CITES Calendar
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| 2nd Commission Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) | Manta, Ecuador 27 - 31 January 2014 |
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| Seminar: Combatting London’s Wildlife Crime, London, the United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13 January 2014 |
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| International workshop on the development of indicators for effective wildlife law enforcement | Vienna, Austria 16 - 18 December 2013 |
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| 3rd annual Central America Wildlife Enforcement Network (CAWEN) meeting | San José, Costa Rica 12 - 13 December 2013 |
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| Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology meeting on Sharp-toothed jaws and toothless laws: are we doing enough to protect sharks? | London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10 December 2013 |
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| International Fund for Animal Welfare Workshop: Prevention of shark and other marine species trafficking training | Hurghada, Egypt 09 - 13 December 2013 |
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| 10th Annual Meeting of the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) | Windhoek, Namibia 09 - 13 December 2013 |
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| Oceania Regional Workshop: Implementation of CITES CoP16 Shark and Ray Appendix-II Listings | Wollongong, Australia 09 - 11 December 2013 |
Meeting summary
It was a meaningful gathering in which common challenges and necessary procedures regarding shark listings were discussed. In an enthusiastic atmosphere, the event was well organized with a series of lectures on Shark identification tools, IFS, NDFs, etc. followed by rich and detailed debate. A practical exercise was provided in order to enhance participants’ understanding on relevance of IFS provisions to CITES operation. A CITES Secretariat staff gave presentation on general context of the shark listings and NDFs. In line with Decision 16.52 we need to develop user friendly capacity-building tools related to IFS issues. In general, we expect our involvement could make a positive difference for fisheries management of sharks in Oceania region through collaborating with various regional instruments such as the Secretariat of the Pacific Community(SPC) in relation to commercially-exploited aquatic species.
Useful documents to note Effective management of sea cucumber fisheries and the bêche-de-mer trade in Melanesia: bringing the industry under rational control. Nautilus Consultants on behalf of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (http://www.spc.int/DigitalLibrary/Doc/FAME/Reports/Carleton_13_BDM_Management.pdf) An introduction FROM THE SEA by Wendy Jackson (ppt) An introduction to LEGAL ACQUISITION FINDINGS by Wendy Jackson (ppt) |
| Second plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) | Antalya, Türkiye 09 - 14 December 2013 |
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| International workshop on the development of international guidelines for forensic analysis to identify the origin and age of seized ivory | Vienna, Austria 04 - 06 December 2013 |
The Australian and New Zealand Governments hosted and organized a joint workshop with two non -government organizations, TRAFFIC and ANCORS, to progress implementation of the listing of shark species. The workshop was held with a participation of 9 Oceania States and territories, three of which are not Party to CITES (Australia, Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tonga and Kiribati). A CITES Secretariat staff was present in order to facilitate the event.