CITES Species List Amendments Adopted In Bangkok 2013

Archived amendments to Appendices I, II, and III of the CITES convention regulate international trade of protected species. The amendments, adopted in Bangkok in March 2013, entered into force for Canada on May 18, 2015. This document is archived and should be referenced for research or recordkeeping only.

Use Cases

• Analyze the specific species added or removed in the CITES Appendices I, II, and III amendments for conservation research.
• Reference the archived legal text of the amendments adopted in Bangkok for historical policy analysis.
• Study the timeline between adoption (March 2013) and entry into force for Canada (May 2015) for treaty implementation research.

Strengths

• Documents official, legally binding amendments to an international treaty (CITES).
• Provides a specific entry-into-force date for Canada (May 18, 2015).
• Archived status ensures the original document text is preserved for reference.

Limitations

• Data is archived and explicitly noted as out of date, not updated since archiving.
• Information is presented in a static PDF format, not machine-readable structured data.
• Limited to amendments adopted in a specific conference (Bangkok, March 2013) and earlier Appendix III changes.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada

Collection Method

Archived government publication documenting treaty amendments.

Time Range

Amendments adopted March 2013, entered into force for Canada May 18, 2015.

Freshness

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Geography

International (CITES treaty), with specific focus on Canada's implementation.