PPT-CITES & Travelling with Parrots

Canadian Parrot Conference 2015 Lise Jubinville Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada November 15 2015 Purpose Outline 1 2 3 4 What is CITES CITES C onvention on I nternational . and Food for Forests. CITES Secretariat. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and . Flora (. CITES). Ensure . that wild fauna and flora in international trade are not exploited . Trace Systems. Facilitating legal, sustainable and traceable international trade in wildlife. 25th . UN/CEFACT Forum. 20 to 24 April . 2015. Palais. . des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. 2. CITES: Trade, environment and development. 1. CONFIDENTIAL. OUTLINE. Background information. Hosting of CITES CoP 17. Possible agenda items & proposals . to the 17. th. CoP . to CITES. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. CITES aims to ensure that international trade in CITES listed species is sustainable and not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. . By: Melanie. THE ANATOMY OF A PARROT. Flexible tongues are for food.. They have a hooked bill that is very strong.. King parrots have bright colors.. Parrots have excellent eyesight.. Green wings are used for camouflage. . CITES is a UN agreement. Convention. International agreement to ensure that international trade in specimens of 35,000 wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Covers live & dead specimens, parts and derivatives. for . Departments. Stephen J. Butler. CITES Senior Software Developer (sometimes . sysadmin. ). ICS: Instructional Computing Services. Started as a student in 2000. 4. th. print billing system. PaperCut. CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA & FLORA. CITES is a UN agreement. 183 Parties to CITES. Very wide coverage. 35,600 species on CITES…. …25,000 are orchids. Parrots DEFENSES. PARROTS have wings and tail feathers.. They can camouflage themselves with their colors.. Their enemies are people, pythons, alligators and other birds.. Characteristics. It’s feet are claws.. Parrots DEFENSES. PARROTS have wings and tail feathers.. They can camouflage themselves with their colors.. Their enemies are people, pythons, alligators and other birds.. Characteristics. It’s feet are claws.. 2 legged. Egg laying . Warm blooded. Vertebrates. Feathers. Wings. Classification – 3 orders. Kingdom – Animalia. Phylum – Chordata. Class – Avies. Order. 1. Psittaciformes – parrots, cockatoos, macaws, lories, parakeets. background. This slide page is hidden from view in presentation mode. . . When printing, please make sure that the “print hidden slides” option is deselected.. The aim for this section is to provide a background to the IFS definition and the concept of “high seas”(. Smart Birds?. Which birds are the smartest?. Parrots, of course!. Birds are small, flying dinosaurs. ~10,000 species of birds. All continents as well as the oceans. Some travel widely and migrate. Ciudad de Guatemala, 11 – 12 marzo 2014. David H.W. Morgan, CITES Secretariat. . La reciente inclusión de las especies de tiburón en la CITES: ¿Qué está haciendo la Secretaría para apoyar a las Partes?. CITES Secretariat. Geneva. CITES Appendices and . Sharks. CITES Appendices. Species* regulated under CITES are divided amongst 3 Appendices. I. II. III. * ". Species" means any species, subspecies, or geographically separate population .