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CITES 2007 Species Proposal Results |
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At the fourteenth meeting of the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), running from June 3-15, 2007 in The Hague, the Netherlands, the following proposals have been voted on. For more information on the specific proposals, see the Species Survival Network's digest.
| Proposal |
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| Would allow Uganda to export 28 leopard trophies annually |
Passed |
| Would allow Mozambique to increase their quota of leopard trophies from 60 to 120 annually |
Passed |
| Would deny Namibia and South Africa the ability to continue to export 5 hunting trophies of critically endangered black rhinos annually |
Failed |
| Would review the status of all great whale species, beginning the process of opening trade in whale products |
Failed |
| Would review the status of fin whales, beginning the process of opening trade in fin whale products |
Failed |
| Would eliminate CITES Appendix II protections for the bobcat |
Failed |
| Would transfer the slow loris, a small primate, from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I, prohibiting all international commercial trade in the species |
Passed |
| Would list the critically endangered Spiny dogfish shark on CITES Appendix II, providing protection for the species by restricting international commercial trade in dogfish products |
Failed |
| Would list the porbeagle, a large shark, on CITES Appendix II, providing protection for the species by restricting international commercial trade in its products |
Failed |
| Would list all sawfish species on Appendix I, prohibiting all international commercial trade |
Passed with Australian amendment to allow trade in one species |
| Would impose trade restriction on European eels by including them in Appendix II |
Passed |
| Would provide CITES protection to 26 species of red and pink corals |
Failed |
| Would allow Botswana to export up to 40 tons of stockpiled ivory this year, putting elephants at risk of increased poaching |
Compromised |
| Would ban the international trade of ivory products for 20 years |
Compromised |
| Would allow Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa to export ivory, putting elephants at risk of increased poaching |
Compromised |
| Would allow an endangered bird breeding facility in the Philippines to sell their birds on the international market |
Failed |
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