Credit: Chris Best/USFWS
The Plants Committee is made up of experts representing each of the six geographical regions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It focuses on animals in trade and considers the impacts of trade and capacities to regulate and conserve the wild animal populations. The committee meets twice before each Conference of the Parties.
For more information on the Animals Committee, visit the CITES website.
To read the specific terms on the committee’s formation, view the CITES resolution.
Learn how a non-government organization (NGO) can become an observer to a meeting, click here 
or view our factsheet found on the left.
Recent Meetings
The 20th meeting of the Plants Committee occurred in March, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. Below are document detailing the United States’ submissions to the Committee.
- Questionnaire for the personal care products and herbal products industries on finished products manufactured from orchids that are packaged and ready for retail trade (CITES Document PC20 Inf. 9)
- A Decade of Bigleaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) Management, Harvest and Export in the Sico-Paulaya Valley, Honduras (CITES Document PC20 Inf. 10)
For additional information on the meeting, please visit the CITES website.
In addition, a joint Animals and Plants Committee meeting was held in Dublin during the same time period. For additional information on the meeting, please visit the CITES website.
