Hírek a nagyvilágból

The Republic of Malawi is acceding to the Convention and will become the 129th Party to CMS on 1 September. Malawi, capital Lilongwe, is a landlocked country of Southern Africa with a population of 18 million people and an area of 118,484 km2. It has borders with Zambia and the United Republic of Tanzania to the north and with Mozambique to the south. The Great Rift Valley runs through the country which also has shores on the west side of Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa).

As part of a series of meetings in Europe, including attending the opening of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Geneva, Inger Andersen, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) paid a visit to Bonn to meet the staff of the CMS Family.

Closure of tiger farms among urgent steps needed to protect species, wildlife summit hears.

We would like to remind Parties of the CMS Meetings that will take place back-to-back in November at the UNEP/CMS Secretariat premises, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany:

In line with Decisions 12.47-12.49 adopted by the 12^th Conference of the Par

It is with great sadness that the staff at the CMS Secretariat learned of the passing of Dr Lkhagvasuren Badamjav, a long serving and well-respected member of the CMS Scientific Council.

This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the United Nations’ Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the only global agreement between countries aimed at protecting thousands of terrestrial, oceanic and avian animals such as elephants, antelope, gorillas, whales, dolphins, sharks, rays, and many species of birds – that fly, walk or swim across the planet.