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CITES species expertise carried out in Nature Research Centre. JOLANTA RIMŠAITĖ Nature Research Centre Institute of Ecology Akademijos 2 LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania El. p. jolanta@ekoi.lt www.gamtostyrimai.lt. Nature Research Centre (NRC)- Cites Scientific Authorities in Lithuania.
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CITES species expertise carried out in Nature Research Centre JOLANTA RIMŠAITĖ Nature Research Centre Institute of Ecology Akademijos 2 LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania El. p. jolanta@ekoi.lt www.gamtostyrimai.lt
Nature Research Centre (NRC)- Cites Scientific Authorities in Lithuania. Scientists of Institute of Ecology and Institute of Botany NRC deals with Convention related issues – identification of Cites species, consulting to the effect of trade on the status of the CITES species.
The mostly detained goods with suspected CITES specimens in customs: • “snake vine” • Stone corals • Mollusca
“Snake vine” with checkered keelbackXenochrophis piscator (2007 year -37 units) ir scorpions (25 units) Heterometrus sp. , also Ahaetulla nasuta (Colubridae), Rhabdophis tigrinus, Elaphe rufodorsata=Oocatochus rufodorsatus, Hippocampus spp, Gekkogecko Stone corals (SCLERACTINIA spp.) Mostcommonresults of expertise in NRC
year: • 20 expertise 2012 – 2011 year: • 11 expertise to custom (skin, leather goods, corals ) 2013 year: • 3 expertise (“snake vine” (with Bungarus sp., scorpions), corals. 2014 year: • 5 expertise to custom • (15 units of “snake vine” mostly with Xenochrophispiscator, 32 units of shells, )
Trophies some time was infested by pests (In this case moths cocoons)
Cites information desks and expositions in Kaunas T. IvanauskasMuseum of zoology