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  • 28 May 2014
    Key Post at UNEP HQ for Former Executive Secretary

    Elizabeth Mrema

    Bonn, 28 May 2014 - Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, who led the UNEP/ASCOBANS Secretariat first as officer-in-charge and then as Acting Executive Secretary as part of her functions as CMS

    • UN Bonn
  • 23 May 2014
    World Fish Migration Day

    sturgeon © Stoyan Mihov

    Bonn, 23 May 2014 - A formidable coalition of NGOs and local groups is staging events at 250 locations worldwide starting in New Zealand and finishing in Hawaii on the inaugural World Fish Migration Day on Saturday, 24 May.

    • UN Bonn
  • 21 May 2014
    Humpback whale subspecies revealed by genetic study

    A new genetic study has revealed that populations of humpback whales in the oceans of the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere are much more distinct from each other than previousl

    • UN Bonn
  • 21 May 2014
    Opinion: The Ugly Truth about Garbage and Island Biodiversity

    © Steven Siegel Marine Photobank

    This year’s International Day of Biological Diversity (May 22) focuses on islands. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals discusses the impact of the growing problem of marine debris on islands’ wildlife and the economic and environmental consequences.

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  • 21 May 2014
    The Ugly Truth about Garbage and Island Biodiversity

    © Steven Siegel Marine Photobank

    This year’s International Day of Biological Diversity (May 22) focuses on islands. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals discusses the impact of the growing problem of marine debris on islands’ wildlife and the economic and environmental consequences.

    • UN Bonn
  • 19 May 2014
    2014/020: Second Extension of Deadline for Submission of National Reports - 30 May 2014

    The UNEP/CMS Secretariat is pleased to announce that the deadline for the submission of National Reports to the Secretariat has been extended for a second time to 30 May 2014.

    • UN Bonn
  • 14 May 2014
    Schwierige Partnerwahl: 600 Schweinswale leben in der zentralen Ostsee
    • UN Bonn
  • 11 May 2014
    Raptors MoU and Batumi Raptor Count, Georgia Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2014

    Photo: Batumi Raptor Count (Christian Gelpke).

    Today, the CMS Raptors MoU Coordinating Unit celebrates World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) jointly with Bird Conservation Georgia, the leading nature conservation organization in the country, through its Batumi Raptor Count (BRC) programme located at the city of Batumi in Georgia.

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 May 2014
    World Migratory Bird Day 2014 Spotlights Pioneering Sustainable Tourism Initiative

    World Migratory Bird Day 2014 – celebrated in over 70 countries on 10-11 May – focuses on the role sustainable tourism can play in conserving one of the world’s true natural wonders: the spectacular movements of migratory birds along their flyways.

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  • 08 May 2014
    Zayed International Prize Honours Top Environmentalists

    Pictured L-R : Paula Caballero Gomez; Luc Hoffmann,; Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Fahad, Chairman of the Higher Committee of the Zayed Foundation; HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco; His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Makhtoum -Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai; Ashok Khosla ; Zakri Abdul Hamid, and Klaus Töpfer, Former UNEP Executive Director © UNEP

    From Protecting Bluefin Tuna to Saving the World's Wetlands and Championing Sustainable Development Causes: Zayed International Prize Honours Top Environmentalists

    • UN Bonn
  • 08 May 2014
    2014/019: Stakeholder Meeting on the Conservation of Large Mammals in Central Asia

    The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals is pleased to inform you of the date and venue of the Stakeholder Meeting on the Conservation of L

    • UN Bonn
  • 07 May 2014
    Opinion: Cutting-Edge Conservation

    Radar tracking equipment

    A small airplane makes its final approach to land. But there is no airport, no landing strip, nor even a pilot to guide it down. This is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle returning from its mission: not hunting down terrorists or spying on foreign lands, but monitoring populations of rhinos and scouting for tiger poachers.

    • UN Bonn
  • 05 May 2014
    2014/018: Comments on Second Draft Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2015-2023 due 30 June 2014

    The new CMS webpage is now available, and the Secretariatof the Convention on Migratory Species takes this opportunity to provide updated links to the second draft of the Strategic Plan for Migrato

    • UN Bonn
  • 02 May 2014
    United Against Wildlife Crime

    leopard skins and gorilla hands © Conservation Justice

    United Against Wildlife Crime - Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) supports fight against wildlife crime

    The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) held its third meeting in the margins of the General Assembly of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) in Milan, Italy on 23 and 24 April.

    • UN Bonn
  • 02 May 2014
    2014/017: Benefit Concert in Support of the World Migratory Bird Day Campaign

    Following Notification 2014/008 which announced that a benefit concert will be held to mark World Migratory Bird Day, on Saturday, 10 May in the Evangelische Kreuzkirche, Bonn, the CMS Secretariat

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  • 01 May 2014
    The Kyrgyz Republic – the 120th Party to UNEP/CMS

    the flag of Kyrgyzstan

    Bonn, 1 May 2014 - CMS welcomes the Central Asian Kyrgyz Republic as the 120th Party to the Convention with effect from 1 May 2014.

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  • 01 May 2014
    Building Fieldwork Capacity in Africa to Conserve the Endangered Egyptian Vulture

    Egyptian Vulture © Mike Barth

    The Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MoU is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Fieldwork Capacity Building Project to support the conservation of migratory Egyptian Vultures of the Balkan Region on their wintering grounds in Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad. The Fieldwork Capacity Building Project was focused on training a small number of local African ornithologists to undertake surveys of Egyptian Vultures in their own countries.

    • UN Bonn