| Directed to the Secretariat | ||
| 14.39 (Rev. CoP16) | The Secretariat shall, subject to available funding, in consultation with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre: | |
| a) conduct a survey of reporting practices of Parties relating to trade in artificiallypropagated plants of taxa included in Appendix II, e.g. regarding the degree ofcompleteness and detail; | ||
| b) identify cases where the compilation of trade data pertaining to artificially propagated plants of taxa included in Appendix II has contributed to a significant extent to the detection of illegal trade or to any other analysis related to the conservation of wild flora; | ||
| c) taking into consideration the results of paragraphs a) and b) above, analyse the Convention text and Resolutions in order to identify binding and non-binding elements of reporting, with special emphasis on artificially propagated plants of taxa included in Appendix II. The Secretariat shall list options for streamlining such reporting; and | ||
| d) report on its findings to the Plants Committee prior to its 21st meeting. | ||