Glossary

 

Purpose codes used in the Analysis

Code [l]Description
B [l]Breeding in captivity or artificial propagation
E [l]Educational
G [l]Botanical gardens
H [l]Hunting trophies
L [l]Law enforcement/judicial/forensic (e.g. evidence for use in court, specimens for training)
M [l]Medical (including biomedical research)
N [l]Reintroduction or introduction into the wild
P [l]Personal
Q [l]Circuses and travelling exhibitions
S [l]Scientific
T [l]Commercial / Trade
Z [l]Zoos

Source codes used in the Analysis

[l]Code [l]Description
[l]A [l]Annex A plants artificially propagated for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C plants artificially propagated in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof
[l]C [l]Annex A animals bred in captivity for non-commercial purposes and Annexes B and C animals bred in captivity in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof
[l]D [l]Annex A animals bred in captivity for commercial purposes and Annex A plants artificially propagated for commercial purposes in accordance with Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, as well as parts and derivatives thereof
[l]F [l]Animals born in captivity, but for which the criteria of Chapter XIII of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 are not met, as well as parts and derivatives thereof
[l]I [l]Confiscated or seized specimens
[l]O [l]Pre-Convention specimens
[l]R [l]Specimens originating from a ranching operation
[l]U [l]Source unknown (must be justified)
[l]W [l]Specimens taken from the wild

Terms used in the Analysis

[l]Term [l]Definition
[l]Annex A/B/C/D species [l]Species listed in the Annexes to the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations
[l]Appendix-I/II/III species [l]Species listed in Appendix I/II/III to CITES
[l]Article [l]Refers to article in the CITES Convention text
[l]CITES [l]Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
[l]CITES-listed [l]Species listed in one of the Appendices to CITES
[l]EU [l]European Union
[l]Member States [l]The 27 countries that were Member States of the European Union in 2010
[l]Source [l]The source of the species in trade, whether it be from the wild, captive-bred, pre-Convention specimens, etc. A full list of sources is provided in Annex 1.
[l]Species [l]For simplicity, the term “species” may be used to refer to a list of species and sub-species
[l]Taxonomy [l]Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification. Species are classified according to formal taxonomic ranks: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. The taxonomy accepted by CITES is followed in this report, see www.cites.org/eng/res/all/12/E12-11R15.pdf.
[l]Wildlife Trade Regulations [l]European Commission Regulation No. 338/97 and subsequent updates

Country name abbreviations used in the Analysis

[l]Full name [l]Abbreviated name
[l]Plurinational State of Bolivia [l]Bolivia
[l]Federated States of Micronesia [l]Micronesia
[l]The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [l]FYR Macedonia
[l]Islamic Republic of Iran [l]Iran
[l]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [l]United Kingdom
[l]United Republic of Tanzania [l]Tanzania
[l]United States of America [l]United States