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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.
2023/007: Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) Range States Meeting: Registration by Parties & Observers
Second meeting of Range States of the Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative (ACI): 1 - 4 May 2023 in Entebbe, Uganda - Invitation to observers to express their
New Partnership Strengthens Global Campaign for Migratory Birds
EEAFP becomes official partner of the World Migratory Bird Day campaign.
The East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) was announced as an official Partner of the World Migratory Bird Day campaign during the 11th Meeting of Partners (MOP11) of the EAAFP which ended in Brisbane, Australia today. The new Partnership unites efforts to raise awareness to conserve migratory birds globally. The World Migratory Bird is an annual global awareness-raising campaign to celebrate the amazing journeys of migratory birds, and to inspire worldwide conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. Traditionally observed on the second Saturday of May and October, the two days of World Migratory Bird Day are a way to reflect the cyclical nature of bird migration as well as the fact that there are varying peak migration periods in the northern and southern hemispheres.