Hammerhead Sharks © Image Broker Robert Harding

The second meeting of the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks is taking place in San José, Costa Rica from 15 to 19 February. It will be preceded by the first meeting of the Memorandum’s Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of John Carlson of the USA. The MOU is a non-legally binding instrument and was negotiated under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).

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The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment – also known as the First World Ocean Assessment - has been published by the United Nations. Following a recommendation of the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, that there should be a regular process for the global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, the assessment has been in the making since 2010.

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Im Magen eines der zwölf gestrandeten Pottwale haben Tierpräparatoren Reste eines großen Fischernetzes gefunden. Sie sollen aber nicht die Todesursache gewesen sein.

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The UNEP/CMS Secretariat is pleased to announce that the First Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding of Understanding on the Conservation of High Andean Flamingos and their

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Mongolian Gazelles - Eastern steppe, Mongolia © Petra Kaczensky Дзерен - Восточная степь, Монголия © Петра Каченски

Following the International Workshop on “Implementing Wildlife-friendly Measures in Infrastructure Planning and Design in Mongolia”, the Ulaanbaatar Action Plan on wildlife-friendly infrastructure, which was developed by participants during the workshop, has been finalized.

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This year will see the International Waterbird Census (IWC) being held for the 50th time with the slogan “Let’s Make It Count”. First organized in January 1967, the IWC, which is coordinated by Wetlands International, has become a permanent fixture in the ornithological calendar and is now recognized as an indispensable source of information, upon which policies to protect and manage wetlands and the waterbirds that depend on them are founded.

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The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is pleased to inform you of new funding opportunities.

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