13-14 February: Heads of Police and Customs Seminar on Tiger Crime, Bangkok, Thailand

15-20 March: 26th meeting of the Animals Committee, Geneva, Switzerland

22-24 March: Joint meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, Dublin, Ireland

26-30 March: 20th meeting of the Plants Committee, Dublin, Ireland

7 April: Deadline to submit to the CITES Secretariat for consideration at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES: a) proposals to amend Appendix I or II that concern a species or a population of a species that occurs partly or totally outside of the territory under its jurisdiction, without prior consultation with the other range States (see Resolution Conf. 8.21 on Consultation with range States on proposals to amend Appendices I and II); and b) amendment proposals made pursuant to Resolution Conf. 11.16 (Rev. CoP15), on Ranching and trade in ranched specimens of species transferred from Appendix I to Appendix II .

24 May: Deadline to submit to the CITES Secretariat documents for consideration at the 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee

23-27 July: 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, Switzerland

4 October: Deadline to submit to the CITES Secretariat for consideration at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES: a) draft resolutions and other documents; and b) proposals to amend Appendix I or II that are not concerned by Resolution Conf. 8.21 or Resolution Conf. 11.16 (Rev. CoP15).

3-15 March: CITES CoP16, Thailand