This report presents the findings of a review of traceability systems that have been developed in the CITES context for the trade in processed product types of Appendix II-listed species.
The aim of the present report is to examine the changing context within which the reptile skin trade has existed (where we came from), the extent of the current industry and its regulatory strengths and weaknesses (where we are now), and what the future can or should bring (where we go from here).
The third FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species was held at FAO headquarters from 7 to 12 December 2009.
Cet ouvrage offre au lecteur de nombreuses informations sur la systématique et la biologie des requins et regroupe les données les plus récentes sur le commerce des ailerons. Il se focalise sur l'identification des nageoires pectorales, dorsales et caudales des 48 espèces de requins les plus menacées de la liste rouge UICN, établie en 2007, afin de permettre aux services de contrôle internationaux d'identifier rapidement les nageoires appartenant aux grands groupes actuels.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the best known and most controversial of international conservation treaties. CITES treats the international trade in wildlife as the most important threat to the continued existence of wild species, but it is now generally acknowledged that for most species habitat loss is a much more significant threat.
