100 Days Until UN Wildlife Conference Kicks Off in Manila
African Lion © Clara Nobbe, Whale shark © gonzaloaraujo.com/LAMAVE, Przewalski's horses © Image Broker Robert Harding, Giraffes © pixabay.com, African White-backed vulture © Andre Botha, Chimpanzee © USAID Africa Bureau (Chimpanzees in Uganda Uploaded by Elitre) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Only 100 days remain until a major global meeting on wildlife protection kicks off in Manila. Over 120 countries will gather in the Philippine capital for the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP12) from 23 to 28 October 2017. The meeting will address a range of critical issues facing the world’s endangered wildlife shared across international borders.