{"id":34318,"date":"2022-11-07T21:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?p=34318"},"modified":"2022-11-07T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:52:39","slug":"global-action-on-musical-instruments-begins-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/global-action-on-musical-instruments-begins-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Action on Musical Instruments Begins Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 7, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League is partnering with international stakeholders to represent the music sector in policy conversations that will determine future rules for travel and trade with musical instruments made with material subject to endangered species protections. From November 14 to 25, 2022, the 184 worldwide parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will meet in Panama to participate in the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19), where international governments will agree to policies that balance trade and conservation needs for plant and animal species.\u00a0The League’s CITES overview<\/strong><\/a> includes full background and detailed policy positions that have been advanced in the lead-up to CoP19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key issues up for discussion include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CITES Musical Instrument Certificate:<\/strong> The United States (represented at the negotiations by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) is leading a proposal to streamline the CITES Musical Instrument Certificate (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> in use by musicians that travel internationally with instruments that contain species such as Brazilian rosewood, tortoiseshell, reptile skin, ivory, or other protected material. The League and global partners are supporting Musical Instrument Certificate improvements (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> that would be initiated and unfold over the next three years of CITES policy convenings and measurably improve opportunities to travel and tour with existing instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pernambuco:<\/strong> CoP19 will include consideration of a proposal to list Paubrasilia Echinata<\/em> at the highest level of CITES protections (PDF)<\/strong><\/a>, CITES Appendix I. Because Brazilian Pernambuco wood is used to produce most bows played by professional string musicians, the proposal could require permits for travel with all such bows and severely restrict future international trade. National and international organizations representing the bow making community and musicians are seeking a policy solution that will support the sustainability of the Pernambuco species, while also preventing unnecessary burdens (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> on travel and minimizing the impact on international musical commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annotations:<\/strong> As CITES considers crafting and implementing the fine print of current and future species listing proposals, musical instrument stakeholders are\u202fcommitting to partner with CITES on crafting new annotations policies (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> that carefully detail controls on trade without creating unintended consequences for musical instruments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any new requirements or improvements in policy will be implemented 90 days after the November negotiations conclude. Each CITES participating country is represented at CoP19 by a governmental management authority that is also responsible for implementing CITES policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League\u2019s actions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n