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Samarkand, 12 February 2024 - On the margins of CMS COP14, the highly anticipated Champion Night took place to honor new CMS Champions, recognized for

Among the migratory animals covered by the Convention on Migratory Species, a total of 962 species are birds. The threats they face are manifold and include habitat loss, unsustainable and illegal taking, pollution, collisions with man-made structures, and climate change.

The official message of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev can be found here (in Russian).  

Your Excellency Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan,

Of the migratory species listed under the Convention on Migratory Species, 64 are aquatic mammals, 54 are fish, and 9 are reptiles, covering many diverse species such as whales, sharks, and turtles. Their migratory ranges include rivers, estuaries, beaches, seagrass meadows, coral reefs, coastal zones, the open ocean, deep-water trenches, and seamounts - to name but a few. They occur in all climatic zones, all oceans, and many inland water systems. The threats they face are manifold and include overexploitation, habitat loss and degradation, pollution, and climate change.

H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan,

H.E. Mr. Aziz Abdukhakimov, Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change,

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14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Opens under the slogan, "Nature Knows No Borders.”

Expressing their commitment to transboundary cooperation to ensure the conservation of migratory species, ministers gathered for a special High-level Segment under the

Among the topics to be discussed by governments at the CMS COP14 in Samarkand are several relating specifically to terrestrial species, along with cross-cutting issues crucial for the conservation of species listed under the Convention on Migratory Species. These topics include linear infrastructure development, the establishment of trans-frontier conservation areas, and measures to combat the illegal and unsustainable taking of species.