CITES and NDFs

Existing guidance on making NDFs

Considerable efforts have been made by some Parties, IGOs, and the Secretariat over the years to develop general and taxon-specific guidance for making NDFs; in particular significant advances have been achieved for plant taxa.

Key milestones include:

• The publication (and supporting workshops) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Guidance for CITES Scientific Authorities: Checklist to assist in making non-detriment findings for Appendix II exports;

• The International Expert Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings (Cancun, Mexico, 17-22 November 2008), in particular the development of guidance at the workshop for perennial plants combining the IUCN checklist with elements derived from the International Standard for sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP, now included in the FairWild Standard version 2.0);

• The CITES Virtual College module on making NDFs.