Cablegate: Penguin Info for Listing Under Endangered Species

VZCZCXYZ0046
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPE #2705 2202213
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 082213Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6449

UNCLAS LIMA 002705

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR OES/OA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KSCA SENV PE
SUBJECT: PENGUIN INFO FOR LISTING UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT DELIVERED

REF: STATE 103027

On July 27, Post delivered reftel information and comment
request on the petition to list 12 species of penguin as
threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species
Act to the following three Peruvian officials: Dr. Angeles
Lazo, Head of the National Institute of Natural Resources
(INRENA); Dr. Doris Sotomayor, Director of Maritime,
Antarctic and Border Issues, MFA; and Elisa Goya, Biologist
with Peru's Maritime Institute (IMARPE). As instructed, the
GOP will reply directly to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
WUNDER

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