Guinea-Bissau Extends Period to Export Pre-CITES Kosso Logs
Guinea-Bissau is extending until the end of 2018 an exemption for existing stockpiles of Pterocarpus erinaceus (kosso, sometimes also known as African rosewood) from export restrictions under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES said in a notification…
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dated May 17. Though exports of logs of the wood were banned in January following the CITES listing of the species in January 2017 (see 1801230014), some 15 million cubic meters of pre-convention logs remain to be exported, CITES said. Exports of the pre-convention logs will not be allowed after Dec. 31, CITES said.