Pandinus imperator [Benin]

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Meeting	Currrent Concern: Urgent Concern
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Recomendation	Date Added	Deadline Date	Committee

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Comment	Date Added	Access	User
AC 26: Benin (Urgent concern) Within 90 days (by 22 June 2012): a) Provide the Secretariat with available information on the status, distribution and abundance of P. imperator in Benin; b) Provide a justification and the scientific basis by which the current export quotas of 1,000 (source W) and 7,000 (source R) live specimens were established and considered not to be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild and in compliance with Article IV, paragraphs 2 (a) and 3; c) Provide the CITES Secretariat with detailed information on the control measures used to differentiate between ranched and wild-caught specimens to ensure that the authorized exports of ranched specimens are not augmented by misdeclared wild specimens; and d) As a precautionary measure, impose a size restriction of a maximum total length of 10 cm (or maximum body length, excluding the tail, of 5 cm) for live specimens of source code R to be exported, for publication with the annual export quota. Within 120 days (by 22 July 2012) e) Provide full details of all known ranching facilities in Benin for this species including (but not restricted to): i) Name and address of all known ranching facilities in Benin and date established; ii) A full description of the facilities at each ranching operation including: number and size of enclosures (indoor and outdoor) available for holding, or production of, P. imperator, and associated outbuildings; iii) A description of the husbandry practices employed at each ranching operation including how specimens are kept and feeding arrangements; iv) Annual production levels for last five years for each facility; and v) Mortality rates of both the juveniles and wild collected specimens; f) Confirm whether any specimens are released into the wild and, if so, provide full details of the number of specimens released, their life stage, the location they are released into, and information on the success of these releases; g) Provide details of how the ranching facilities and collection and/or release of wild specimens are monitored and regulated, and provide information to demonstrate how the impact of ranching operations on the wild population is assessed; and h) If the Management Authority is unable to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretariat in consultation with the Chair of the Animals Committee, that the current quotas are not detrimental to the survival of the species and in compliance with Article IV, paragraphs 2 (a) and 3, establish an interim conservative export quota for this species of zero (source W) and 1,500 (source R) specimens (or lower); and provide details to the Secretariat. Within 2 years (by 24 March 2014) i) Conduct a national status assessment, including an evaluation of threats to the species; and advise the Secretariat of the details and any management measures in place (highlighting where new management measures have been introduced to take into account any new information available on the status of the species in Benin); j) Establish revised annual export quotas (if appropriate) for wild-taken and ranched specimens based on the results of the assessment; and k) Provide a justification for, and explanation of, the scientific basis by which it is determined that these quotas would not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild and are in compliance with Article IV, paragraphs 2 (a) and 3.	25/06/2013	Public Viewer	Elena

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