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**A correction was published today, updating the public comment period to close on January 27, 2025 (instead of January 16, as stated in the previous email). The corrected FR Notice can be accessed here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FWS-HQ-IA-2024-0033.**</div>
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Below are the key details from the previous message: </div>
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The next meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20) will take place from November 24 to December 5, 2025. On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) published its second Federal Register notice outlining U.S. preparations for CoP20. For more information, please visit:
<a href="https://www.fws.gov/program/international-affairs/federal-register-notices" id="OWA5a8041aa-f452-0018-801c-12865b5bc6ef" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">
USFWS Federal Register Notices</a>.</div>
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The Notice covers taxa being considered for amendments to the CITES Appendices, as well as proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items. An
<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><u><a href="https://www.fws.gov/cites/cop20/final-extended-federal-register-animals-plants-table-12.26.24.pdf" id="OWA9bcff1be-b593-f158-20d4-66aa46f4381d" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fws.gov%2Fcites%2Fcop20%2Ffinal-extended-federal-register-animals-plants-table-12.26.24.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Cpatricia_deangelis%40fws.gov%7C261440a4e52348ec4f7508dd26a8befd%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C638709228379951116%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zGxo7HE2Y2nKHg1xLwrvIwqfioXjxCv3zk3DV61arig%3D&reserved=0https://www.fws.gov/cites/cop20/final-extended-federal-register-animals-plants-table-12.26.24.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable">extended
table</a></u></span> is posted on the USFWS website, providing a comprehensive list of the species being considered and explaining the rationale for the United States' current views. The USFWS will consider written information and comments submitted through
the UPDATE <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FWS-HQ-IA-2024-0033" title="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FWS-HQ-IA-2024-0033">Federal Register Notice</a></u></span> by January 27, 2025.</div>
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