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If you have concerns about the manner in which CITES is implemented
or have scientific information that would support the listing,
uplisting, downlisting, or de-listing of a species, now is your
chance to ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose
resolutions, decisions, and agenda items. <br>
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<p><br>
The Ornithological Council will be asking the USFWS to propose an
agenda item for revision, suspension, or revocation of the permit
validation requirement, consistent with a petition we filed
(together with the Society for the Preservation of Natural History
Collections and the American Society of Mammalogists) to the USFWS
to revise, suspend, or revoke the requirement within the United
States. We have also asked the USFWS to propose a de-listing of
four species in Papua New Guinea that were blanket-listed as
Birds-of-Paradise but have subsequently been determined not to be
Birds-of-Paradise.<br>
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<p>If you would like to suggest other proposals but would rather not
submit yourself, feel free to contact the Ornithological Council
and we will consider making the proposal if we determine that
there is a sufficient factual basis to do so. Sorry, but we are
not in a position to make proposals for taxa other than birds, but
as to implementation matters, we would consider making the
proposal. <br>
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Ellen Paul
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Executive Director
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The Ornithological Council
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Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
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17th Meeting of the
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CITES will be held
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