Prunus africana [Democratic Republic of the Congo]

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Recommendations
Decisions

Formulate recommendations and determine deadlines.-M, N

Meeting	Currrent Concern: Urgent Concern
Date Started	Deadline Date

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Recomendation	Date Added	Deadline Date	Committee

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Comment	Date Added	Access	User
The Management Authority should: Within three months (by November 2006) a) In consultation with the CITES Secretariat and the Chair of the Plants Committee, review their current export quota and establish a conservative reduced export quota for export of P. africana parts and derivatives; b) Clarify reported exports of extract which are likely to be powder, and inform the Secretariat of any facilities to produce extract within the country; Within one year (by August 2007) c) Carry out a preliminary inventory of standing stock, establish estimates of sustainable offtake, taking into account the need to conserve large seed-producing trees, and establish a scientific monitoring system of the harvested and unharvested P. africana populations; d) Establish a revised conservative export quota based on the inventory of standing stock and the estimates of sustainable offtake; e) Provide a timetable to carry out peer-reviewed ecological studies and appropriate population modelling of P. africana in order to establish a long-term management plan for the sustainable use of this species; and Within two years (by August 2008) f) With the Scientific Authority report to the Secretariat the final version of the long-term management plan and progress made against that plan.	10/04/2015	Public Viewer	Elena

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