African and Asian rhinoceros species

Directed to Parties

13.23	Range States of African and Asian rhinoceros species are encouraged to support the IUCN/SSC African and Asian Rhinoceros Specialist Groups in collecting and collating the information referred to in Decision 13.25.
13.24	Understanding that the IUCN/SSC African and Asian Rhinoceros Specialist Groups operate on a voluntary basis and may be constrained by a lack of resources, Parties and other donors are urged to provide support to these groups for undertaking these activities.

Directed to the Secretariat

13.25

The Secretariat shall: a) invite the IUCN/SSC African and Asian Rhinoceros Specialist Groups to share information on the national and continental conservation status of African and Asian rhinoceros species, the legal and illegal trade in rhinoceros specimens, incidents of illegal killing of rhinoceros, and conservation and management strategies and actions; and b) submit a written summary of the information for consideration at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties that will include recommendations for further reporting on the conservation of and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses.