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  • 27 March 2018
    International Conference Calls on Governments for Action to Combat Illegal Killing, Poisoning and Illicit Trade of Wild Birds in the Adriatic Flyway

    Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) © Paul Ritchie 2013, all rights reserved

    From 19 to 23 March 2018, the 3rd Adriatic Flyway Conference took place in Fruška Gora National Park, Serbia, organized by EuroNatur and the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS, BirdLife Serbia). At this meeting, officials of the Government of Serbia and more than 80 experts and affiliates of Bird Conservation NGOs from central and south-eastern European countries presented and discussed recent findings on the monitoring of migratory bird populations, their conservation status, ecological dynamics and their habitats in the Adriatic Flyway region.

    • UN Bonn
  • 23 March 2018
    CMS Executive Secretary Speaks at the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development

    Dr. Bradnee Chambers, CMS Executive Secretary, during a live stage interview at the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development

    Dr. Bradnee Chambers, CMS Executive Secretary, participated in a live stage interview yesterday at the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development. The three-day Festival brings together the global community taking action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of policies to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all by 2030

    • UN Bonn
  • 23 March 2018
    IPBES 6th Plenary Session Adopts Five Major Assessment Reports

    4 Regional Assessment Reports on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services have been launched at the 6th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

    Meeting in Medellín, Colombia from 17 to 24 March, the 6th session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has adopted five major assessment reports. Three years in development and costing US$5 million, the five reports – one on regional and global land degradation and restoration and four evaluating the contributions of biodiversity and nature to people in four world regions – Africa, the Americas, Asia & the Pacific and Europe & Central Asia – have been prepared by over 550 leading international experts from more than 100 countries.

    • UN Bonn
  • 19 March 2018
    Tilburg to Host International Wildlife Law Conference

    Tilburg University © Melissa Lewis

    The 18th International Wildlife Law Conference is taking place from 18 to 19 April 2018 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The conference is being organized by Tilburg University’s Department of European and International Public Law in partnership with the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy of Stetson University College of Law, USA. Participants are drawn from a wide range of professional fields associated with conservation, including lawyers, policymakers and scientists and from all corners of the world with Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia all represented.

    • UN Bonn
  • 15 March 2018
    Actions Agreed to Protect Europe’s Heaviest Flying Bird

    Great Bustard © Franz Kovacs, LIFE Project "Great Bustard" www.grosstrappe.at

    Delegates from 13 countries agreed today on transboundary conservation measures for the Middle-European population of the Great Bustard. Germany is one of the signatories to a special agreement concluded under the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS, also known as the Bonn Convention) to better protect the species. CMS and the Brandenburg State Office for Environment (LfU) organized the meeting with support from the Förderverein Großtrappenschutz e.V. (Society for the Protection of the Great Bustard).

    • UN Bonn
  • 08 March 2018
    Opinion: Big Cats: Predators under Threat, World Wildlife Day

    Snow Leopard © Jim Zuckerman

    Wildlife tourism is not a viable option in Central Asia — the area is inaccessible and lacks the infrastructure which all but the hardiest of travellers want.

    • UN Bonn
  • 07 March 2018
    World Ocean Summit to Highlight Opportunities to Tackle Marine Debris

    Marine Debris team removed tooth brushes from the shorelines of Midway Atoll © NOAA CREP

    Representatives from business, civil society, academia and government will come together in Mexico for the World Ocean Summit, which is being held 7-9 March. The annual event is hosted by The Economist, and seeks to address topics related to oceans such as sustainable seafood, blue economy clusters, ocean governance and marine debris. International attention and cooperation for the control of marine debris is especially important in light of the UNEP/CMS/Resolution 12.20 on the ‘Management of Marine Debris’ which was passed by the CMS Conference of Parties at Manila in 2017.

    • UN Bonn