Summary
CITES CoP17 approached the finish line with the Committees wrapping up their work. Proposals to downlist and uplist populations of African elephants were defeated in Committee I, as was the proposal to permit a limited and regulated trade in white rhino horn. Committee II adopted a core budget increase of 0.24% and two additional posts.
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Committee I
View of the plenary during Committee I
Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
Maxi Pia Louis, Namibian Association of
CBNRM Support Organisation (NASCO)
Pohamba Shifeta, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibia
Daniel Ashe, US
Emmanuel Fundira, Safari Operations
Patrick Omondi, Kenya
Alexander Songorwa, Tanzania
Bishan Singh Bonal, India
Meng Xianlin, China
Marcel van Nijnatten, EU
Bartolomeu Soto, Mozambique
Delegates vote on whether all elephant species should be uplisted to Appendix I
Members of the media following the discussions
Charles Jonga, Campfire Association
Keiji Nakashima, Japan
John Kenena Kassona, Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC)
Tony Mudakikwa, Rwanda
Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES
Daniel Fernando, Sri Lanka
Maurice Isaacs, Bahamas
José Manuel Mateo Féliz,
Dominican Republic
Abdulla Naseer, Maldives
Committee II
View of the dais during Committee II
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Armen Petrossian, International Caviar Importers Association
Mohammed Pourkazemi, Iran
Patricia Hurtado, Argentina
Nicolas Roncagliolo, Peru
Laura Noguchi, US
Nathan Herschler, International Fund for Animal Wildlife (IFAW)
Francis Kraigie, South Africa
Carolina Caceres, Canada
Stamatis Varsamos, EU
Around the Venue
Members of the Secretariat prepare for discussions in Committee I
Delegates speak informally throughout the day
Delegates from Burkina Faso
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES,
with Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
Delegates network between sessions
