The 15th meeting of the Council will be held in Rome, Italy, from 27-28 November 2008, at the Headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The meeting will immediately precede the 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, and its main purpose is therefore to provide advice to the COP on scientific and technical matters.

Information for Participants

The same arrangements applicable to the Conference of the Parties will apply also for this meeting. Please click here for detailed information on the meeting venue and organizational matters.

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Provisional List of Documents

ScC15 Official Documents Relevant COP9 Official Documents Relevant COP9 Draft Resolutions and Recommendations ScC15 Information Documents Relevant COP9 Information Documents Other Documents

Participants are kindly invited to download ScC15 documents from the CMS website as they become available. For reasons of economy, documents will not be mailed. Documents will be made available at the meeting in electronic format. Hard copies will be made available for documents that have not been posted on the web site or emailed. Should you experience problems in downloading ScC15 documents, kindly contact Marco Barbieri (mbarbieri@cms.int) or Linette Lamare (llamare@cms.int) at the CMS Secretariat.

Les participants sont invités à télécharger les documents du ScC15 du site Web de la CMS dès qu'ils sont disponibles. Pour des raisons d'économie, les documents ne seront pas expédiés. Les documents seront rendus disponibles à la réunion en format électronique. Des copies sur papier seront rendues disponibles pour ceux documents qui n’auront pas été affichés sur le site web et/ou envoyés par e-mail. Au cas où vous connaissiez des problèmes à télécharger des documents du ScC15, veuillez contacter Marco Barbieri (mbarbieri@cms.int) ou Linette Lamare (llamare@cms.int)au secrétariat de la CMS.

Se invita amablemente a los participantes a bajar los documentos de ScC15 desde el sitio web a medida que éstos estén disponibles en el sitio. Por razones de economía, los documentos no se enviarán por correo postal. Los documentos estarán disponibles en formato electrónico à la reunión. Serán impresos los documentos que no han sido puestos en la página web o enviados por e-mail. Si usted tuviera alguna dificultad para bajar los documentos del sitio web, por favor comuníquese con Marco Barbieri (mbarbieri@cms.int) o Linette Lamare (llamare@cms.int) en la Secretaría de CMS.

Doc. no.	Document Name	English	French	Spanish
ScC15 Official Documents
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.1	Provisional Agenda (as at 6 November 2008)
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.2	Provisional Annotated Agenda and Meeting Schedule
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.2.1	Provisional Schedule (as at 26 November 2008)		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.3	List of Documents		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.4	The Taxonomy of Orcaella (Cetacea: Delphinidau) and the Conservation Status of O. brevirostris and O. heinsohni
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.5	Draft International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.6	Draft International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Madagascar Pond Heron Ardeola idae		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.7	Observer's Report on the 2008 Meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.8	Regarding the Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Fauna listed in the Appendices of the CMS and CITES
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.9	International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.10	International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Chinese Crested Tern (Sterna bernsteini)		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.11	International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.12	International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.13	Responding to the Challenge of Emerging and Re-Emergent Diseases in Migratory Species: The Development of Enhanced Processes of International Co-ordination
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.14	Follow-up to COP8 Decisions: Development of Migratory Species Indicators (Res. 8.7)
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.14 Annex 1	Report: Red List Indices for Migratory Species
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Doc.14 Annex 2	Report: The Living Planet Index for Migratory Species : an index of change in population abundance
Relevant COP9 Official Documents
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.5	"CMS - a Convention that works" - Overview of CMS Secretariat Activities 2006-2008
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.5/Addendum	"CMS - a Convention that works" - Implementation of the CMS Work Programme 2006-2008
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.12	Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.14/Rev.1	Major Species Projects Including Concerted Actions
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.25	The Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.26/Rev.2	Migratory Marine Species
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.28	Terrestrial Mammals and CMS
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.29	Proposals for Amendment of Appendices of the Convention	click here to see: Listing Proposals
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.29 cover	Proposals for Amendment of Appendices of the Convention
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.29/Add/Rev.1	Comments from the Parties the Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of the Convention
UNEP/CMS/Conf.9.34	Report on CMS Fundraising
Relevant COP9 Draft Resolutions and Recommendations
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9.1/Rev.1	Concerted and Cooperative Actions
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9. 2/Rev.4	Priorities for CMS Agreements
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9.7/Rev.2	Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Species
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9. 8/Rev.3	Responding to the Challenge of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9.12/Rev.1	Capacity Building Strategy
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9. 18/ Rev.2	By-Catch
UNEP/CMS/Resolution 9.19/Rev.3	Adverse Anthropogenic Marine/Ocean Noise Impacts on Cetaceans and other Biota
ScC15 Information Documents
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Inf.1	Report of the 14th Meeting of the Scientific Council (Bonn, Germany, 14-17 March 2007)
UNEP/CMS/ScC15/Inf.2	Rules of Procedure of the CMS Scientific Council
Relevant COP9 Information Documents
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.1	Text of the Convention
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.2	Appendices I and II of the Convention
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.3	List of Common Names of Species included in the Appendices I and II
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.4/Rev.1	List of CMS Parties
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.5	List of Range States of Migratory Species included in the CMS Appendices
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.6/Rev.1	List of National Focal Points for CMS
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.7/Rev.1	List of CMS Scientific Councillors
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.8/Rev.1	Agreement Summary Sheets
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.16	CMS Resolutions and Recommendations: 1985-2005
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.17	Scientific Seminar on Avian Influenza, the Environment and Migratory Birds		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.20/Rev.1	Summary of Contributions received through Trust Funds		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.21	Summary of direct Private Sector Contributions (through "CMS Friends" non-profit platform under German law)		E only	E only
UNEP/CMS/Inf.9.22	Indicators of the Impact of Climate Change on Migratory Species – UK report		E only	E only
Other Documents
	ScC15 Pre-registration Form