting Countries : Detecting Detrimental Trade? The Burden on Exporting Countries Article IV of the convention states that an export permit shall only be granted when, inter alia,’
A Scientific Authority of the state of export has advised that such export will not be detrimental to the survival of that species’
Detrimental Trade - How and Why? : Detrimental Trade - How and Why? Insufficient resources to implement Article IV of CITES
Poor implementation of export bans on wild plants
Smuggling
National CITES Authorities : National CITES Authorities Functions of the Management Authority include:
representing the Party at CITES meetings
preparation of COP proposals
receiving input from the Scientific Authority
production of annual reports
issuing permits and certificates
National CITES Authorities : National CITES Authorities Functions of the Scientific Authority include:
advising the MA that exports are sustainable
advising on export quotas
preparation of COP proposals
reviewing COP proposals
advising MA on the facilities for artificial propagation
CITES Registration of Scientific Institutions : CITES Registration of Scientific Institutions Exchange allowed under a simple label system
Both institutions must be CITES registered
Transaction must be non-commercial
Collections must be permanently housed and curated
Applies to preserved and live plants
Material must be legal
Newsletters : Newsletters
CITES Checklists : CITES Checklists
CITES Identification Manual : CITES Identification Manual
Tillandsia – Air Plants : Tillandsia – Air Plants
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