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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
2025/005: Call for Reports on the Implementation of the Single Species Action Plan for the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
Decision 14.81 d) requests Parties that are Range States to the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) to:
2025/004: Implementation of the Single Species Action Plan for the Hawksbill Turtle in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Ocean Region
2025/003: Important Shark and Ray Areas
This is the second Notification of the 2024-2026 triennium providing an update on the implementation of CMS Decisions 14.61 and 14.64 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISR
UN Wildlife Treaty Releases New Reports on Importance of Community-Led Conservation
Local communities play a vital role in the conservation of migratory species and their habitats © Canva.com
Community-led conservation strategies can be instrumental for the successful conservation of migratory species according to two major reports released by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a global wildlife treaty of the United Nations. The report Community Participation and Livelihoods focuses on 10 key guiding principles for community-led conservation strategies, while the study Potential for Community-Based Wildlife Management in Central Asia presents real-world insights into how community-led initiatives can achieve biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
2025/002: Call for Reports on the Implementation of the Action Plan to Address Aquatic Wild Meat Harvests in West Africa
Decision 14.190 c)[1] requests Parties that are Range States to the Action Plan to Address Aquatic Wild Meat Harvests in West Africa to
2025/001: Decisions Related to Conservation Implications of Animal Culture and Social Complexity for Potential Action by Parties
With reference to Decision 14.230 a)[1], the Secretariat herewith requests Parties to submit information on actions take
Continued Progress on Conservation Measures for Central Asia’s Iconic Migratory Land Species
Bukhara Deers in the Zarafshan National Natural Park, Uzbekistan © Dr Natalya Marmazinskaya
Government representatives, experts, and civil society organizations gathered to discuss pressing conservation issues for two iconic Central Asian migratory species: the Argali Sheep and the Bukhara Deer. At the 3rd meeting of the Signatories to the CMS’s Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Conservation and Restoration of the Bukhara Deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus) (Bukhara Deer MOU) and the First Range State Meeting on the Implementation and Revision of the International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Argali (Ovis ammon), participants agreed upon a number of new measures aimed at improving the conservation status of the two species.
2024/027: Call for Funding And Nominations for Vulture Working Group
This Notification relates to CMS Resolution 12.10 (Rev.COP14) and Decisions 14.148, 14:49 and 14.155 Conservation of African Eurasian Vultures.