Export of Australian Specimens: Retraction

[David at]

I must apologize for my previous message about Australian specimens.  I was
given some incorrect information.

Overseas institutions do NOT need to re-register to receive Australian
specimens if they have an existing and valid CITES number.  It is only
Australian institutions which need to re-register.
So, if you are a non-Australian institution, and you have a CITES number -
then it is business as usual and you do not need to do a thing.
Sorry for the confusion.

John La Salle


Dr John La Salle
Head, Australian National Insect Collection
CSIRO Entomology
GPO Box 1700
Canberra, ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
tel: 61 (0)2 6246 4262
mobile: 0419 303 453
fax: 61 (0)2 6246 4264
e-mail: john.lasalle at csiro.au