× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Trade in medicinal and aromatic plant species Document type Decision Reference number 20.244 Date Dec 5, 2025 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Wild species & ecosystems Treaty Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Mar 3, 1973) Meeting Twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Website cites.org Abstract Decision directed to SecretariatThe Secretariat shall: a) submit the revised study developed under Decision 19.261, paragraph c), and summarized in document PC27 Doc. 32.1 Add. as well as the inputs from the nomenclature specialist of the Plants Committee to the Plants Committee to inform the implementation of paragraphs b) and c) below; b) work with the nomenclature specialist of the Plants Committee and the United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) to consider the identified discrepancies listed in Annexes 2 to 4 of document PC27 Doc. 32.1 Add, and identify whether corrections or improvements to the nomenclature in the CITES Checklist and CITES Trade Database are necessary; c) subject to external funding, implement cross-references between the CITES Checklist and CITES Trade Database and the Medicinal Plant Names Services for CITES-listed MAPs, taking into account the technical advice of the Plants Committee agreed at its 26th meeting (see summary record PC26 SR); and d) report to the Plants Committee.