The Plants Committee shall:
a) monitor the implementation of Resolution Conf. 16.10 on Implementation of the Convention for agarwood-producing taxa to assess any potential conservation impacts to the long-term survival of agarwood-producing species and possible problems arising from the implementation, by:
i) developing a questionnaire on potential conservation issues in the implementation of Resolution Conf. 16.10 on Implementation of the Convention for agarwood-producing taxa to be circulated to the Parties through a Notification, and analysing the responses received;
ii) examining available trade data; and
iii) analysing available data on the conservation status of agarwood-producing species; and
b) report findings and recommendations to the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties and advise on the need for a study to further assess impacts of harvest, management and trade in agarwood products on the conservation of agarwood- producing species in the wild.
a) monitor the implementation of Resolution Conf. 16.10 on Implementation of the Convention for agarwood-producing taxa to assess any potential conservation impacts to the long-term survival of agarwood-producing species and possible problems arising from the implementation, by:
i) developing a questionnaire on potential conservation issues in the implementation of Resolution Conf. 16.10 on Implementation of the Convention for agarwood-producing taxa to be circulated to the Parties through a Notification, and analysing the responses received;
ii) examining available trade data; and
iii) analysing available data on the conservation status of agarwood-producing species; and
b) report findings and recommendations to the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties and advise on the need for a study to further assess impacts of harvest, management and trade in agarwood products on the conservation of agarwood- producing species in the wild.