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  • 31 May 2017
    2017/010: Proposals to Amend the Appendices of the Convention

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    • UN Bonn
  • 23 May 2017
    Celebrating the Day of the Little Whale

    A screenshot of the "Hello, little whale" video by Laura Stattkus

    In 2017 we celebrated the 15th International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise – celebrated annually every third Sunday in May.

    • UN Bonn
  • 22 May 2017
    2017/009: Reminder - Consultation Draft Released - Third Draft - Indicator Factsheets for the Strategic Plan for Migratory Species

    The Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species is pleased to announce the release of the third draft of the Indicator Factsheets for the Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2015-2023.

    • UN Bonn
  • 22 May 2017
    Sustainability and Tourism - How Can They Fit together?

    © TheirFutureOurFuture/Lamave.org

    Today we celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. This year CBD and its partners want to highlight the interdependence between biodiversity and sustainable tourism. When most people think about tourism, they often think of organized tours or crowded beaches. However, tourism can also contribute to creating a sustainable future.

    • UN Bonn
  • 19 May 2017
    The Wings of Love – WMBD Benefit Concert in Bologna

    The operatic choir, Corale Lirica San Rocco © Robert Vagg

    There was standing room only in the Cappella Farnese in Bologna’s medieval Palazzo d’Accursio for the fifth annual Benefit Concert held as part of the celebration of World Migratory Bird Day. The magnificent setting of the chapel with its 16th century frescos by Prospero Fontana was just the entrée in what proved to be a feast for the senses, as the Corale Lirica San Rocco enthralled an enthusiastic audience with a repertoire covering arias from Verdi’s Macbeth and Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio, Ponchielli’s La Gioconda and Donizetti’s Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoor.

    • UN Bonn
  • 17 May 2017
    Energy Task Force Side Event Today: Reconciling Energy Developments with Migratory Species Conservation

    Offshore windpark © Eleanor Partridge/Marine Photobank

    Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires scaling up of renewable energy whilst ensuring ecological integrity and biodiversity protection. Species conservation is one of the challenges. CMS has established a Multi-stakeholder Task Force on Reconciling Selected Energy Sector Developments with Migratory Species Conservation – the Energy Task Force - to address this issue internationally.

    • UN Bonn
  • 09 May 2017
    CMS’s Heidi Frisch-Nwakanma Wins Mandy McMath Award

    Professor Hal Whitehead, last year's ESC award winner, handing over the award to Ms. Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma

    At the recent annual conference of the European Cetacean Society in Middelfart, Denmark, CMS staff member Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma was honoured by being presented with the Mandy McMath ECS Conservation Award. The ECS Award, named after passionate Welsh conservationist Mandy McMath who passed away in 2012, is given for an outstanding contribution to the field of marine mammal conservation and/or welfare, with particular emphasis on contributions to environmental education and/or to conservation in practice.

    • UN Bonn
  • 04 May 2017
    First Central Asian Migration Atlas Created to Reduce Harm to Wildlife from Infrastructure

    The growing number of railways, roads, pipelines, and fences increasingly threatens large migratory mammals such as Mongolian gazelles in Central Asia. CREDIT: Copyright Ganbayar Hureelen. Additional images available here: http://bit.ly/2qssGHe

    Растущее число автомобильных и железных дорог, трубопроводов и заборов все больше угрожает крупным мигрирующим млекопитающим, таким как Монгольские Газели в Центральной Азии. Авторское право: Ганбаяр Хюрелен. Дополнительные изображения доступны по данной ссылке: http://bit.ly/2qssGHe

    Vilm, Germany (May 4, 2017)– Experts have for the first time mapped the distribution and movement corridors of migratory mammals in combination with threats from linear infrastructure, such as railways, roads, pipelines, and border fences, across the entire Central Asian region.

    • UN Bonn