10. What’s Coming
Up at CITES CoP 14, Adrianne Sinclair, CITES Scientific
Advisor for Plant Trade
The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to CITES
(Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) will take
place from June 3 to 15, 2007, in the Hague, Netherlands. The CoP
meets every three years to amend the list of species regulated under
the Convention in Appendices I and II. Species listed in Appendix
I are endangered because of international trade and those in Appendix
II could become endangered if trade is not regulated.
Sixteen scientific proposals have been submitted to amend the listings
for flora. Pereskia spp., Quiabentia spp., Pereskiopsis spp., and
Shortia galacifolia are proposed for deletion from Appendix II.
Caesalpinia echinata, Dalbergia retusa, D. granadillo, D. stevensonii,
and Cedrela spp. are proposed for inclusion in Appendix II. Deletion
of Agave arizonica from Appendix I and transfer of Nolina interrata
from Appendix I to II is also proposed. All other proposed amendments
concern annotations, which specify the specimens of species that
are included under, or exempted from, CITES control. Merging the
annotations used for the Orchidaceae, Cactaceae and a variety of
other plants is proposed to simplify interpretation and to exempt
further specimens. Amendment of the annotations used for medicinal
plants, including Panax quinquefolius and Hydrastis canadensis,
is proposed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of regulating
trade in medicinal plant commodities. The annotation used for Euphorbia
spp. is proposed for amendment to exempt certain morphological forms.
One of the annotations used for the Orchidaceae, which is currently
in two parts, is proposed to be merged and also proposed for expansion
to apply certain exemptions to three additional genera (Miltonia,
Odontoglossum, and Oncidium). Finally, two proposals have been submitted
to amend the annotation for Taxus cuspidata, one to exempt specimens
of hybrids and cultivars without specifications and the other with
specifications (artificially propagated, in pots or small containers,
and labelled). Deletion of the annotation to Taxus chinensis, T.
fuana and T. sumatrana is also proposed.
Parties to CITES are currently developing tentative positions on
the proposals and adoption of each proposal at the CoP is decided
on a two-thirds majority of representatives present and voting.
For full information on CoP14 click on the Conference of the Parties
link at www.cites.org.
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