Summary
As CITES CoP17 Committees moved through agenda items, several working and drafting groups reported back to the Committees with finalized drafts of decisions and resolutions. Committee I continued consideration of proposal listings, agreeing to all proposals on rosewoods. Meanwhile Committee II looked at illegal trade in cheetah, pangolin trade, rhino and Asian Big Cats, adopting some decisions and deferring others to working groups.
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Committee I
View of the dais in Committee I
Hak Sarom, Cambodia
Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
Calvin Bernard, Guyana
Mathias Lörtscher, Switzerland
Kai-Uwe Denker,
World Conservation Trust
Duangduen Sripotar, Thailand
Bekolo Bekolo, Cameroon
Josef Schmuck, Documentation Center
for Species Protection
SK Khanduri, India
Aurélie Flore Koumba Pambo, Gabon
Dan Challender, International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Rosemarie Gnam, US
Cosma Wilungula,
Democratic Republic of Congo
Willem Wijnstekers, International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
Klamon Hakiouin, Chad
María Elena Sánchez, Species Survival Network
Committee II
View of the plenary in Committee II
Maria Eugenia Correa, Colombia
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Mpho Tjiane, South Africa
Clarissa Nina, Brazil
Lise Jubinville, Canada
Bishan Singh Bonal, India
Craig Hoover, US
Shirley Ramírez Carvajal, Costa Rica
Benson Okita-Ouma, Kenya
Tom Milliken, TRAFFIC
Yunus Ali, Bangladesh
Dehui Zhang, China
Hank Jenkins,
Creative Conservation Solutions
Mick Reilly, Swaziland
Ha Thi Mai Trang, Viet Nam
Side Events Throughout the Day
Tanya Rosen, Panthera, speaks at a side event discussing how the Convention on Migratory
Species (CMS) can provide a complementary tool to CITES
Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa, speaks at a side event discussing biodiversity and tourism
Around the Venue
Luca Lacitignola, Cyprus, and Ondřej Klouček, Czech Republic
Idah Mupanhanga, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Zimbabwe, and Oppah Chamu Muchinguri, Minister of Environment, Water and Climate, Zimbabwe
Delegates between sessions
A delegate reads the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
website to keep up to date with negotiations
Members of the Secretariat speak with a delegate from the US
