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Notification to the PartiesNo. 1999/04 Geneva, 29 January 1999
CONCERNING:
Ninth meeting of the Plants Committee
1. In Notification to the Parties No. 1998/60 of 20 November 1998, the Secretariat informed the Parties of the date and venue of the ninth meeting of the Plants Committee: 7-11 June 1999 in Darwin, Australia. The Secretariat herewith provides further details of this meeting.
2. The meeting will be held in the Carlton Hotel, The Esplanade, Darwin. Details of hotels within walking distance from this hotel will be provided to those who return the registration form attached to this Notification.
3. Also attached to this Notification to the Parties is a draft agenda for the meeting. Parties that wish to add items to the agenda are requested to inform the Secretariat and to indicate whether they intend to prepare a working document on the subject.
4. Documents to be considered at the meeting should be provided to the Secretariat at least 60 days before the meeting, that is before 5 April 1999.
5. Parties interested in attending this meeting or in obtaining further details of the subjects for discussion are invited to contact the Secretariat or to contact the Chairman direct at the following address:
Prof. Dra. Margarita Clemente Muñoz
Jardín Botánico de Córdoba
Avda. Linneo s/n
E-14004 CORDOBA
Spain
Tel.: (+ 34 957) 20 00 77
Fax: (+ 34 957) 29 53 33
E-mail: cr1clmum@uco.es
6. Observers from non-governmental organizations may participate in the meeting at the invitation of the Chairman.
7. Simultaneous interpretation in the three working languages of the Convention will be provided for the duration of the meeting.
Ninth meeting of the Plants Committee
7 - 11 June 1999, Darwin, Australia
DRAFT AGENDA
Closed Session of the Plants Committee
1. Action points of the eighth meeting of the Plants Committee
2. Working programme of the Plants Committee until the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
3. Rules of Procedure
4. Agenda of the ninth meeting of the Plants Committee
5. Date and venue of the 10th meeting of the Plants Committee
6. Any other business
OPEN SESSION of the Plants Committee
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Preliminaries
4. Rules of Procedure
5. Regional reports and reports on regional meetings
6. Follow-up to the eighth meeting of the Plants Committee (Action points from the eighth meeting not included in the Agenda of the ninth meeting)
6.1 Communication with Nepalese authorities on the deletion of species included in Appendix III
6.2 Directories of regional Management and Scientific Authorities
6.3 Bulb trade from Georgia
7. Technical Proposals for the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
8. Species Proposals for the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
9. Significant Trade
9.1 Progress reports
9.1.1 Orchid trade in Thailand (CITES Project S-57); report of Phase II
9.1.2 Trade in Dendrobium (CITES Project S-56); results to be presented
9.1.3 Trade in medicinal plants (CITES Project S-109); results to be presented
9.1.4 Trade in Chinese orchids
9.1.5 Implementation of trade controls for Nardostachys and Picrorhiza
9.1.6 Implementation of trade controls for Aquilaria malaccensis
9.2 Medicinal Plants
9.2.1 Definition of future working priorities regarding significant trade studies, taking into account the German/TRAFFIC report and priorities established at PC8
9.2.2 Trade in Prunus africana, progress report and further problems
9.3 Priorities for the Review of Significant Trade as approved at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
9.4 Trade in "rain sticks"
10. Review of the Appendices
10.1 Progress report
10.2 Tree ferns; document prepared by working group for consideration by the Plants Committee
11. Checklists and nomenclature
11.1 Progress report
12. CITES Identification Manual for Plants
12.1 Progress report on identification sheets
12.2 Trade names of timber species
12.3 Progress under priorities proposed by the Identification Manual Committee
12.3.1 National identification material sent to the Secretariat, update
13. Other projects on plants
13.1 Progress reports on CITES projects
13.1.1 Aloe vera var. vera (CITES Project S-93); progress report
13.2 New projects
14. Technical issues
14.1 Harmonization of annotations to plant species traded for medicinal properties, report
14.2 Trade in seeds of Mexican cacti: update on implementation and explanatory document to be distributed
15. Training initiatives
15.1 Standard slide package on CITES plant issues; progress report
16. Public awareness
16.1 Information exchange between Management Authorities, update of information received
16.2 Information for the public on the significance of Appendix II; progress report
17. Timber issues
17.1 Report on the working group on Swietenia macrophylla; progress report
17.2 Report on the initiative of the Netherlands on the evaluation of timber species
18. How to improve CITES implementation for plants, report of discussion with Animals Committee
19. Time and venue of the 10th Plants Committee meeting
20. Any other business
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA
Ninth Meeting of the Plants Committee
Darwin (Australia), 7 - 11 June 1999REGISTRATION FORM
PERSONAL DETAILS
1. Name:
(Surname) (First name)
2. Title: 3. Nationality:
4. Address:
Tel.: Fax: E-mail:
5. Status (please, tick the appropriate box):
o CITES Management Authority o Other (please specify):
o CITES Scientific Authority o Non-governmental organization
Name and address if different from those mentioned above:
Tel.: Fax: E-mail:
OTHER INFORMATION
Items you wish to see included in the Agenda of the Plants Committee meeting:
I will require the following equipment:
o Slide projector o Overhead projector o Video
Date: Signature:
To be returned as soon as possible to:
CITES Secretariat
15, chemin des Anémones
1219 Châtelaine/Genève
SwitzerlandTel.: (+ 41 22) 917 81 39 / 40
Fax: (+ 41 22) 797 34 17
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