Climate change
events will no doubt continue to command center stage as the
sustainable development calendar picks up the pace in the coming
weeks, but the final quarter of 2008 also will bring a number of key
events focused on the development agenda that should not be
overlooked. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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CITES STANDING COMMITTEE CONCLUDES, DESIGNATES CHINA
AS AN IVORY TRADING PARTNER |
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 Geneva,
19 July—The
57th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC)
of the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES), which convened in Geneva,
Switzerland, from 14-18 July 2008, adopted a
number of recommendations, including on:
development of indicators; costed programme
of work for 2009-2011; review of the status
of the elephant, trade in its specimens and
the impact of the legal trade; and
designation of China as an ivory trading
partner. The Committee also established many
intersessional working groups to carry out
work on, inter alia: CITES and livelihoods;
introduction from the sea; the Monitoring of
Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
programme; decision-making mechanism for
authorizing ivory trade; intensive
operations breeding tigers on a commercial
scale; review of the scientific committees;
cooperation between parties and promotion of
multilateral measures; trade in crocodilian
specimens; and purpose codes on CITES
permits and certificates. These working
groups are expected to report back to the
next meeting of the Standing Committee in
July 2009.
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Photo: L-R: SC Chair
Cristian Maquieira and Jonathan Barzdo,
CITES Secretariat |
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2008 World Water Week:
17-23 August 2008. Stockholm, Sweden |
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Third Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Long-Term Cooperative Action under the UNFCCC and Sixth
Session of the AWG under the Kyoto Protocol:
21-27 August 2008. Accra, Ghana |
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Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing
Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science,
Policies and Practices:
25-28 August 2008. Ume�, Sweden |
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Second Session of the Technical Consultation on
International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea
Fisheries in the High Seas:
25-29 August 2008. Rome, Italy |
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First Inter-Ministerial Conference on Health and
Environment:
26-29 August 2008. Libreville, Gabon |
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29th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change:
1-4 September 2008. Geneva, Switzerland |
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Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness:
2-4 September 2008. Accra, Ghana |
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Informal Consultations on the Financing for Development
Process:
8-10 September 2008. New York, NY |
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International Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Forest
Management:
8-12 September 2008. Paramaribo, Suriname |
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