I would like to take this opportunity to thank Paulo for helping with the
permit issue. It is a real problem. Paulo, will people also need export
permits?
To add to something Kristian said about documentation- IF YOU PLAN ON
DEPOSITING ANY MATERIAL COLLECTED DURING THIS TRIP AT THE SMITHSONIAN WE
WILL NEED A COPY OF YOUR COLLECTING PERMIT (and export permit if that is
needed also) SENT ALONG WITH THE SPECIMENS. Really all the US museums
need this documentation to file with the 3177 form Fish & Wildlife
requires. We need this type of documentation whenever you collect in a
country that has restrictions.
As Vivianne pointed out, this issue affects Mexico as well. We are
finding that most if not all Central and South American countries have
tightened their requirements. We were having trouble getting our own
loans back from Mexico last year because of the permit issue but thanks to
Vivianne's timely intervention with the authorities in Mexico City the
process has been simplified tremendously. It is possible to make it a
routine and fairly painless process.
Now if only France could get one of their institutions designated as a
CITES Management Authority some of Dr. Zibrowius' problems with the
corals might go away.
Something that might prove very helpful is if we could get information
from members of each country represented at the meeting about the permits
their country requires (collecting and export, import). We could compile
the info. and pass it along after the conference.
See you in Brazil!
Linda
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