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2023/014: Extension Of Deadline For The Nomination Of Candidates For The Cop-Appointed Councillor Subject Area Of Climate Change
With Reference to Notification 2022/023
World Migratory Bird Day 2023
PRESS RELEASE
2023/013: World Migratory Bird Day
The CMS and AEWA Secretariats are pleased to share the World Migratory Bi
2023/012: Junior Professional Officer
The Secretariat would like to draw attention to Resolution 13.2 on “Finance and Ad
2023/011: Status of Assessed Contributions for CMS
As of 30 April 2023, 44 per cent of the assessed contributions for the year 2023 had been paid to the CMS Trust Fund, which amounts to €1,426,924.
New Guide Helps Cities Curb Light Pollution Impacts on Wildlife
The amount of artificial light on the Earth’s surface increasing by at least 2 per cent annually.
Today a new online guide is being launched to help cities around the world reduce the impacts of light pollution on wildlife. The guide, “Curb Light Pollution in Your City,” offers facts, successful case studies, information resources, and a checklist for cities to reduce the harmful effects of artificial lighting on wild animals.
2023/010: Call Financial Support to CMS POW and its Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
The Secretariat is pleased to inform you that the necessary preparations for the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14), and associated logistical
2023/009: CMS COP14 – Participation and Registration of Observers
Following notification 2022/021, the Secretariat to the Convention on Migratory Species has the pleasure to inform you that the registration to attend the Fourteenth Me
2023/008: Analysis of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and Related CBD COP15 Decisions of Relevance for CMS
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is pleased to share an analysis of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiver
World Migratory Bird Day Partners Statement on World Water Day 2023
Water will be in focus on World Migratory Bird Day 2023; Photo: Eurasian Spoonbill © Maurice Benmergui
World Water Day, celebrated on March 22, is an ideal moment to contemplate the importance of water to migratory birds. Migratory birds rely on water and its associated habitats - lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, all inland and coastal wetlands - for migration, wintering, and breeding. Unfortunately, increasing human demand for water as well as pollution and climate change threaten these precious aquatic ecosystems and the migratory birds that depend on them.