[Nhcoll-l] Need help with CITES matter

[Ellen Paul]

Last year, three U.S.-based organizations (Ornithological Council, 
American Society of Mammalogists, and the Society for the Preservation 
of Natural History Collections) petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service to suspend or revoke the validation requirement for CITES 
permits as to shipments of materials for scientific research.

As the requirement emanated from a CITES resolution, it would be even 
better if we could get the CITES parties to suspend or revoke the 
validation requirement because they all countries can eliminate this 
requirement.

Therefore, we asked the USFWS to ask that this issue be added to the 
agenda for the CITES Conference of the Parties to be held in Jo'burg in 
Sept. 2016. The USFWS declined to do so.

Would any of you (your institutions) be willing to ask your CITES 
Scientific Authority to propose that this matter be added to the agenda 
for the COP?

If so, please contact me and I will send you a copy of the petition. We 
can, if necessary, modify it so it is suitable for your country.

Thanks.

Ellen Paul

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Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: ellen.paul at verizon.net
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