[MPWG] Implementation of changes adopted at CoP15 - Amendments to plant species listed in CITES - medicinals and NTFPs

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

To Whom It May Concern:


This message is addressed to possible importers, exporters, and 
re-exporters of CITES-listed plant species.  We would like to inform you 
of amendments made to CITES Appendices I and II, as adopted by the 
Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade 
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at its fifteenth 
regular meeting (CoP15).  The meeting was held in Doha, Qatar, March 
13-25, 2010.  Forty-two proposals (including both animals and plants) to 
amend the Appendices were submitted for discussion at this meeting, of 
which 25 proposals were adopted.

The information below is provided to those who may be involved in the 
international trade of specimens of these species.  Amendments made to the 
Appendices at CoP15 enter into effect on June 23, 2010, and these changes 
will be reflected in the CITES Appendices (<
http://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml>) on that date.  Unless 
otherwise noted in the Appendices, all CITES listings cover live and dead 
specimens, and all parts and derivatives. 

The following information may be of interest to you: 

Aniba rosaeodora and Bulnesia sarmientoi added to Appendix II
<www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/pdf/Aniba-Bulnesia%20letter.pdf>

Changes to CITES regulation of candelilla wax (Euphorbia antisyphilitica)
<www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/pdf/CoP15_Candelilla_results.pdf>

In addition, HerbalEGram published the following article in their May 2010 
issue on the eight Medicinal Plants Discussed at the 15th Meeting of CITES
<
http://cms.herbalgram.org/heg/volume7/05May/CITES_15thMeeting.html?t=1272654674
>

For the complete list of amendments made to the Appendices (including 
animals) and additional public outreach information, please see our 
website, at: <www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/CITES_CoP15.html>.

We appreciate your assistance circulating this information to others who 
may find it of interest. 


Rosemarie Gnam, Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Scientific Authority
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 110
Arlington VA 22203
Phone: (703) 358-2497
Fax: (703) 358-2276
<scientificauthority at fws.gov>

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