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Snow Leopard Summit in Kyrgyzstan
Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) © pixabay.com
Officials from all 12 Range States of the Snow Leopard met in Bishkek last week to discuss the possibility of further strengthening their collaborative efforts to conserve the mountain-dwelling cats. The Snow Leopard faces significant threats in the shape of poaching, targeted killing by herders protecting their livestock, lack of prey, shrinking habitats and climate change.
2017/013: COP12 Meeting Documents Available Online
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) would like to announce that all of the CMS COP12 Meeting Documents have now been posted on the
Asian pre-COP12 Workshop Held in Bonn
© Tim Dodman
The third pre-COP12 workshop took place at the UN Campus in Bonn from 15 to 17 August for participants representing Parties in Asia.
Elephants Need Protecting. Lifting The Ivory Ban Is No Solution
We’re told we are in the ‘anthropocene’ era, the era of human domination. One of the features of this era is the so-called ‘sixth extinction’.
Second CMS pre-COP12: African Region is Gearing up for Manila
Participants at the pre-COP in Addis Ababa © Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority
Addis Ababa, 11 August 2017 - The CMS COP12 Regional Preparatory Workshop for Africa took place in Addis Abba and was kindly hosted by the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority
Who governs the High Seas?
Creating, coordinating, and implementing international ocean policy is a complex and time-consuming endeavor.
Egyptian bird species seen thriving in Dubai
Wildlife expert finds 19 Egyptian Nightjars at Al Qudra Lakes
Eat, prey, love: bald eagles adopt baby hawk into their nest in Canada
The hawk, which is usually prey for eagles, is in excellent health after being taken in, and now ‘thinks he’s a bald eagle’, according to one expert
Italian Government Champion Animal Migration Atlas
Ms. Laura Cerasi, CMS Fundraising & Partnerships Programme Officer and Ms. Maria Carmela Giarratano, Director General for Nature and Sea Protection, Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea
On Monday, 24 July the CMS Secretariat welcomed a new Champion under the dedicated programme which encourages continued support for the work under the CMS Family. The Government of Italy pledged €1 million in support of the development of an atlas on bird migration in the African-Eurasian region over the course of three years.
Workshop in Bolivia Helps Prepare Latin American and Caribbean Region for COP12
© MMAyA, Bolivia
The CMS Secretariat, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Water of Bolivia, has concluded a fruitful Regional Preparatory Workshop, which took place from 18 to 20 July in La Paz, Bolivia. The primary objective of the pre-COP workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean was to strengthen capacity and form regional alliances on the most relevant issues of COP12 to National Focal Points (NFPs) from Latin America and the Caribbean.