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| Hargreaves, R. | |
| A review of CITES Decision 14.69 on restricting captive tiger populations to levels supportive only to conserve wild tigers | |
| 2012 Journal of the WildCat Conservation Legal Aid Society (6): 93-114 | |
Following the 62nd meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) Standing Committee in July 2012 (SC62), the CITES Secretariat issued Notification to the Parties No. 2012/054 on 3 September 2012 on the "Conservation of and trade in tigers and other [CITES] Appendix-I Asian big cat species."1 In the Notification the CITES Secretariat stated that: All [CITES] Parties with intensive operations breeding tigers on a commercial scale are requested to fully implement Decision 14.69 in respect of the number of breeding operations and also for the total number of tigers, and report to the Secretariat on the measures implemented to comply with this Decision. The Secretariat also stated, _inter alia_, that "to enable a full assessment at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16), all Parties, and particularly range states of Asian big cats are requested to inform the Secretariat of (.) stockpiles of captive-bred or confiscated tiger body parts and derivatives; and any actions proposed to deal with the stockpiles." The Secretariat advised Parties that it "would appreciate receiving this information by 25 September 2012."It is hoped that all relevant Parties submitted substantive and timely responses to the Secretariat so that the full assessment of Asian big cats at CoP16 in March 2013 can be as meaningful as possible. If not, perhaps the present article may assist the Parties with the full assessment due at CoP16, specifically in relation to implementation and compliance with CITES Decision 14.69. |
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