mormodes
Well-Known Member
OK, I'm not sure how this post will look since I copied it from the OGD, but since we've been discussing the USA's interpretation of CITES this looks like a good way to get your input to the people in charge. I hope the links work.
Subject: CITES - 16th Meeting, Conference of the Parties
SUBMIT by August 15, 2011. USF&WS invites you to provide [them] with information and recommendations on animal and plant species that should be considered as candidates for U.S. proposals to amend Appendices I and II of CITES at the upcoming sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16). http://www.fws.gov/policy/library/2011/2011-14605.html This is the beginning of the process to make amendments. Some posts here speak to how CITES needs reform. Now is the time to get items on the agenda. These meetings happen once every two years. Submit directly [email protected].
Background Orchids and CITES To ensure that international orchid trade is not detrimental to the survival of wild populations, the entire orchid family (Orchidaceae), including all U.S. native orchids, was listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II in 1975. Today, several orchid species and two large genera (Phragmipedium and Paphiopedilum) are listed in Appendix I, while the vast majority of orchids remain listed in Appendix II of CITES. CITES Parties also recognize that, in general, artificial propagation of plants should be encouraged to reduce collection pressure on wild populations. Special provisions exist for trade in plants of artificially propagated Appendix-II orchids. In addition, hybrids of certain Appendix-II orchids (i.e., Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis and Vanda) that meet specific requirements are exempt from CITES regulations. Orchids and CoP15Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Doha (Qatar), 13-25 March 2010 http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/index.shtml Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the15th meeting http://www.cites.org/eng/dec/index.shtmlOrchids: annotation for species included in Appendix II http://www.cites.org/eng/dec/valid15/14_133-134.shtml
Subject: CITES - 16th Meeting, Conference of the Parties
SUBMIT by August 15, 2011. USF&WS invites you to provide [them] with information and recommendations on animal and plant species that should be considered as candidates for U.S. proposals to amend Appendices I and II of CITES at the upcoming sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16). http://www.fws.gov/policy/library/2011/2011-14605.html This is the beginning of the process to make amendments. Some posts here speak to how CITES needs reform. Now is the time to get items on the agenda. These meetings happen once every two years. Submit directly [email protected].
Background Orchids and CITES To ensure that international orchid trade is not detrimental to the survival of wild populations, the entire orchid family (Orchidaceae), including all U.S. native orchids, was listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II in 1975. Today, several orchid species and two large genera (Phragmipedium and Paphiopedilum) are listed in Appendix I, while the vast majority of orchids remain listed in Appendix II of CITES. CITES Parties also recognize that, in general, artificial propagation of plants should be encouraged to reduce collection pressure on wild populations. Special provisions exist for trade in plants of artificially propagated Appendix-II orchids. In addition, hybrids of certain Appendix-II orchids (i.e., Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis and Vanda) that meet specific requirements are exempt from CITES regulations. Orchids and CoP15Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Doha (Qatar), 13-25 March 2010 http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/index.shtml Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the15th meeting http://www.cites.org/eng/dec/index.shtmlOrchids: annotation for species included in Appendix II http://www.cites.org/eng/dec/valid15/14_133-134.shtml
