Transcript Important CITES definitions

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CITES Secretariat
Definitions
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Overview
• Article I of the text of the Convention defines
a number of terms used in CITES:
– species
– specimen
– trade
• Attention will also be given to the terms "parts
and derivatives", "readily recognizable", and
"split-listing"
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Definitions
Species =
– Species
or
– a subspecies
or
– a geographically separate population
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Example – White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium
Species
simum
Also applies to all specimens
outside the natural range, such
as introduced populations or
captive specimens
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Example – White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium
Species
simum cottoni
Northern white rhinoceros
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Example – White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium
Species
simum simum
Southern white rhinoceros
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Example – White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium
Species
simum simum
(Population of
South Africa)
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Definitions
Split-listing
– Listing of a species in
more than one Appendix
should generally be
avoided in view of the
enforcement problems it
creates
– When split-listing does
occur, it should generally
be on the basis of
national or continental
populations, rather than
subspecies
Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16)
Example:
Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Only the populations of
Algeria, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, the Central
African Republic, Chad, Mali,
Mauritania, Morocco, the
Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and
the Sudan are included in
Appendix I
All other populations are not
included in the Appendices
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Definitions
A specimen is:
Animal or plant, alive or dead
or
Any readily recognizable parts or derivatives of
plant or animal species
Specific parts of Appendix-II plants or Appendix-III
animals and plants may be included or excluded
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General applicability
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General applicability
** The Parties have agreed that for plant species
included in Appendix II, the absence of an
annotation relating to that species indicates that
all readily recognizable parts and derivatives are
included
There are currently no Appendix III listings of
animals that specify the inclusion of certain parts
and derivatives, and this is interpreted as
meaning all parts and derivatives of Appendix III
animals are included
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Definitions
Parts
Skins or parts thereof
Skeleton or bones
Shells
Horn, tusks or teeth
Feathers
Eggs
Roots/leaves
Meat
Wood
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Definitions
Derivatives
Blood
Musk
Objects made from parts (ivory
piano keys, handbags, fur coats, belts,
watch straps, shoes, gloves etc)
Medicine containing CITES species
Perfume from CITES species
Preparations from meat
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Definitions
Readily recognizable part or derivative
- The term 'readily recognizable part or derivative'
includes any specimen which appears from an
accompanying document, the packaging or a mark or
label, or from any other circumstances, to be a part or
derivative of an animal or plant of a species included
in the Appendices, unless such part or derivative is
specifically exempted from the provisions of the
Convention
Resolution Conf. 9.6 (Rev. CoP16)
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Definitions
Trade
- Trade is defined as:
export
re-export
= export of any specimen that
has previously been imported
import, and
introduction from the sea
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Definitions
• "Introduction from the sea" means transportation into
a State of specimens of any species which were
taken in the marine environment not under the
jurisdiction of any State
Article I
• "The marine environment not under the jurisdiction of
any State" means those marine areas beyond the
areas subject to the sovereignty or sovereign rights of
a State consistent with international law, as reflected
in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea
Resolution Conf. 14.6 (Rev. CoP16)
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Geneva
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