Animals Committee

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CITES body scientific advisory body

The Animals Committee is a scientific advisory body under CITES that evaluates the status of animal species affected by international trade and provides recommendations to ensure their conservation and sustainable use.

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Surface form	Occurrences
CITES Animals Committee members	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CITES body ⓘ scientific advisory body ⓘ
composition	experts in wildlife biology and management ⓘ regional representatives from CITES Parties ⓘ
decisionType	scientific and technical recommendations ⓘ
domain	conservation biology ⓘ international wildlife trade ⓘ sustainable use of wildlife ⓘ wild fauna ⓘ
goal	ensure that international trade in animals does not threaten their survival ⓘ promote science-based decision-making in CITES for animals ⓘ support conservation of wild animal populations ⓘ support sustainable international trade in animal specimens ⓘ
hasRole	advise on proposals to amend CITES Appendices for animal species ⓘ contribute to the review of CITES resolutions and decisions related to animals ⓘ cooperate with the CITES Plants Committee on cross-cutting issues ⓘ develop guidance and criteria for non-detriment findings for animals ⓘ evaluate the status of animal species affected by international trade ⓘ formulate recommendations for conservation of animal species ⓘ formulate recommendations for sustainable use of animal species ⓘ identify animal species that may require CITES listing or uplisting ⓘ provide input to CITES Conference of the Parties on animal-related issues ⓘ provide scientific advice to CITES Parties ⓘ review biological and trade data on CITES-listed animal species ⓘ review significant trade in CITES-listed animal species ⓘ support capacity-building on scientific and technical issues for CITES Parties ⓘ support implementation of CITES for animal taxa ⓘ
languageOfWork	United Nations official languages ⓘ
meetingType	regular meetings between meetings of the CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ
partOf	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
recommendationsAddress	export quotas for animal species ⓘ listing of animal species in CITES Appendices ⓘ management and monitoring of traded animal populations ⓘ non-detriment findings for animal exports ⓘ
relatedTo	biodiversity conservation ⓘ endangered species protection ⓘ international environmental law ⓘ
reportsTo	CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ
scopeIncludes	CITES Appendix I animal species ⓘ CITES Appendix II animal species ⓘ CITES Appendix III animal species ⓘ
shortName	CITES Animals Committee ⓘ
usesInformationFrom	biological and ecological studies of animal taxa ⓘ population status data of animal species ⓘ trade statistics for animal specimens ⓘ
worksWith	Plants Committee ⓘ surface form: CITES Plants Committee CITES Secretariat ⓘ Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ surface form: CITES Standing Committee

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Conference of the Parties → elects → Animals Committee ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the Parties (CITES)

this entity surface form: CITES Animals Committee members

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → hasBody → Animals Committee ⓘ