---
id: "cites_appendix"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["environment", "legal"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/cites_appendix"
---

# CITES appendix (`cites_appendix`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in which a species or population is listed, written as a Roman numeral: I for species threatened with extinction, where commercial trade in wild specimens is not allowed; II for species whose trade must be controlled; III for species that a Party protects and asks other Parties to help control. Species+ summarizes split listings with slashes (I/II) and writes NC for taxa or parts that are not listed; this pattern accepts a single appendix only.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste) (environment), Legal and compliance (legal)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:I|II|III)$
```

## Examples

- `I` — Panthera tigris (tiger); Species+
- `II` — Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech); Species+
- `III` — Odobenus rosmarus (walrus), listed by Canada; Species+
- `IV` (invalid example) — CITES has no fourth appendix

## Translations

- ru: Приложение СИТЕС: Приложение Конвенции о международной торговле видами дикой фауны и флоры (СИТЕС), в которое включён вид: I, II или III. Чем меньше номер, тем строже ограничения торговли.

## Sources

- doc: <https://cites.org/eng/app/index.php>
- doc: <https://www.speciesplus.net/>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITES>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/cites_appendix.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/environment/cites_appendix.yaml>