The twentieth meeting of the Plants Committee (PC 20) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will address, among other issues, review of significant trade in Appendix II species specimens, proposals to amend the Appendices, and timber issues, including the progress report of the Working Group on the Bigleaf Mahogany and other neotropical timber species and a progress report on the joint CITES-ITTO timber programme.  

dates: 26-30 March 2012   location: Dublin, Ireland   contact: CITES Secretariat   phone: +41 22 917 8139/40   fax: +41 22 797 3417   e-mail: info@cites.org   www: http://www.cites.org/eng/com/PC/20/index.php