Interpretation and implementation of the Convention Species trade and conservation Elephants

1. This document has been prepared by the Secretariat. 2. Regarding monitoring of illegal hunting of and trade in elephant specimens in Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP14) on Trade in elephant specimens the Conference of the Parties agrees that: a) the systems known as Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) and the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS), established under the supervision of the Standing Committee, shall continue and be expanded with the following objectives: i) measuring and recording levels and trends, and changes in levels and trends, of illegal hunting and trade in ivory in elephant range States, and in trade entrepots; ii) assessing whether and to what extent observed trends are related to changes in the listing of elephant populations in the CITES Appendices and/or the resumption of legal international trade in ivory; iii) establishing an information base to support the making of decisions on appropriate management, protection and enforcement needs; and iv) building capacity in range States; b) this monitoring system shall be in accordance with the framework outlined in Anne 1 for monitoring of illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens and in Annex 2 for monitoring of illegal hunting in elephant range States; c) information on illegal killing of elephants and trade in their products from other credible law enforcement and professional resource management bodies, should also be taken into consideration; and d) technical oversight will be provided to both MIKE and ETIS through an independent technical advisory group to be established by the Secretariat. 3. The Standing Committee created a subgroup at its 41st meeting (Geneva, February 1999) “to oversee, on its behalf, further development, refinement and implementation of MIKE ” in the context of the implementation of the predecessor of this Resolution. At its 49th meeting (Geneva, April 2003), the Committee decided to extend the mandate of the subgroup to include ETIS, thereb