CITES AC34 & PC28

Thirty-fourth meeting of the Animals Committee &Twenty-eighth meeting of the Plants Committee
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

See these short articles from Earthmind:

• Is CITES AC34 supporting GBF Target 5?
• Is CITES PC28 supporting GBF Target 5?
• Can CITES benefit from integrating standard trade-policy analysis?

About the committees

“These committees of experts were established at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Ottawa, 1987) to fill gaps in biological and other specialized knowledge regarding species of animals and plants that are (or might become) subject to CITES trade controls. Their role is to provide technical support to decision-making about these species. These two Committees have similar terms of reference, detailed in Resolution Conf. 18.2 (Rev. CoP20), Annex 2, which include inter alia

• providing scientific advice and guidance to the Conference of the Parties, the other committees, working groups and the Secretariat;
• dealing with nomenclatural issues;
• undertaking periodic reviews of species, in order to ensure appropriate categorization in the CITES Appendices;
• advising when certain species are subject to unsustainable trade and recommending remedial action (through a process known as the ’Review of Significant Trade’); and
• drafting resolutions on animal and plant matters for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.”