CITES CoP13 achieved real results for conservation, with the adoption of better trade controls that will help African elephants as well as key marine and rainforest species.
CITES CoP13: Bangkok, Thailand, October 2-14 2004
Examples include:
- A continent-wide African action plan to crack down on domestic ivory markets
- Listing of humphead wrasse, the great white shark, and ramin on CITES Appendix II
- Lisiting of the Irrawaddy dolphin on CITES Appendix I
- The keeping of minke whales on Appendix I, after a massive rejection of Japan's proposals to downlist them to allow whale meat trade
- A bold initiative by the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to work together to address the region's wildlife trade crisis
- Positive action to improve conservation and control of trade in the saiga antelope, sturgeon, Asian big cats and great apes
Irrawaddy dolphin, Indonesia.
CITES Parties voted to prohibit commercial trade of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins, concluding they are so rare that any trade for aquariums and dolphinaria is a threat to the species.
