Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 2 • Number 7 • 18th April 2002
Progress Recorded at CITES Animals Committee Meeting
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During the 18th meeting of the Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in San José, Costa Rica from 8-12 April 2002, 110 participants from governments, and non- and intergovernmental organisations discussed, inter alia, implementation and review of Resolution Conf. 8.9 (Rev.) on significant trade reviews; periodic review of animal taxa; trade in traditional medicines; universal labelling of caviar; trade in sturgeon; and trade in alien species during the plenary session as well as in working and contact groups. One of the issues that made significant progress during the meeting was caviar labelling and sturgeon conservation. A group of technical experts, exporters, producers and conservationists from Caspian Sea range States, which are engaged in the production and trade of sturgeon products, including caviar, put forward a draft resolution for the 12th Conference of the Parties of CITES (COP-12) proposing a new system to extend labelling requirement for exporters, re-exporters and for domestic trade. Furthermore discussions centred on solutions for the conservation of sturgeon, touching on the complex socio-economic aspects of sustainable use and conservation of sturgeon. Overall, delegates expressed satisfaction with the meeting and the input it will deliver to COP-12, scheduled for 3-15 November 2002, in Santiago, Chile.
“Summary of the 18th meeting of the CITES animals committee,” ENB, 16 April 2002.
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