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The establishment of a Scientific Council
to provide advice on scientific matters is foreseen in Article
VIII of the Convention. The Council makes recommendations
to the Conference of the Parties on such issues as research
on migratory species, specific conservation and management
measures, the inclusion of migratory species in the Appendices
and designation of species for Concerted or Cooperative
Actions under the Convention. It also gives advice on projects'
eligibility for funding under the Small Grant Programme
of CMS.
Each Party is entitled to appoint a qualified
expert as a member of the Scientific Council. Parties may
also nominate an alternate Scientific Councillor, entitled
to participate in meetings of the Council when the regular
Councillor cannot attend. In addition to the members appointed
by the individual Parties, the Conference of the Parties
can appoint to the Council other experts to cover fields
of particular interest to the Convention. As at April 2008,
the Council includes eight Conference-appointed members
to cover the following taxa/geographic regions/threats:
marine turtles; birds; aquatic mammals; fish; neo-tropical
fauna; Asiatic fauna; African fauna; by-catch. At present,
there are about 88 members of the Council.
Small Grants Programme
The Small Grants Programme (SGP) has in
the years since its inception in 1997 distributed around
US$1.4 million. Typical awards have been in the region of
US$20,000-30,000, but pilot initiatives supported by the
SGP have often developed into far larger projects, helping
to raise the profile of CMS as well as conservation.
Initially funded by surpluses in the Convention’s
Trust Fund, the SGP now relies almost entirely on voluntary
contributions from the Parties combined with small contributions
from the Trust Fund.
A list of projects endorsed by the Scientific Council and
awaiting financial support can be accessed
here. If you are interested in contributing
financially to the development of these projects, please
get in contact with:
Borja Heredia, Scientific and Technical Officer at bheredia@cms.int
List
of CMS Scientific Council Members
CMS Scientific Council Reports:
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| Activity Planning Meeting |
| Bonn, Germany, 13 June 2009 |
Report of the Activity Planning
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| 15th Scientific
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| Rome, Italy, 27-28 November 2008 |
Report of the Fifteenth
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| 14th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Bonn, Germany, 14-17 March 2007 |
Report of the Fourteenth
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| 13th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Nairobi, Kenya, November 2005 |
Report of
the Thirteenth Meeting of the CMS
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| 12th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Glasgow, United Kingdom, 31 March
- 3 April 2004 |
Report of
the Twelfth Meeting of the CMS
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| 11th
Scientific Council Meeting |
| Bonn, Germany, 14-17
September 2002 |
Report
of the Eleventh Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 10th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Edinburgh, Scotland,
United Kingdom, 2-4 May 2001 |
Report
of the Tenth Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 9th
Scientific Council Meeting |
| Cape Town, South Africa,
4-6 November 1999 |
Report
of the Ninth Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 8th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Wageningen, The Netherlands,
3-5 June 1998 |
Report
of the Eighth Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 7th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Geneva, Switzerland,
10-16 April 1997 |
Report
of the Seventh Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 6th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Bonn, Germany, 1-3
November 1995 |
Report
of the Sixth Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 5th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Nairobi, Kenya, 4-5 June 1994 |
Report of
the fifth Meeting of the CMS Scientific Council
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| 4th Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Bonn, Germany, 17-19 May 1993 |
Report of
the fourth Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 3rd Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Geneva, Switzerland, 9-13 September
1991 |
Report of
the third Meeting of the CMS Scientific Council
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| 2nd Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Bonn, Germany, 14-15 March 1991 |
Report of
the second Meeting of the CMS Scientific
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| 1st Scientific
Council Meeting |
| Geneva, Switzerland, 11-14 October
1988 |
Report of
the first Meeting of the CMS Scientific Council
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