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2025/013: Survey for Parties Implementing COP14 Decisions on Connectivity, Infrastructure and Atlas on Animal Migration
Several Decisions adopted by COP14 invite the Secretariat to collect data or information from Parties on issues relevant for ecological connectivity.
2025/012: Global Workshop on CMS Legislation – Dates, Venue and Registration
The CMS Secretariat is pleased to announce the first Global Workshop on CMS Legislation.
Statement from Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on World Wildlife Day 2025
The theme of this year's World Wildlife Day is "Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet"
The Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is the only global treaty of the United Nations focused on the conservation of migratory species and their habitats. Sufficient and reliable funding is absolutely essential in order to succeed in our mandate. Migratory species are an integral part of healthy, well-functioning ecosystems. They pollinate plants, disperse seeds, control pests and diseases, maintain grasslands, and even help regulate marine and freshwater environments.
2025/011: CMS Jaguar Initiative
Draft Programme of Work on Jaguar
2025/010: Funding Opportunity for Wildlife Health
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) would like to bring to your attention the funding opportunity of “Natur
Investing in Biodiversity: Unlocking Greater Returns
In the picture: participants of the 15th meeting of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions.
The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), a long-standing network uniting the executive heads of the eight biodiversity-related conventions, met on 21 February 2025 at FAO Headquarters in Rome ahead of the resumed sessions of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16). The group reaffirmed their collective support to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
2025/009: First Meeting of the Working Group on the Implementation of the Single Species Action Plan for the Angelshark (Squatina Squatina) in the Mediterranean Sea (Angelshark Med WG1)
The Secretariat is pleased to invite Range States and relevant stakeholders to the First Meeting of the Working Group on the Implementation of the Single Species Action
2025/008: Junior Professional Officer
The Secretariat would like to draw attention to Resolution 14.2 on “Finance an
2025/007: Call for Proposals for the African Elephant Fund
2025/006: Call for Additional Members and Observers of the Intersessional Working Group on the Samarkand Strategic Plan on Migratory Species
CMS Decision 14.2 requests the Standing Committee to continue the work of the Intersessional Working Group on the Samarkand Strategic Plan for Migratory Species (IWG SP