Wildlife trade and conservation
Specimens of CITES Appendix II species that are declared specimens may only be imported commercially if they have been artificially propagated or bred in captivity (source codes¹ A, C or D), or if the operation from which they were sourced has been approved as a Commercial Import Program (CIP). Aquaculture of certain aquatic species listed under Appendix II of CITES may also be approved under this provision.
¹ Source codes:
A – Artificially propagated
C – Animals bred in captivity
D – Appendix-I animals bred in captivity for commercial purposes and Appendix-I plants artificially propagated for commercial purposes, as well as parts and derivatives thereof.
To be approved, a CIP must ensure that it provides reasonable control over the amount of the species that is harvested and traded. The Program must also monitor the population and level of trade of the harvested species and detect and minimise illegal trade. Approval will only be given where the Minister is satisfied that trade in specimens of wildlife derived from the program will not be detrimental to survival of the species to which the specimens belong. In making a decision on a commercial import program the Minister must consider any advice provided by a CITES scientific authority that export of specimens of a species will not be detrimental to survival of the species concerned.
Commercial Import Program CIPs that are currently recognised under the EPBC Act are listed below. Specimens no longer requiring a CIP for import have been marked “No Longer Required”.
Conditions of approval, the species covered and period of approval are specified in the individual declarations. The declarations published on this web site are electronic copies of the original declarations published in the Commonwealth Gazette. They are reproduced, including typographical errors where present, as close as possible to the original document.
| Country | Program Name | Species | Organisation | Approval Period | Declaration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | |||||
| USA | White Sturgeon aquaculture operation | Acipenser transmontanus | Stolt Sea Farm California L.L.C | 26 October 2004 | 26 October 2009 | Stolt Sea Farm White Sturgeon |
| Indonesia | Birdwing Butterflies | Ornithoptera aesacus Ornithoptera croesus Ornithoptera goliath Ornithoptera meridionalis Ornithoptera paradisea Ornithoptera priamus Ornithoptera rothschildi Ornithoptera tithonus Trogonoptera brookiana Troides amphrysus Troides cuneifer Troides criton Troides dohertyi Troides haliphron Troides helena Troides hypolitus Troides miranda Troides oblongomaculatus Troides vandepolli |
n/a | No Longer Required | ||
| Solomon Islands | Giant Clams | Tridacna gigas | Spendless Retail and Wholesale | No Longer Required | ||
| Indonesia ( Papua Province) | Indonesian Crocodiles | Crocodylus porosus, C. novaeguineae |
n/a | No Longer Required | ||
| Papua New Guinea | PNG Crocodiles | Crocodylus novaeguineae, Crocodylus porosus | n/a | No longer Required | ||
| Barbados | African Green Monkey, Barbados | Chlorocebus aethiops | n/a | No Longer Required | ||
| USA | USA Alligators | Alligator mississippiensis | n/a | No Longer Required | ||
| Papua New Guinea | Birdwing butterfly harvesting regime of Papua New Guinea | Ornithoptera priamus Ornithoptera goliath Ornithoptera chimaera Ornithoptera victoriae Ornithoptera paradisea Ornithoptera meridionalis; andTroides oblongomaculatus |
n/a | No Longer Required | ||
| Morocco | Moroccan Spurge (products derived from legally harvested sap) | Euphorbia resinifera | n/a | No Longer Required | ||
| Chile | Rain Sticks | Echinopsis chilensis ('quisco', 'cacto', 'quisca') and Eulychnia acida ('copado', 'copao', 'acido') | n/a | No Longer Required | ||
