Improving international controls on wildlife trade
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The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) held in the US from Nov 7-18, 1994 adopted 25 resolutions and made 8 formal decisions. COP9 discussed the trade of rhinoceros, tigers, whale meat, shark products and timber. A scientifically based flexible set of criteria for listing and amending the appendices was adopted and recommendations for strengthening the enforcement of CITES were made. However, the proposal to transfer the African Elephant and the Minke Whale to Appendix II were rejected.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1995
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Landmark U.S. legislation will conserve exotic wild birds
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The Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 is widely supported among conservationists for reinforcing and extending the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which does not encompass commercially traded wild birds. The new law halts importation of ten wild psittacines that are listed on CITES Appendix II, sets importation quotas for other species listed under CITES, requires the human treatment and transportation of imported birds and allows for a fund for conservation projects in countries exporting birds.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1993
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1992 CITES amendments strengthen protection for endangered and threatened wildlife and plants
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The Eighth Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Mar 1993 drew up 153 proposals to list species as endangered, passed 35 resolutions, and adopted 23 CITES amendments. The adopted resolutions included efforts to monitor and decrease the mortality of live wild-caught birds and to regulate the trade of wild-caught animals. Potential amendments included the tagging of all crocodile skin products traded internationally.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1993
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