<html><body style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Dear Anne,</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">I think I can be of help. I am a member of the <b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/10280826/admin/updates/" class="x_OWAAutoLink">LI group Phytocosmetics</a> </b>and last year I was in the organizing committee of an international conference on Phytocosmetics and Phytotherapy, which took place in Greece. In that context, I have co-organized a session on history of Cosmetics in the ancient Mediterranean and after then I have been involved in other events organized by the same group. This has given me the opportunity to meet with a lot of people from all over the world working and researching in the production of personal care products, fragrance, and cosmetics, included R&D of big companies like L'Oreal or Estee Lauder (for the sake of clarity, I am not in this business). Frankly, I have no idea of their use of orchids, but I'll be pleased to send you the contacts so that you can talk directly to them and ask them to take the survey.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:12pt;">Today is quite a busy day, but I'll do it tomorrow. I hope this helps.</span><br></p><div id="x_Signature" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;"><div><br></div><div>Thanks and warmest wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Emanuela<br><br></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:medium;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Emanuela Appetiti, President & CEO</span><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><div style="line-height:21.3px;"><span style="font-size:medium;line-height:normal;"><em style="line-height:22.72px;"><a href="http://medicaltraditions.org/" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207);"><strong style="line-height:22.72px;">Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions</strong></a></em><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><strong style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="color:#2672ec;line-height:normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Institute-for-the-Preservation-of-Medical-Traditions/294523497287143" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207);">Follow us on FaceBook!</a></span></strong></span></div></div><br><blockquote class="atmailquote"><br>----- Original Message -----<br><div id="origionalMessageFromField" style="width:100%;display:inline;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">From:</div> "St John Anne" <anne_stjohn@fws.gov></div><br><div id="origionalMessageToField" style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">To:</div>"De Angelis Patricia" <patricia_deangelis@fws.gov>, <mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org><br><div id="origionalMessageSentField" style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:56:05 -0500<br><div id="origionalMessageSubjectField" style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>[MPWG] CITES and trade in orchids<br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Dear
Members of the Medicinal Plants Working Group,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Although
we realize that most of the members of this email group are not involved in the
fragrance and personal care products industries, we are hopeful that some of
you work in those industries (or know people who work in those industries) and would be able to assist us with this
exercise. The Parties to the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
are examining the international trade in orchids and orchid products. All species of orchids are included in the
CITES Appendices and are listed in such a way that CITES documents are required
to trade internationally in all parts and derivatives except seeds, pollen, and
seedlings when shipped under certain conditions. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">For
the personal care products, fragrance, and cosmetic industries, this means that
CITES export permits are required to trade internationally in everything from
the raw plant parts, to the processed material and extract, to the finished products
traded for the retail trade. The point
of the current exercise is to determine if it would be reasonable from a conservation
standpoint to exempt finished products from CITES controls, using the guiding
principles that CITES controls should focus on those commodities that first
appear in international trade as exports from range States and those that dominate
the trade and demand for the wild resource.
At the end of the exercise, it may be possible to contemplate exempting finished
products for certain orchid species or higher taxa, for example, if the range
countries are exporting raw material and the additional processing takes place
in second and third countries; or if the overwhelming majority of the trade in a particular species is in artificially propagated specimens and it can be reasonably concluded
that the trade is not impacting wild populations.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">To
help inform these discussion, Switzerland, which is leading these discussions
in CITES, has developed a questionnaire (see here for a link to the Notification to the Parties providing the background information and key links: <a href="https://www.cites.org/sites/default/files/notif/E-Notif-2018-004.pdf">https://www.cites.org/sites/default/files/notif/E-Notif-2018-004.pdf</a> and this page for a link to the questionnaire - it is under 2018/004: <a href="https://www.cites.org/eng/notif/2014.php">https://www.cites.org/eng/notif/2014.php</a></span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">). If
you are involved in the personal care products, fragrance, or cosmetics
industries and use orchids in your products, we would greatly appreciate
receiving your answers to this questionnaire.
You may answer the questionnaire directly using the link provided in the
Notification, submit the questionnaire to the Chair of the working group using the
email address provided in the Notification, or submit your responses to us
(please send to Anne St. John at <a href="mailto:anne_stjohn@fws.gov">anne_stjohn@fws.gov</a>) and we will provide them
to the working group. If you intend to
answer using any of these options, we would greatly appreciate being informed of
your participation. Thank you for your
assistance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Regards,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Anne
St. John</span></p><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Anne St. John, Biologist</span><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Wildlife Trade and Conservation Branch<br></span><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Division of Management Authority</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">5275 Leesburg Pike</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Falls Church, VA 22041-3803</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Email: <a href="mailto:anne_stjohn@fws.gov">anne_stjohn@fws.gov</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;">Tel: 703-358-1990</span></div></div></div></div>
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