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        CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE VICUNA

Objective
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       To continue to promote the conservation and management of the
vicuna.

Summary of provisions
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       (a)   The signatory Governments to place the vicuna under
strict State control, applying such technical methods of wildlife
management as the competent official authorities may determine (art.
1);

       (b)   The hunting of and illegal trade in the vicuna, its
products and derivatives to be prohibited within the territory of
the signatory Governments (art. 2);

       (c)   The export of fertile vicuna semen or other reproductive
material to be prohibited, except to member countries for research
and/or repopulation (art. 4);

       (d)   National parks, reserves and other protected areas to be
maintained and areas of repopulation managed as wildland areas, and
be extended as a matter of priority under State control (art. 5);

       (e)   Continued comprehensive research on the vicuna agreed
upon, as well as an active interchange of information through a
Multinational Documentation Centre (art. 6);

       (f)   Technical assistance for management and repopulation,
including training of personnel, dissemination and extension of
activities aimed at the conservation and management of the vicuna is
agreed to (art. 7);

       (g)   A Technical Administrative Commission created (art. 8).

Membership
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       Open for signature by Argentina, and for ratification by
Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.  The Convention is not open for
accession by any other countries due to its specific nature.

       Date of adoption              20.12.1979
       Place of adoption             Lima, Peru
       Date of entry into force      20.12.1979 (provisional)
                                     19. 3.1982 (definitive)
       Date of expiration            31.12.1989
       Language                      Spanish
       Depositary                    Peru

       Participant                    Entry into force
       -----------                    ----------------

       Bolivia                           19. 3.1982
       Chile                             19. 3.1982
       Ecuador                            7. 5.1982
       Peru                              19. 3.1982

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