Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species

Directed to the Animals and Plants Committees

13.68

The Animals and Plants Committees shall establish an intersessional joint working group with the following Terms of Reference: a) the working group shall be composed of members and observer Parties within the Animals and Plants Committees, from as many of the six different CITES regions as possible, with expertise in determining and defining the existing production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species of animals and plants; b) the working group shall: i) focus on clearly defining key elements of the different production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species of animals and plants, and, if appropriate, developing as far as possible a list of specific production systems currently being utilized by Parties; ii) determine under which existing CITES permit source code each production system appropriately fits and whether the addition of any new source codes is necessary; and iii) consider the definition of ‘ranching’ within the context of existing CITES Resolutions; c) to avoid duplication of work, the working group should use, as a basis for its discussions, the following documents on production systems from previous meetings of the Animals and Plants Committees: i) AC20 WG6 Doc. 1 – Report of the AC20 working group on Control of captive breeding, ranching and wild harvest production systems for Appendix-II species; ii) AC20 Inf. 18 – Plant and animal production systems and CITES source codes (prepared by the United States); iii) AC20 Inf. 15 – Draft review of production systems – Report to CITES Secretariat (prepared by the IUCN/SSC Wildlife Trade Programme); iv) PC12 Doc. 23.1 – CITES plant production systems (prepared by the Vice-Chairman of the Plants Committee); v) AC19 WG4 Doc. 1 (Rev. 1) – Report of the AC19 working group on Control of captive breeding, ranching and wild harvest production systems for Appendix-II species; vi) Annex 8.2 of the Summary record of the 18th meeting of the Animals Committee – Report of the Coral Working Group on coral production systems; vii) AC17 Inf. 12 – Wild fauna management and production systems: Their description, conservation implications and treatment by CITES (prepared by Dr Hank Jenkins of Creative Conservation Solutions); and viii) AC17 Doc. 14 (Rev. 1) – Control of captive breeding, ranching and wild harvest production systems for Appendix-II species (prepared by Dr Hank Jenkins of Creative Conservation Solutions); d) in evaluating production systems and determining under which source code each production system fits, the working group should take into account that both the Animals and Plants Committees have agreed that source codes should not be used to replace non-detriment findings by Scientific Authorities; e) the working group should provide interim reports on its progress toward the achievement of its goals at each Animals and Plants Committee meeting between the 13th and 14th meetings of the Conference of the Parties; f) after incorporating suggestions from both the Animals and Plants Committees, the working group should submit a final report, which may include a draft resolution of the Conference of the Parties, for consideration at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties; and g) the working group should carry out the majority of its work via email to keep costs to a minimum.