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2024/021: Alternative Payment Method for Current Assessed Contributions and Clearing Arrears

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Governments Adopt Key Measures for the Conservation of Dolphins, Porpoises and other Ocean Species

Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish, and North Seas (ASCOBANS) agreed on a series of important conservation measures at a meeting held from 10-12 September in Denmark. The agreement covers small migratory marine mammals, such as dolphins and porpoises, which are found in these northern and western European waters. Key outcomes of the 10th Meeting of the Parties to ASCOBANS (MOP10) are aimed at critical threats to these marine mammals. 

2024/020: Appointment of the new EUROBATS Executive Secretary

2024/019: IPBES Spatial Planning Assessment: Call for Offers to Host the Technical Support Unit

UN Launches First-Ever Live Map of Large Mammal Migrations

Today, a groundbreaking online map was launched showing the migration paths of land animals around the world. An international team of over 80 scientists has collaborated to create the first-ever interactive migration map of hooved mammals such as antelopes, guanacos and zebras, that routinely travel large distances at different times in the year. Such animals are collectively called “ungulates".  Known as the Atlas of Ungulate Migration, the tool uses the best available science to provide up-to-date migration maps.

Kuwait Joins International Efforts to Protect Marine Turtles

1 September 2024 - In a significant step to increase environmental conservation, the State of Kuwait has officially become a Signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Con

2024/018: Election of the chair and vice-chair of the scientific council and its sessional committee

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the CMS Scientific Council and its Sessional Committee, elections of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Scientific Council have been conducted by correspon

2024/017: Migratory Species and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is pleased to inform Parties about guidance documents and other tools t

Press Release: Actions to Strengthen Marine Turtle Conservation agreed at UN Meeting in Tanzania

Governments, scientific experts and stakeholders gathered over four days in an international meeting that ended today to discuss pressing conservation issues for marine turtles in the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia region.  The 9th Meeting of the Signatory States to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA Marine Turtles MOU) agreed on a number of conservation actions. 

2024/016: Cumulative Effects Assessments

Decision 14.204 requests Parties to: