Ad hoc reports

2. Review of reporting requirements

The CITES Secretariat maintains an UPDATED LIST OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (as amended following CoP17).

For species-specific reporting, the Standing Committee adopted a template and a set of guidance (see Notification to the Parties No. 2016/004 of 05 February 2016).

3. Parties' national reports on ranching operations

In Resolution Conf. 11.16 (Rev. CoP15) (Ranching and trade in ranched specimens of species transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II), the Conference of the Parties decided that the term ‘ranching’ meant the rearing in a controlled environment of specimens taken from the wild.

In the context of CITES, this term is used mainly in relation to populations of Appendix-I species of animals that are no longer endangered and that are transferred to Appendix II in accordance with this Resolution so that they may benefit from this form of management. Ranched species currently include only crocodilians, primarily ranched for their skins.

The Conference of the Parties recommends in the same Resolution that annual reports on all relevant aspects of each approved ranching operation be submitted to the Secretariat by the Party concerned, and include any new information on the following:

i)     the status of the wild population concerned;

ii)    the number of specimens (eggs, young or adults) taken annually from the wild;

iii)   an estimate of the percentage of the production of the wild population that is taken for the ranching operation;

iv)   the number of animals released and their survival rates estimated on the basis of surveys and tagging programmes, if any;

v)    the mortality rate in captivity and causes of such mortality;

vi)   production, sales and exports of products; and

vii)  conservation programmes and scientific experiments carried out in relation to the ranching operation or the wild population concerned.

The table below shows the Parties concerned and the reports received.

Party	Species ranched	Ranching operation reports	Date received	Language
Argentina	Caiman latirostris	report	July 2006	English & Spanish
Botswana	Crocodylus niloticus	none received	-	-
Cuba	Crocodylus acutus	none received	-	-
Ecuador	Melanosuchus niger	none received	-	-
Ethiopia	Crocodylus niloticus	report	July 2011	English
Indonesia	Crocodylus porosus	report of population survey	July 2006	English
		wild crocodile harvest
Kenya	Crocodylus niloticus	report	May 2006	English
Madagascar	Crocodylus niloticus	report	September 2008	French
Malawi	Crocodylus niloticus	report	May 2010	English
Mozambique	Crocodylus niloticus	none received	-	-
South Africa	Crocodylus niloticus	none received	-	-
Uganda	Crocodylus niloticus	none received	-	-
Zambia	Crocodylus niloticus	report	June 2006	English
Zimbabwe	Crocodylus niloticus	report	May 2006	English