Appendix I
Definition
The highest protection tier in CITES, listing species threatened with extinction. Commercial international trade is prohibited; non-commercial trade requires both export and import permits.
Related terms
- Appendix II
- The intermediate CITES tier, covering species not yet threatened but requiring controlled trade. Export permits require a non-detriment finding from the exporting...
- CITES
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, a 1973 treaty with 183 parties that regulates international...
- EU Regulation 338/97
- The European Union's main wildlife trade instrument, implementing CITES and in many respects going further, applying to internal as well as international...
- Lacey Act
- US federal legislation originally from 1900, substantially amended in 1981 and 2008, that prohibits trade in wildlife taken in violation of any...
- Non-detriment finding (NDF)
- A Scientific Authority's determination that a proposed export will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild, required...
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- CITES Appendices and International Legal FrameworksThe highest protection tier in CITES, listing species threatened with extinction. Commercial international trade is prohibited; non-commercial trade requires b...