2007: IPCI lobbies CITES successfully for Pernambuco exception for finished bows
2013: EILA first music representative at CITES CoP16
2014: AFVBM initiates US music sector working group, leading to African elephant ivory de minimis exemption
2016: AFVBM creates a document of species used in instrument and bow making with legal status (below) to inform members and the trade of changing environmental restrictions.
2019: 25 music sector organizations working together on rosewood, wooly mammoth, cedrela, streamlining permitting
2022: Alliance working in full cooperation with U.S. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife to inform the greater musical community of an ongoing international investigation of the illegal cutting, transport and use of pernambuco. (PSA below for distribution to shops, teachers, musicians and to share on social media)
Please Help Prevent the Poaching of Pernambuco
Reference Guide for Bow Materials
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Reference Guide for Instrument Materials
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The Alliance has representation at the Annotations Working Group to bring to the table the concerns of the musical community and how best to balance conservation with the preservation of our classical music traditions.
Over the last decade, the working group has grown to include many musical instrument trade organizations including representatives of orchestras and musicians.
A representative for the Alliance attended CITES meetings that addressed regulations on ivory and rosewood.
Annotations Working Group
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The future of pernambuco is currently under discussion at the CITES convention in Panama City.
Watch the statement from the International Association of Violin and Bow Makers here: The 19th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is currently taking place in Panama City…
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CITES Approves Revision to Pernambuco Listing
Panama City, Panama – The 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to CITES (the UN Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) today approved…
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CITES Decisions on Paubrasilia echinata, Geneva, 22 March, 2023
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