CITES Briefing Document: Key Priorities and Recommendations for CoP19
EIA encourages CoP19 to reject the proposal from Namibia and Botswana to transfer Namibia’s population of southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) from Appendix I to Appendix II with an annotation limiting commercial trade to live animals for in-situ conservation only and hunting trophies. CITES Parties voted against the adoption of a very similar proposal from Namibia at CoP18.
You can learn more about EIA’s focal issues at CoP19 here
