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IUCN / TRAFFIC Analyses of the Proposals for CITES CoP15

In preparation for the upcoming CITES CoP15 meeting that will take place March 13 – 25, 2010 in Doha, Qatar, IUCN and TRAFFIC have released the results of the Analyses of the Proposals to Amend the Appendices. In this table, you can see each CoP15 proposal that the Parties submitted and the corresponding Analyses. If you have questions on how the Analyses was conducted or how IUCN is preparing for CITES CoP15, please contact Dena Cator at dena.cator@iucn.org .

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The Analyses can be downloaded individually below or all together as a pdf in English (3 MB), French (3.2 MB) and Spanish (3.2 MB). Summaries of all the Analyses are available: in English (1.3 MB), French (2 MB) and Spanish (1.3 MB).

Higher taxa	Species	Proposal number and proponent	Proposal	Analysis by TRAFFIC and IUCN
F A U N A
CHORDATA MAMMALIA
Carnivora
Canidae	Canis lupus	CoP15 Prop. 1 Switzerland, as Depositary Government, at the request of the Animals Committee	Addition of an annotation to the species Canis lupus listed in Appendices I and II reading: "Excludes the domesticated form and the dingo which are referenced as Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus dingo"	Prop. 1 Analysis
Felidae	Lynx rufus	CoP15 Prop. 2 United States of America	Deletion from Appendix II	Prop. 2 Analysis
Ursidae	Ursus maritimus	CoP15 Prop. 3 United States of America	Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	Prop. 3 Analysis
PROBOSCIDEA
Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana	CoP15 Prop. 4 (Rev. 1) United Republic of Tanzania	Transfer the population of the United Republic of Tanzania from Appendix I to Appendix II with an annotation to read: "For the exclusive purpose of the following: a) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; b) trade in registered raw ivory (whole tusks and pieces) subject to the following: i) a one-off sale of 89,848.74 kg from registered government-owned stocks, originating in Tanzania (excluding seized ivory and ivory of unknown origin); ii) only to trading partners that have been already designated by the Standing Committee, as having sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with all requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP14) concerning domestic manufacturing and trade. These are Japan designated as a trading partner at the 54th meeting (Geneva, October 2006), and China designated as a trading partner at the 57th meeting (SC57, Geneva, July 2008); iii) not before the Secretariat has verified the registered government-owned stocks; iv) the proceeds of the trade are used exclusively for elephant conservation, community conservation and development programmes within or adjacent to the elephant range in Tanzania; v) Tanzania will not present further proposals to allow trade in elephant ivory from its population in Appendix II to the Conference of the Parties for the period from CoP15 and ending six years from the date of the single sale of ivory that is to take place in accordance with provisions in paragraphs b) i), b) ii), b) iii), b) iv). In addition such further proposal shall be dealt with in accordance with Decisions 14.77 and 14.78; c) trade in raw hides; d) trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations, as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.20. The Standing Committee can decide to cause the trade in a), b), c) and d) above to cease partially or completely in the event of non-compliance by exporting or importing countries, or in the case of proven detrimental impacts of the trade on other elephant populations as may be proposed by the CITES Secretariat. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly".	TRAFFIC and IUCN do not wish to pre-empt the findings of the Panel of Experts and will therefore only comment at a later stage on this Proposal.
	Loxodonta africana	CoP15 Prop. 5 Zambia	Transfer of the population of Zambia from Appendix I to Appendix II for the exclusive purposes of allowing: a) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; b) trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations, as defined in Resolution Conf. 11.20; c) trade in raw hides; d) trade in registered raw ivory subject to the following: i) a one-off sale of 21,692.23 kg as ivory from registered government-owned stocks, originating in Zambia (excluding seized ivory and ivory of unknown origin); ii) only to trading partners that have already been designated by the Standing Committee, as having sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with all requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP14) concerning domestic manufacturing and trade: these are Japan designated as a trading partner at the 54th meeting (SC54 Geneva, October 2006), and China designated as a trading partner at the 57th meeting (SC57, Geneva, July 2008); iii) not before the Secretariat has verified the registered government-owned stocks; iv) the proceeds of the trade are used exclusively for elephant conservation and community conservation and development programmes within or adjacent to the elephant range in Zambia; v) on a proposal from the Secretariat, the Standing Committee can decide to cause this trade to cease partially or completely in the event of non-compliance by exporting or importing countries, or in the case of proven detrimental impacts of the trade on other elephant populations. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly.	TRAFFIC and IUCN do not wish to pre-empt the findings of the Panel of Experts and will therefore only comment at a later stage on this Proposal.
	Loxodonta africana	CoP15 Prop. 6 Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Rwanda and Sierra Leone	i) Remove the following paragraph from the annotation regarding the populations of Loxodonta africana of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe: h) no further proposals to allow trade in elephant ivory from populations already in Appendix II shall be submitted to the Conference of the Parties for the period from CoP14 and ending nine years from the date of the single sale of ivory that is to take place in accordance with provisions in paragraphs g) i), g) ii), g) iii), g) vi) and g) vii). In addition such further proposals shall be dealt with in accordance with Decisions 14.77 and 14.78. ii) Include an annotation regarding all populations of Loxodonta africana, as follows: "No further proposals concerning trade in African elephant ivory, including proposals to downlist elephant populations from Appendix I to Appendix II, shall be submitted to the Conference of the Parties for the period from CoP14 and ending twenty years from the date of the single sale of ivory that took place in November 2008. Following this twenty year resting period, any elephant proposals shall be dealt with in accordance with Decisions 14.77 and 14.78." iii) Remove paragraph (f) in the annotation to the CITES Appendices governing the elephant populations of Namibia and Zimbabwe: f) trade in individually marked and certified ekipas incorporated in finished jewellery for non-commercial purposes for Namibia and ivory carvings for non-commercial purposes for Zimbabwe.	Prop. 6 Analysis
AVES ANSERIFORMES
Anatidae	Anas oustaleti	CoP15 Prop. 7 Switzerland, as Depositary Government, at the request of the Animals Committee	Deletion from Appendix I	Prop. 7 Analysis
REPTILIA CROCODYLIA
Crocodylidae	Crocodylus moreletii	CoP15 Prop. 8 Mexico	Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II with a zero quota for wild specimens	Prop. 8 Analysis
Crocodylidae	Crocodylus niloticus	CoP15 Prop. 9 Egypt	Transfer of the Egyptian population from Appendix I to Appendix II	Prop. 9 Analysis
SAURIA
Agamidae	Uromastyx ornata	CoP15 Prop. 10 Israel	Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I	Prop. 10 Analysis
Iguanidae	Ctenosaura bakeri, C. oedirhina and C. melanosterna	CoP15 Prop. 11 Honduras	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 11 Analysis
Iguanidae	Ctenosaura palearis	CoP15 Prop. 12 Guatemala	Inclusion of Ctenosaura palearis in Appendix II	Prop. 12 Analysis
AMPHIBIA ANURA
Hylidae	Agalychnis spp.	CoP15 Prop. 13 Honduras and Mexico	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 13 Analysis
CAUDATA
Salamandridae	Neurergus kaiseri	CoP15 Prop. 14 Islamic Republic of Iran	Inclusion in Appendix I	Prop 14 Analysis
ELASMOBRANCHII
CARCHARHINIFORMES
Sphyrnidae/ Carcharhinidae	Sphyrna lewini, S. mokarran, S. zygaena, Carcharhinus plumbeus, C. obscurus	CoP15 Prop. 15 Palau and United States of America	Inclusion in Appendix II with the following annotation: "The entry into effect of the inclusion of these species in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve the related technical and administrative issues."	Prop. 15 Analysis
Carcharhinidae	Carcharhinus longimanus	CoP15 Prop. 16 Palau and United States of America	Inclusion of in Appendix II with the following annotation: "The entry into effect of the inclusion of Carcharhinus longimanus in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve the related technical and administrative issues."	Prop. 16 Analysis
LAMNIFORMES
Lamnidae	Lamna nasus	CoP15 Prop. 17 Annex Palau and Sweden*	Inclusion in Appendix II with the following annotation: "The entry into effect of the inclusion of Lamna nasus in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve related technical and administrative issues, such as the possible designation of an additional Management Authority and adoption of Customs codes."	Prop. 17 Analysis
SQUALIFORMES
Squalidae	Squalus acanthias	CoP15 Prop. 18 Palau and Sweden*	Inclusion in Appendix II with the following annotation: "The entry into effect of the inclusion of Squalus acanthias in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve related technical and administrative issues, such as the development of stock assessments and collaborative management agreements for shared stocks and the possible designation of an additional Scientific or Management Authority."	Prop. 18 Analysis
ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES
Scombridae	Thunnus thynnus	CoP15 Prop. 19 Monaco	Inclusion in Appendix I	Prop. 19 Analysis
ARTHROPODA INSECTA
COLEOPTERA
Scarabaeidae	Dynastes satanas	CoP15 Prop. 20 The Plurinational State of Bolivia	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 20 Analysis
cnidaria ANTHOZOA
GORGONACEAE
Coralliidae	Coralliidae spp. (Corallium spp. and Paracorallium spp.)	CoP15 Prop. 21 Sweden* and United States of America	Inclusion of all species in the family in Appendix II with the following annotation: "The entry into effect of the inclusion of species in the family Coralliidae in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve the related technical and administrative issues."	Prop. 21 Analysis
F L O R A
ANACARDIACEAE	Operculicarya decaryi	CoP15 Prop. 22 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 22 Analysis
	Operculicarya hyphaenoides	CoP15 Prop. 23 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 23 Analysis
	Operculicarya pachypus	CoP15 Prop. 24 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 24 Analysis
CACTACEAE and all taxa with annotation #1	CACTACEAE spp. and all taxa with annotation #1	CoP15 Prop. 25 Mexico and United States of America, on behalf of the Plants Committee	Delete annotations #1 and #4 and replace them both with the following new annotation for plant taxa listed in Appendix II: "All parts and derivatives, except: a) seeds (including seedpods of Orchidaceae), spores and pollen (including pollinia) except those seeds from Cactaceae spp. exported from Mexico; b) seedlings or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; d) fruits and parts and derivatives thereof of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Vanilla (Orchidaceae), Opuntia subgenus Opuntia (Cactaceae), Hylocereus and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); e) stems, flowers, and parts and derivatives thereof of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Opuntia subgenus Opuntia and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); and f) finished products of Euphorbia antisyphilitica packaged and ready for retail trade." Amend footnote 6 as follows (delete struck-through text): Artificially propagated specimens of the following hybrids and/or cultivars are not subject to the provisions of the Convention: – Hatiora x graeseri – Schlumbergera x buckleyi – Schlumbergera russelliana x Schlumbergera truncate – Schlumbergera orssichiana x Schlumbergera truncate – Schlumbergera opuntioides x Schlumbergera truncate – Schlumbergera truncata (cultivars) – Cactaceae spp. colour mutants lacking chlorophyll, grafted on the following grafting stocks: Harrisia 'Jusbertii', Hylocereus trigonus or Hylocereus undatus – Opuntia microdasys (cultivars)	Prop. 25 Analysis
CUCURBITACEAE	Zygosicyos pubescens	CoP15 Prop. 26 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 26 Analysis
CUCURBITACEAE	Zygosicyos tripartitus	CoP15 Prop. 27 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 27 Analysis
EUPHORBIACEAE	Euphorbia misera	CoP15 Prop. 28 Mexico and United States of America	Deletion from Appendix II	Prop. 28 Analysis
LAURACEAE	Aniba rosaeodora	CoP15 Prop. 29 Brazil	Inclusion in Appendix II with the following annotation: "#11 Designates logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood and essential oil."	Prop. 29 Analysis
FABACEAE [According to the standard nomenclatural reference adopted by the Conference of the Parties, this species is within the Family "LEGUMINOSAE (Fabaceae)"]	Senna meridionalis	CoP15 Prop. 30 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 30 Analysis
ORCHIDACEAE	ORCHIDACEAE spp. included in Appendix I	CoP15 Prop. 31 United States of America	Amend the annotation to the listing of Orchidaceae included in Appendix I, as follows: Delete the current annotation, which states: For all of the following Appendix-I species, seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers are not subject to the provisions of the Convention. Replace with the following new annotation: "For all of the following Appendix-I species, seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, and transported in sterile containers are not subject to the provisions of the Convention only if the specimens meet the definition of ‘artificially propagated’ agreed by the Conference of the Parties."	Prop. 31 Analysis
PALMAE (Arecaceae)	Beccariophoenix madagascariensis	CoP15 Prop. 32 Madagascar	Inclusion of the seeds of the species in Appendix II	Prop. 32 Analysis
PALMAE (Arecaceae)	Dypsis decaryi [According to the standard nomenclatural reference adopted by the Conference of the Parties, this species is named Neodypsis decaryi]	CoP15 Prop. 33 Madagascar	Inclusion of the seeds of the species in Appendix II	Prop. 33 Analysis
PASSIFLORACEAE	Adenia firingalavensis	CoP15 Prop. 34 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 34 Analysis
	Adenia olaboensis	CoP15 Prop. 35 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 35 Analysis
	Adenia subsessifolia [According to the standard nomenclatural reference adopted by the Conference of the Parties, this species is named Adenia subsessilifolia]	CoP15 Prop. 36 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 36 Analysis
PROTEACEAE	Orothamnus zeyheri	CoP15 Prop. 37 South Africa	Deletion from Appendix II	Prop. 37 Analysis
PROTEACEAE	Protea odorata	CoP15 Prop. 38 South Africa	Deletion from Appendix II	Prop. 38 Analysis
VITACEAE	Cyphostemma elephantopus	CoP15 Prop. 39 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 39 Analysis
	Cyphostemma laza	CoP15 Prop. 40 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 40 Analysis
	Cyphostemma montagnacii	CoP15 Prop. 41 Madagascar	Inclusion in Appendix II	Prop. 41 Analysis
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE	Bulnesia sarmientoi	CoP15 Prop. 42 Argentina	Inclusion in Appendix II with the following annotation: "#11 Designates logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder and extracts."	Prop. 42 Analysis

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