MEASURES TO PROTECT THE TIBETAN ANTELOPE UNDER THE CITES FRAMEWORK

In 1989, China listed the chiru as a Class I protected animal, making all chiru hunting and trade in chiru products illegal.7 Efforts at the international level included the work of the Antelope Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)'s Species Survival Commission.8 In 1996 the IUCN classified the Tibetan Antelope as "vulnerable" (VU-A1c)9 in its 1996 Red List of Threatened Species. A. Xining Declaration and Recommendation for Action To promote international co-operation among the chiru's range country (China), the consumer countries, the countries manufacturing shahtoosh products (especially India), and countries on the wool smuggling route (especially China, India, and Nepal), the CITES Secretariat convened the International Workshop on the Conservation of and Control of Trade in Tibetan Antelope in Xining, China from October 12 to 14, 1999.