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  • 26 September 2014
    2014/027: Progress on COP11 Documentation

    Draft Resolutions

    • UN Bonn
  • 25 September 2014
    Asian Countries Agree on Roadmap for the Conservation of Large Mammals

    Argali herd © Askar Davletbakov

    Bishkek, 25 September 2014 – Government and civil society representatives and key experts from 14 Asian countries agreed on a joint initiative to strengthen the conservation of 14 large mammal species that move across Central Asia such as the Saiga antelope, Mongolian gazelle, Snow leopard, Wild Camel and Argali mountain sheep.

    • UN Bonn
  • 24 September 2014
    CMS COP11 Topics Discussed at Preparatory Workshop in Zimbabwe

    Participants of Regional Workshop in Harare © Francisco Rilla/CMS

    Harare/Bonn, 24 September 2014 - The Government of Zimbabwe together with the UNEP/CMS Secretariat and UNEP/DELC successfully completed the regional preparatory workshop for the 11th Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP11) held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 21-23 September 2014.

    • UN Bonn
  • 17 September 2014
    The freedivers who swim with whales

    Whales are extremely shy animals, making it hard to study them in their natural habitat.

    • UN Bonn
  • 16 September 2014
    Dr. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah Among the Winners of this Year’s MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity

    Dr. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, winner of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014

    CMS congratulates Dr. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, who is one of the winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014. Dr. Oteng-Yeboah is the Chair of the Ghana National Biodiversity Committee and has been the Chair of the CMS Standing Committee since 2011 as well as the COP-appointed Scientific Councillor for African Fauna. He is a leading advocate of biodiversity in Africa. In addition, he has fulfilled important roles as a representative of Ghana and Africa in major meetings related to conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity including significant contributions to the Convention on Biological Diversity and other biodiversity-related processes.

    • UN Bonn
  • 12 September 2014
    Network of Sites for Indian Ocean Marine Turtles Launched

    Green Turtle at Ras al Jinz © D Hykle UNEP/CMS/IOSEA

    Representatives and observers from 25 countries have reached agreement on a suite of measures that will strengthen efforts to conserve marine turtles in and around the Indian Ocean.

    • UN Bonn
  • 12 September 2014
    Network of Sites for Indian Ocean Marine Turtles Launched

    Green Turtle, photo credit: Douglas Hykle

    Bonn, 12 September 2014 - Representatives and observers from 25 countries have reached agreement on a suite of measures that will strengthen efforts to conserve marine turtles in and around the Indian Ocean.

    • UN Bonn
  • 10 September 2014
    ACAP Advisory Committee to Address Seabirds Conservation Challenges

    White-faced Storm Petrel, photo credit Tony Palliser

    Punta del Este, 10 September 2014 - The Eighth Meeting of the Advisory Committee (AC8) of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) will be held from Monday, 15 September to Friday, 19 September 2014, in Punta del Este, Uruguay. A Heads of Delegation meeting will be convened on Sunday, 14 September 2014 in the evening.

    • UN Bonn
  • 04 September 2014
    IVAD 2014: Update on Collaboration on a Flyway Action Plan for the Endangered Egyptian Vulture

    Egyptian Vulture © Sergey Dereliev www.dereliev-photography.com

    International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) 2014 offers a unique opportunity for the Coordinating Unit of the CMS Raptors MoU to celebrate its collaboration with the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB – BirdLife Bulgaria) to develop a ‘Flyway Action Plan (FAP) for the Conservation of the Balkan and Central Asian Populations of the Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)’.

    • UN Bonn
  • 03 September 2014
    The Final Countdown to IOSEA SS7 has begun!

    Hawksbill Turtle, Komodo, Indo-Pacific, credit: Image Broker/Robert Harding

    Next week, delegates and experts from more than 25 countries across the Indian Ocean – South-East Asia region will assemble in Bonn, Germany, to tackle a packed agenda focusing on marine turtle conservation. Perhaps best known as birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven and the former capital of West Germany, Bonn is also home to IOSEA's parent organization, the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).

    • UN Bonn