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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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CITES SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
CONCLUDE
3-13 July 2006 | Lima, Peru
The Plants
and Animals Committees of the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species (CITES) have concluded after meeting
throughout early to mid-July. The 16th meeting of the CITES
Plants Committee agreed not to subject bigleaf mahogany to a
review of significant trade at this stage and also discussed a
proposal on timber export quotas to be presented at CITES COP-14
in June 2007. The 22nd meeting of the Animals Committee dealt
with species including sea cucumbers, sharks and the definition
of fossil corals.
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Chairs
Margarita
Clemente
(Spain)
and
Thomas
Althaus
(Switzerland)
chaired
the
joint
sessions
of
the
Plants
and
Animals
Committees |
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MONTREAL PROTOCOL
WORKING GROUP
PREPARES FOR NEXT
MEETING OF THE
PARTIES
3-6 July 2006 |
Montreal, Canada
The twenty-sixth
meeting of the
Open-ended Working
Group (OEWG) of the
parties to the
Montreal Protocol
concluded in
Montreal after
delegates crafted
seven draft
decisions to forward
to the eighteenth
Meeting of the
Parties of the
Montreal Protocol to
be held from 30
October to 3
November 2006.
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