Polar bears draw a crowd

The CoP15 representatives met for the second day of the conference on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. local time. Sunday is not a weekend day in Qatar – the weekend is Friday and Saturday - so delegates convened for a full day of business. The meeting began with a plenary session in the great hall where the delegates adopted the agenda and working program for the two week meeting. The agenda has many substantial issues, including 42 species proposals. The plenary session also featured reports from the technical committees for CITES which includes the Animals Committee and the Plants Committee. These committees manage the substantive scientific work of CITES and an impressive body of work has been addressed by these 2 committees since the last CoP.

	Jane Lyder interviews with reporter from Gulf Times
	Lyder joins Rosemarie Gnam and Craig Hoover from FWS for NGO briefing
	Jane Lyder speaks to delegates at polar bear briefing