Appendix II
Definition
The intermediate CITES tier, covering species not yet threatened but requiring controlled trade. Export permits require a non-detriment finding from the exporting country's Scientific Authority.
- Framework
- CITES
- Protection level
- Intermediate tier, not yet threatened
- Permit type
- Export permit only, based on non-detriment finding
- Issuing body
- Exporting country's Scientific Authority
Common questions
What is a non-detriment finding?+
It is a determination by the exporting country's Scientific Authority that the proposed export will not harm the species' survival in the wild, made before an export permit can be issued.
How does Appendix II differ practically from Appendix I in casework?+
Appendix II trade can be lawful with the correct paperwork, so wildlife forensic examiners are often asked to verify whether a seized shipment's species and quantity match the permit on file, rather than to prove the trade itself is illegal.
Related terms
- Appendix I
- The highest protection tier in CITES, listing species threatened with extinction. Commercial international trade is prohibited; non-commercial trade requires both export and...
- CITES
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, a multilateral treaty signed in 1973 now with over...
- 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...