CITE$ @ CoP17

Summary of decisions made by CITE$ during #CoP17 (V1.7):
Created: oct 3, 2016
Updated: oct 4, 2016

Version tracker;
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1.0 RAW beta release
1.1 Added Appendix listing for Helmeted Hornbill
1.2 Added explanation of #7
1.3 Added explanation of #3
1.4 Added prefab Tweet (see bottom)
1.5 Added explanation of #10
1.6 Added #18, #19
1.7 Added #20, #21

DECISIONS:
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 1) agrees in Committee to include all devil rays (Mobula spp.) under CITES protection via Appendix II listing
 2) agrees in Committee to include all thresher sharks (Alopias spp.) in Appendix II
 3) Proposal submitted by Swaziland to trade in rhino horn rejected in Committee
	--> Swaziland was seeking to alter the existing annotation on the Appendix II listing of its white
	    rhino population so as to permit a limited and regulated trade in white rhino horn
 4) agrees in Committee to include the clarion angelfish in Appendix II
 5) agrees in Committee to include silky shark in Appendix II
 6) votes in Committee against the proposal to include all African elephant populations in Appendix I
 7) votes in Committee against proposals of Namibia & Zimbabwe to allow international commercial trade in their elephants
 	--> Namibia & Zimbabwe had lobbied for the right to sell off stockpiles accrued from natural deaths and poaching
	    seizures to fund projects in communities close to elephants.
 8) agree in Committee to close domestic markets of elephant ivory that contribute to poaching or illegal trade
 9) agreed in Committee to add many new reptile species under CITES trade controls
10) agreed in Committee on strengthened conservation measures for African lions
	--> Committee has decided to allow a lion bone quota from farmed lions in South Africa
11) agrees in Comittee to a strong resolution to combat illegal trade in Helmeted Hornbill (Appendix I), valued higher than ivory in black market
12) agrees in Committee to give African grey parrot, one of most trafficked birds, highest level protection via Appendix I listing
13) Committee agrees to put ALL 300 Dalbergia species under #CITES protection
14) agrees in Committee to move all 8 species of #pangolins, the most trafficked mammal, in Appendix I
15) Delegation to review subject on bottle nosed Dolphins from the Dead Sea.
16) CITES wanted to downgrade the protection of the Peregrine falcon, defeated and remains protected.
17) A cheetah tool kit will be established to help stoping illegal cheetah trade.no commercial pet trade
18) CITES votes down protections for Cape mountain zebra (downlisted to Appendix II)
19) Committee agreed to up-list the Barbary macaque to Appendix I status
20) agrees in Committee to add some new frog species to CITES Appendices
21) agrees in Committee to include all Nautilus (Nautilidae spp.) in Appendix II



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