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  • 29 November 2016
    1st Meeting of the Energy Task Force

    Windfarm in Cornwall, UK

    The first meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Energy Task Force is taking place in Cape Town from 1 to 2 December.

    • UN Bonn
  • 24 November 2016
    2016/033: Timeline for Submission of Documents to COP12

    Parties are informed of deadlines for the submission of documents to the 12th Session of the CMS Conference of the Parties (COP12).

    • UN Bonn
  • 23 November 2016
    6th Meeting of Parties to ACCOBAMS Meets 20 Years on from Agreement’s Signature

    © Gabriel Barathieu (http://www.flickr.com/photos/barathieu/7991520863/) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

    The sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to ACCOBAMS – the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area – is being held in Monaco from 22 to 25 November. This is the third time that the MOP will have been hosted by the Principality of Monaco, which also serves as the Agreement’s depositary and provides the offices of the Secretariat.

    • UN Bonn
  • 16 November 2016
    2016/032: 2017 Funding Opportunities for Wildlife Conservation from the US

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

    • UN Bonn
  • 14 November 2016
    Standing Committee Paves the Way to COP12

    45th CMS Standing Committee Meeting - 9-10 November 2016, Bonn, Germany

    The last full meeting of the CMS Standing Committee for the triennium 2015-2017 took place in Bonn from 9 to 10 November, setting the scene for next year’s CMS Conference of the Parties (COP12) which will be held in Manila from 22 to 28 October at the kind invitation of the Government of the Philippines.

    • UN Bonn
  • 10 November 2016
    CMS and OceanCare Sign Partnership Agreement

    Sigrid Lüber, OceanCare President (left), Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of CMS (center) and Øystein Størkersen, Chair of CMS Standing Committee during the partnership signature ceremony in Bonn, Germany © Aydin Bahramlouian

    CMS and OceanCare signed a Partnership Agreement today to formalize their cooperation to better conserve aquatic and marine migratory species. CMS Executive Secretary, Bradnee Chambers, and OceanCare President, Sigrid Lüber, signed the agreement in the margins of the 45th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee taking place from 9 to 10 November in Bonn, Germany.

    • UN Bonn
  • 10 November 2016
    CMS and OceanCare Sign Partnership Agreement

    Sigrid Lüber, OceanCare President (left), Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of CMS (center) and Øystein Størkersen, Chair of CMS Standing Committee during the partnership signature ceremony in Bonn, Germany © Aydin Bahramlouian

    CMS and OceanCare signed a Partnership Agreement today to formalize their cooperation to better conserve aquatic and marine migratory species. CMS Executive Secretary, Bradnee Chambers, and OceanCare President, Sigrid Lüber, signed the agreement in the margins of the 45th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee taking place from 9 to 10 November in Bonn, Germany.

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 November 2016
    CMS Signs First Partnership Agreement with Chinese NGO

    Zhou Jinfeng and Bradnee Chambers sign CMS - CBCGDF partnership agreement in Bonn, Germany © Aydin Bahramlouian

    CMS and the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) signed a Partnership Agreement to formalize their cooperation to better protect migratory animals and their habitats. CBCGDF thereby becomes the first formal Chinese NGO partner of CMS.

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 November 2016
    CMS Executive Secretary Visits China

    Bradnee Chambers (centre) releases a Common Shellduck at China Conservation Area for Waterbirds at Tang Shan © Linda Wong

    CMS Executive Secretary, Bradnee Chambers has just completed a three-day visit of China, where he met ministry officials, participated in a workshop, attended an award ceremony for children’s paintings and visited two conservation areas.

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 November 2016
    Meeting in China Agrees Urgent Conservation Measures for the Endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting

    Yellow breasted Bunting © Otgonbayar Baatargal

    An International Workshop on the Yellow-breasted Bunting and Migratory Landbird Conservation took place on the 2-4 November 2016 in the city of Guangzhou, in the province of Guangdong, China. Fifty experts from ten countries met to discuss the species’ conservation status and to agree on the conservation priorities under the framework of an international Action Plan. Over the last 30 years, the Yellow-breasted Bunting has suffered a rapid decline that has led to its uplisting in the IUCN Red List to the category of “Endangered”. The main reason for this decline is the intensive trapping in the wintering grounds, especially in China where this bird is highly appreciated as food.

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 November 2016
    Sharks MOU Conservation Working Group Kicks off in Bristol

    © Rob Stewart

    Some of the world’s leading experts in elasmobranchs and fisheries met for a two-day workshop from 31 October to 1 November in Bristol, UK, to identify priority management measures for the conservation of sharks and rays. The Conservation Working Group (CWG), which was established at the 2nd Meeting of the Signatories to the Sharks MOU, has been given the task of providing technical guidance to the Advisory Committee and Signatories.

    • UN Bonn
  • 01 November 2016
    Farewell to Douglas Hykle

    Douglas Hykle

    Douglas Hykle, erstwhile Deputy Executive Secretary of CMS and more recently Coordinator of the Indian Ocean-South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (IOSEA) has retired after 27 years’ service with UNEP.

    • UN Bonn