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Global Protection Proposed for Sharks, Rays, Sawfish, Polar Bear and Lions
From left to right: Lion (Panthera leo) © Dr. Philipp Henschel, Panthera; Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) © Peter Prokosch; Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) © Alex Chernikh; Manta Ray (Manta alfredi) © Bartek Cieslak; Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) © Barry Peters; Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis microdon) © David Wackenfeldt
Fate of Iconic Species in the Balance as Key Wildlife Conservation Conference Countdown Commences
Agencies join forces to promote environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing
The Steering Committee of the 5th Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM)
The Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM) seeks to develop harmonised and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities among 18 MEAs for the benefit of Parties and the environment community at large
2014/022: Appointment of the New AEWA Executive Secretary
The UNEP/CMS Secretariat is pleased to announce that the UNEP Executive Director has appointed Dr Jacques Trouvilliez as the new Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-
2014/021: Proposals to Amend the Appendices of the Convention
The deadline for submission of proposals to amend the Appendices of the Convention is 150 days before the meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Article XI, paragraph 3 of the Convention).
Talking Trash: How is CMS tackling the marine debris problem?
Bonn/Washington D.C. – 9 June 2014 - It is not just foreign species that are invading our natural marine habitats; human byproducts are disfiguring marine ecosystems too. Such an unnatural invasion of human-made products has a disproportionate impact on marine life.
UN Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2014
Apia, Samoa
Message by UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner on the Occasion of World Environment Day
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner © UNEP
Every year, on 5 June, millions of people across the planet celebrate World Environment Day- coming together at community, national and regional level to promote positive action on the most-pressin
Opinion: Climate Change Threatens the Wild Beauty of Small Islands
Papua New Guinea © H Frisch UNEP/CMS
Dr. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, describes ahead of World Environment Day (5 June), how small island states are vulnerable to sea level rises and other effects of climate change.
Dr Jacques Trouvilliez Appointed New Executive Secretary of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat
Jacques Trouvilliez
The UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce that the UNEP Executive Director has appointed Dr Jacques Trouvilliez as the new Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA). He began his new role as head of the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat on 2 June 2014.
Key Post at UNEP HQ for Former CMS Executive Secretary
Elizabeth Mrema
Bonn, 28 May 2014 - Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, who led the UNEP/CMS Secretariat first as officer-in-charge and then as Executive Secretary from July 2009 until the appointment of the current incumbent, Bradnee Chambers, has been named as the Director of DELC, the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions located at UNEP HQ in Nairobi. She will take up her new responsibilities at the beginning of June.