Common use of Report of the Taxonomy Working Group Clause in Contracts

Report of the Taxonomy Working Group. 11.1.1 The Convenor of the Taxonomy Working Group (TWG), ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, introduced the report of the TWG (AC12 Doc 12) and thanked the other members of the group for their continued engagement. 11.1.2 The Advisory Committee noted the progress of the TWG and endorsed the request to consider nominating additional experts to the TWG. 11.1.3 The Advisory Committee requested the TWG to review any proposals for updates to the taxonomy of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Thalassarche bulleri and Short-tailed P. albatrus albatrosses noting that such updates may have consequences for Annex 1 of the Agreement. 11.1.4 New Zealand noted that recently collected DNA samples from ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Albatross ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ should help to inform the review of the taxonomy of this species and encouraged the TWG to await the results of this work, which should be available later in the intersessional period.