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(Message started by: HKBWS Office on Oct 13^th, 2004, 6:36pm)

Title: CITES and Yellow-crested Cuckatoo °ê»Ú¸T°â¤p¸ªªá»ñÀYÆxÄM
Post by HKBWS Office on Oct 13^th, 2004, 6:36pm

For members' information.

Source: http://www.birdlife.org/action/change/cites/cop.html

Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP)
The 13th Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP13) will be taking place from 2-14 October 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. Every 2-3 years, Parties to the Convention meet to review its implementation and assess progress in conserving the species listed on its Appendices. It also affords the opportunity to amend the list of species in Appendices I and II.

At CoP13, 50 proposals to amend the Appendices and 64 other meeting documents will be considered. A full list of working documents and draft proposals can be found on the CITES website.

(Extracted from BirdLife website...)

Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
Proposal number: 11
Proposed by: Indonesia
Proposal: Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I
IUCN 2004 Red List Category: Critically Endangered
Range states: Indonesia, Timor-Leste
BirdLife recommendation: ADOPT

This Critically Endangered species has undergone a dramatic population decline of more than 80% since the 1970s and is now reduced to a small wild population estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals. It therefore meets the biological criteria for inclusion in Appendix I. In 1994, a zero quota for wild-caught birds was established. Meanwhile, however, the international trade in captive-bred birds grew hugely: for example, 900 alone in 2000 according to CITES permits. There is substantial evidence from markets in Indonesia that birds are taken from the wild and increasing evidence that significant numbers are transferred illegally from Indonesia to other countries from which they are traded "legally". BirdLife's Partner in Indonesia, BirdLife Indonesia, strongly supports this proposal, believing that an Appendix I listing will strengthen the capacity of the Indonesian Government to reduce the illegal trade. BirdLife International therefore recommends that Parties adopt this proposal.

Title: Re: CITES and Yellow-crested Cuckatoo
Post by HKBWS Office on Oct 13^th, 2004, 6:45pm

Further information:

Press kit from CITES:
http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/13/press_kit.pdf

Extracted below, at page 11:
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/Projectofficer/conservation/cuckatoo.JPG

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Title: CITES Bans The Trade Of Indonesian Cockatoos
Post by HKBWS Office on Oct 13^th, 2004, 6:50pm

Source: http://au.news.yahoo.com/041013/3/r792.html

Wednesday October 13, 06:57 PM

CITES Bans The Trade Of Indonesian Cockatoos

JAKARTA, Oct 13 Asia Pulse - The Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) banned on Tuesday the trading of Indonesian wild cockatoo sulphurea birds.

The CITES included the bird species in its Appendix I (species banned for trade) during its meeting, which will last until Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, an Indonesian delegate to the meeting, Hardi Baktiantoro, said on Tuesday.

Indonesia fought to include the rare, tiny cockatoo in Appendix I of the CITES, and its inclusion was agreed upon in an oral vote by 168 countries, Baktiantoro of ProFauna Indonesia, an Indonesian fauna activist organization, added.

ProFauna was representing Indonesia in the CITES meeting.

Baktiantoro said that with its inclusion, the trading of the Indonesian cockatoo will strictly be regulated under international provisions.

Cockatoos that might be traded are only those which are obtained from breeding. Trade on those captured from the wild is not allowed.

Indonesia has already banned the trading of the bird through government regulation No.7/1999, but the species is still traded domestically and internationally. Many of the cockatoos have been sold in Singapore through Indonesia's industrialized island of Batam.

(ANTARA)

Title: Re: CITES and Yellow-crested Cuckatoo °ê»Ú¸T°â¤p¸ª
Post by HKBWS Office on Oct 25^th, 2004, 8:34pm

More news on Yellow-crested Cockatoo:
Source: BirdLife International
http://www.birdlife.org/print.html?url=%2Fnews%2Fnews%2F2004%2F10%2Fyellow-crested_cockatoo.html

Cockatoo conservationists cock-a-hoop
25-10-2004

One of Indonesia's most beautiful and threatened parrots, the Yellow-crested Cockatoo, has received a boost to its conservation hopes.

At the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in Thailand between 2-14 October, 166 nations approved a proposal by the Government of Indonesia to place the tightest possible controls on the international trade of the species, by transferring the species from Appendix II to Appendix I of the Convention.

International trade in Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea will now only be possible if the birds have been bred in captivity, and even then will require special permits. It will make smuggling of cockatoos caught in the wild more difficult. The Yellow-crested Cockatoo is already protected under Indonesian law, but illegal trapping and trade have continued and contributed to the threatened status of the species.

BirdLife Indonesia has been working with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry for the conservation of the Yellow-crested Cockatoo for the last ten years. Special efforts have focused on Sumba Island in southern Indonesia, where local communities and Government have enthusiastically supported a campaign to stop trapping of the local race citrinocristata.

Sukianto Lusli, Executive Director of BirdLife Indonesia, commented: "The transfer of the Yellow-crested Cockatoo to Appendix I is an important step in stopping the international trade. We are pleased that BirdLife Indonesia data was used by the Government to help make the case for stricter control. However we are alarmed by the continuation of illegal trapping of cockatoos and destruction of their habitat. We will continue to work with people in Nusa Tenggara, especially on Sumba, to save this unique species."

BirdLife Indonesia's work on the Yellow-crested Cockatoo and its habitat is supported by the Zoological Fund for Species and Populations, Dr Stewart Metz, and Danida through DOF - BirdLife Denmark