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AEWA Standing Committee Meeting Held in Uganda
Meeting participants of the 10th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee held 8-10 July 2015 in Kampala, Uganda.
The 10th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee (StC10) was held from 8 to 10 July in Kampala at the kind invitation of the Ugandan Government. The meeting was the first AEWA Standing Committee to take place in Africa and was an important milestone in the run-up to the 6th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP6) due to take place 9-14 November 2015 in Bonn, Germany.
Support for International Conservation of Sharks and Rays in Oceania is Growing as New Zealand Joins the CMS Sharks MOU
Photo Credit: Oceans and Coast SA
Bonn, 13 July 2015 - New Zealand signed the UNEP/CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOU) on 6 July 2015.
Countries Meet to Tackle Threats to Europe’s Most Endangered Bird of Prey
Egyptian Vulture © Torsten Prohl
Government officials, NGOs and experts from over 30 countries met from 5 to 8 July in Sofia, Bulgaria, to develop a Flyway Action Plan for the Egyptian Vulture.
Next AEWA Standing Committee Meeting to Take Place in Uganda
Grey Crowned Crane - the national bird of Uganda © Sergey Dereliev, www.dereliev-photography.com
The 10th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee (StC10) is being held from 8-10 July in Kampala at the kind invitation of the Ugandan Government. It will be the first time that the Standing Committee has met in Africa.
2015/017: New Signatory to the UNEP/CMS Sharks MOU
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
(CMS) in its capacity as Depositary of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation
Cooperation Between World Heritage for the Benefit of Migratory Birds: The Wadden Sea and Banc d’Arguin
Presentation by Ruediger Strempel, Secretary CWSS © CWSS
Two natural World Heritage Sites - the Wadden Sea shared by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands - and the Banc d’Arguin in Mauretania are two critically important sites for millions of migratory birds along the Eastern Atlantic Flyway.
2015/016: Gorilla Agreement: Two Regional Action Plans Available Online
A Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and Central Chimpanzees 2015-2025, and a Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conserva
Opinion: Natural World Heritage Sites – Sharing the Future
Migratory birds in the Wadden Sea © Jan van der Kam/CWSS
The 39th Session of the World Heritage Committee is meeting in Bonn, a stone’s throw from the headquarters of the Convention on Migratory Species and several of its associated agreements. Jacques Trouvilliez, Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), and Rüdiger Strempel, Secretary of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, examine the importance of those sites inscribed in the list for their natural rather than cultural qualities.
World Heritage Natural Sites Threatened by Illegal Wildlife Trade
Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary CMS © German Commission for UNESCO/Kolja Matzke
Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) was featured as a panelist during a side event of the 39th Session of the World Heritage Commission currently underway in Bonn, Germany.
In Memory of Peter Pueschel
Peter Pueschel
it was with deep regret and great sadness that the CMS Secretariat team heard about the sudden death of Peter Pueschel, Director for International Environmental Agreements at the International Fund for Animal Welfare