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Countries Agree on Actions to Help Save Saiga Antelopes
Saiga mother with calf, Stepnoi Reserve, Russia © E. Polonskiy
Самка сайгака с детенышем, Степной заповедник, Россия © E. Полонский
Saiga Range Countries and Experts Convene in Tashkent Following Saiga Mass Mortality Event
Symposium on the American Eel
Participants at the Symposium on the American Eel
From 23-25 October 2015, the Sargasso Sea Commission, together with the Marine & Environmental Law Institute of Dalhousie University, Ocean Tracking Network, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Center for Oceans and Coastal Law at the University of Maine School of Law, Ocean and Coastal Law Journal, and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute sponsored an interactive symposium in Portland, Maine on conservation of the American eel.
ASCOBANS Parties Make Recommendations for Tackling Small Cetacean Bycatch in Europe
Harbour porpoise near fishing net © Boris Culik, F3
Bonn – On 30 October 2015, the Executive Secretary of ASCOBANS, on behalf of the Agreement’s ten Parties, transmitted to the European Commission the outcomes of a one-year process to develop a common position of ASCOBANS Parties relating to the requirements of legislation to address monitoring and mitigation of small cetacean bycatch.
Opinion: Europe's Wadden Sea seals on the 'up'
Harbor Seal © Klaus Janke
28 October 2015 - Seals in the Wadden Sea area of the North Sea were once in danger of dying out. Now they are thriving.
Countries in South and South-East Asia are Trained to Conserve Migratory Animals
Participants to the South and South-East Asia workshop - © Francisco Rilla
Quezon City / Bonn, 27 October 2015– The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is for the very first time organizing a capaci
Saiga Conservation: Setting the Roadmap for the Years to Come
Saiga antelopes, Stepnoi Reserve, Russia © E. Polonskiy
Tashkent / Bonn, 26 October 2015 – The Third Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope (Saiga MOU) and Technical Workshop for saiga antelope experts is taking place this week from 26 to 29 October 2015 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with representatives of governments, UN agencies, NGOs and academia in attendance.
CMS Family Joins UN Day Celebrations in Bonn
Lord Mayor of Bonn, Mr. Ashok Sridharan welcomes visitors to UN Day celebrations (Photo: Florian Keil)
Bonn, 26 October 2015 - The CMS Family Secretariats joined other UN Bonn-based agencies and international organizations to celebrate the annual UN Day this weekend.
CMS Capacity-Building Strategy to Reach out to South-East Asia
Bottlenose dolphins © João Corvina
The CMS Secretariat, together with the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP/ROAP), is preparing the first regional capacity building workshop for Non-Parties in South-East Asia
South Africa Celebrates World Migratory Bird Day
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) © Sergey Dereliev UNEP/AEWA www.dereliev-photography.com
Bonn, 23 October 2015 - South Africa held its first official celebration of World Migratory Bird Day on October 15, 2015. The event was led by the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Mrs.
Snow leopards face 'new climate change threat'
Warmer temperatures are threatening to shrink the habitat of the snow leopard and weaken their struggle against extinction, a report says.