National, regional and international governance arrangements and agreements affecting migratory species and their migration systems have improved significantly, making relevant policy, legislative and implementation processes more coherent, accountable, transparent, participatory, equitable and inclusive.
Note: Reference to governance “affecting” migratory species here indicates that this is not limited only to conservation governance, but extends to other levels/sectors that may also have an effect.
Expected result
It is first assumed here that “governance arrangements and agreements affecting migratory species and their migration systems” can be readily identified and listed at national, regional and international levels. Responsibility for doing that will divide between authorities at each of these levels.
Arrangements and agreements specifically directed at the conservation (or management, or exploitation) of migratory species and their migration systems will obviously be relevant; but so too will be any other arrangements or agreements, perhaps directed at a different sector altogether, which nevertheless directly or indirectly “affect” migratory species or their migration systems.
Arrangements or agreements relating specifically to development and poverty reduction strategies and planning processes (including on livelihoods) should however not be considered here because they are covered separately by Target 2. Arrangements or agreements relating specifically to National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) should also not be considered here because they are covered separately by Target 13.
The target appears to suggest that first the relevant arrangements and agreements should improve in some (unspecified) way, and then this will lead to an increase in coherence, accountability, transparency, participation, equitability and inclusiveness. It would however be more practical to assume that the improvement being sought consists of greater coherence, accountability, etc in the relevant policies, legislation and implementation processes. No benchmark standards of coherence, accountability etc are in common use, and moving to adopt any such standards would raise considerable definitional challenges. Assessing the change expected by this target is therefore inevitably going to be a matter of qualitative value-judgment.
The target does however in this case explicitly expect a change to be visible; and moreover it cannot simply be fulfilled by achieving improvements, but instead the improvements must be “significant”; so the magnitude of the change is important.
A - Outreach, promotion and uptake of the Plan
- CMS Communication Strategy (under development)
B - The delivery framework
- Resolution 11.13 Concerted and Cooperative Actions
- The Memorandum of Understanding for the conservation of cetaceans and their habitats in the Pacific Islands Region: Whale and Dolphin Action Plan 2013-2017
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks; Conservation Plan
- Conservation and Management Plan of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs (Dugon dugong) and their Habitats throughout their Range
- CMS COP Resolution 11.31 (2014) on Fighting wildlife crime and offences within and beyond borders
C - Key partnerships and other supporting delivery frameworks
- Memorandum of Understanding for the conservation of cetaceans and their habitats in the Pacific Islands Region: Whale and Dolphin Action Plan 2013-2017
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks; Conservation Plan
- Conservation and Management Plan of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs (Dugon dugong) and their Habitats throughout their Range
- Saker Falcon Global Action Plan
- Programme of Work of the Central Asian Mammals Initiative
D - Capacity development
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU Action Plan)
- Conservation and Management Plan of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs (Dugon dugong) and their Habitats throughout their Range
- MoU for the Conservation of cetaceans and their habitats in the Pacific Island Region: Whale and Dolphin Action Plan 2013-2017
- Action Plan for the conservation of small cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia
- Memorandum of Understanding for the conservation of cetaceans and their habitats in the Pacific Islands Region: Whale and Dolphin Action Plan 2013-2017
E - Resourcing for biodiversity (including human, technical and financial resources)
Section to be completed soon
F - Monitoring and evaluation, including indicators, milestones and feedback to the sub-targets, as well as headline measures of success by which overall success of the SPMS may be judged
G - Reporting on and review of progress at national level and by governing bodies such as the CMS COP
- I(a). General Information
- 2. Questions on CMS Agreements
- 3. Listing of migratory species in Appendix II
- X. Implementation of COP Resolutions and Recommendations
- Revised version of questions proposed in Standing Committee
- Modus Operandi for Conservation Emergencies (10.2)
- Cooperation with Other Bodies and Processes (7.9)
- Synergies and Partnerships/Cooperation with other Conventions (8.11/9.11/10.21)
- Future strategies of the CMS Family/“Future Shape” (10.9)