CMS Raptors MoU Celebrates its 5th Anniversary
Pictured are (left to right): Lyle Glowka, Executive Coordinator, CMS Office - Abu Dhabi; Shaikha Al Dhaheri, Director of Biodiversity, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi; Nick P. Williams, Programme Officer – Birds of Prey (Raptors), CMS Office - Abu Dhabi; and Salim Javed, Head Ornithologist, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi. Today the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MOU) turns five years old. The MOU was concluded in Abu Dhabi, where the Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU was also established thanks to the generous and ongoing voluntary contribution from the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, on behalf of the Government of the United Arab Emirates.