No. 889                                   Geneva, 30 November 1995


CONCERNING:


               Conservation of and Trade in Tigers

             Implementation of Resolution Conf. 9.13


1.At  its  35th meeting, the Standing Committee considered how  to
  follow up Resolution Conf. 9.13 on Conservation of and Trade  in
  Tigers  (see  the  Summary  Report  of  the  meeting  sent  with
  Notification  to the Parties No. 885 of 17 November  1995).  The
  following  decisions  were  taken: (1)  the  Standing  Committee
  should  review, at its next meeting, the progress made in  tiger
  conservation  on  the  basis  of  a  document  prepared  by  the
  Secretariat in co-operation with organizations such as  TRAFFIC,
  using reports prepared by range States and consumer States;  (2)
  the   Secretariat  should  prepare  the  list  referred  to   in
  recommendation  b)  of  Resolution  Conf.  9.13;  and  (3)   the
  Secretariat, in co-operation with Japan, should arrange  for  an
  Asian regional meeting on tiger conservation.

2.Consequently,  the  Secretariat, through this  Notification,  is
  asking the range States of the tiger and the consumer States  of
  tiger  derivatives  to  submit to the Secretariat,  as  soon  as
  possible  but  before the end of this year, a  report  on  their
  activities in favour of the conservation of the tiger since  the
  last  meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Fort Lauderdale,
  1994). As derivatives, such as medicines, wines, plasters,  etc.
  may  appear  on  the market of any country, all Parties  may  be
  considered  as consumer or potential consumer States. Therefore,
  all Parties are invited to submit a report to the Secretariat.

3.The  Conference  of the Parties has recommended,  in  Resolution
  Conf.  9.13,  that  all  range  and consumer  States  strengthen
  communication and sharing of information by designating at least
  one  contact person in order to establish a regional network  to
  assist  in  the control of the illegal trade in tiger parts  and
  derivatives. The Secretariat therefore hereby asks  the  Parties
  to  communicate to it, either as part of the report referred  to
  in  the  preceding  paragraph or separately, the  names  of  the
  contact persons they have designated.

4.The  Secretariat  thanks the Parties in advance  for  their  co-
  operation in the implementation of Resolution Conf. 9.13.