EU calls for strengthening of tiger protection resolutions at forthcoming CITES meeting
The European Union has submitted a document for consideration before the CoP at Doha in March 2010 that emphasizes the need to strengthen the Resolution Conference 12.5 on conservation of and trade in Tigers and other Appendix -I Asian Big Cat Species.
It flags the following important concerns:
1) Increasing regional cooperation between range states and encourage better effectiveness of the Global Tiger Forum and the Global Tiger Initiative. Also, to improve the efficacy of regional networks like ASEAN-WEN.
2) Improve enforcement controls and procedures in accordance with the CITES Tiger Taskforce meeting held in New Delhi from 2nd to 4th April, 2001.
3) Control captive breeding in consonance with Resolution No.14.69 to ensure that tigers are not bred for their body parts
4) Improve reporting: A reporting requirement is needed to ensure that range states report adequately on measures taken to implement Resolution Conference 12.5
5) To improve compliance of CITES Resolution Conference 12.5
6) Encourage consideration of an expansion of a database such as EU-TWIX to enable a consistent reporting on the global scale of wildlife trade.
The same will be taken up for discussion during the upcoming Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties at Doha (Qatar), from 13-25 March 2010.
CITES issues notification for submission of draft resolutions to all parties
The CITES Secretariat has issued a notification to all parties on the submission of draft resolutions and other documents for meetings of the 15th Conference of Parties to be held in 2010 in Doha, Qatar, from 13th March to 25th March. Any party may suggest an Amendment to the listing of species as outlined in Appendices I and II. The deadline for submission of documents and proposed resolutions is 14th October, 2009.
CITES initiates measures to stem trade in tiger parts, 22 July 2009:
The CITES Standing Committee has issued a notification to all tiger range countries to submit reports by 20 October 2009 to determine the progress of Asian big cat conservation measures and additional initiatives needed to implement the same. The Committee has also asked for Parties to report on steps taken to restrict the captive tiger population to a level that curtails the breeding of tigers for their body parts and that which only supports wild conservation measures in accordance with the decisions adopted at the 14th CoP at Hague in 2007 via Resolution nos. 14.65 and 14.69. For more details, please visit
http://www.cites.org/eng/notif/2009/E029.pdf
India nominated as member of CITES Working Group on livelihoods, 10 August 2009:
The CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Standing Committee has taken a decision to look at the impact of CITES listing of species, whether positive or negative, on the livelihoods of the poor. A Working Group has been created to this effect that has India as one of the members. The notification can be viewed at
http://www.cites.org/eng/notif/2009/E035.pdf
