As an environmental treaty of the United Nations, CMS provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats. CMS brings together the States through which migratory animals pass, the Range States, and lays the legal foundation for internationally coordinated conservation measures throughout a migratory range.
As the only global convention specializing in the conservation of migratory species, their habitats and migration routes, CMS complements and co-operates with a number of other international organizations, NGOs and partners in the media as well as in the corporate sector.
Migratory species threatened with extinction are listed on Appendix I of the Convention. CMS Parties strive towards strictly protecting these animals, conserving or restoring the places where they live, mitigating obstacles to migration and controlling other factors that might endanger them. Besides establishing obligations for each State joining the Convention, CMS promotes concerted action among the Range States of many of these species.
Migratory species that need or would significantly benefit from international co-operation are listed in Appendix II of the Convention. For this reason, the Convention encourages the Range States to conclude global or regional agreements.
In this respect, CMS acts as a framework Convention. The agreements may range from legally binding treaties (called Agreements) to less formal instruments, such as Memoranda of Understanding, and can be adapted to the requirements of particular regions. The development of models tailored according to the conservation needs throughout the migratory range is a unique capacity to CMS.
Access the text of the Convention on Migratory Species and the Appendices.
Instrument name | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
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Languages | English French Spanish |
Depositary | Germany |
Website URL | http://www.cms.int/ |
Other | Summary of the application of CMS to Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions of Parties and of reservations regarding species in the CMS Appendices |
Attachment | Size |
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Convention text (English) | 29.28 KB |
Texte de la Convention (français) | 32.24 KB |
Texto de la Convención (español) | 36.45 KB |
ConventionText (Arabic) نص الاتفاقية | 422.25 KB |
Convention Text (Chinese) 公约文本 | 746.12 KB |
Convention Text (Russian) текст Конвенции | 337.12 KB |
Application of CMS to Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions of Parties & of reservations on species in the CMS Appendices | 143.53 KB |
Scientific name | Common name | Class | Order | Family | Appendix (App. I / App. II) |
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Gyps indicus | Indian Vulture, Long-billed Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Gyps rueppelli | Rüppell's Vulture, Rüppell's Griffon | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Gyps tenuirostris | Slender-billed Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Necrosyrtes monachus | Hooded Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Sarcogyps calvus | Red-headed Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Torgos tracheliotos | Lappet-faced Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Trigonoceps occipitalis | White-headed Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | 2017 / 1979 |
Coragyps atratus | Black Vulture | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Cathartes burrovianus | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Cathartes melambrotus | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Gymnogyps californianus | California condor | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Vultur gryphus | Andean Condor | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Sarcoramphus papa | King vulture | Aves | Cathartiformes | Cathartidae | - / 1979 |
Pan troglodytes | Chimpanzee | Mammalia | Primates | Hominidae | 2017 / 2017 |
Lasiurus cinereus | Hoary Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 2017 |
Lasiurus borealis | Eastern Red Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 2017 |
Lasiurus blossevillii | Southern Red Bat, Western Red Bat or Desert Red Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 2017 |
Lasiurus ega | Southern Yellow Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 2017 |
Panthera leo | Lion | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | - / 2017 |
Panthera pardus | Leopard, Panther | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | - / 2017 |
Ursus arctos isabellinus | Gobi Bear | Mammalia | Carnivora | Ursidae | 2017 / - |
Pusa caspica | Caspian Seal | Mammalia | Carnivora | Phocidae | 2017 / 2017 |
Equus africanus | African Wild Ass, Somali Wild Ass, Nubian Wild Ass | Mammalia | Perissodactyla | Equidae | 2017 / - |
Giraffa camelopardalis | Giraffe | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Giraffidae | - / 2017 |