A guide to using the CITES Trade Database

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A guide to using the CITES Trade Database Version 8 October 2013 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ 3 THE CITES Trade Database ........................................ ........................................ ...................................... 3 ANNUAL reporting REQUIREMENTS OF CITES PARTIES ........................................ ..................................... 3 ANNUAL REPORT COMPILATION 4 ANNUAL REPORT SUBMISSION 4 WHY ANALYSE CITES Trade DATA?

1.2 Annual reporting requirements of CITES Parties CITES provides a legal framework for regulating international trade in species threatened or potentially threatened by that trade. It is based on a system whereby permits or certificates are issued for international trade in specimens of species listed in one of three Appendices, each of

  Reporting