Como tratado ambiental bajo los auspicios del Programa de las Naciones Unidas, la CMS ofrece una plataforma global para la conservación y el uso sostenible de especies migratorias y sus hábitats. La CMS reúne a los Estados por los que pasan los animales migratorios, los Estados del área, y establece las bases legales para medidas de conservación coordinadas internacionalmente a través de un área de migración.
Como la única convención global especializada en la conservación de las especies migratorias, sus hábitats y sus rutas de migración, la CMS complementa y coopera con varias organizaciones internacionales, ONGs y socios tanto en los medios de comunicación como en el sector empresarial.
Las especies migratorias en peligro de extinción figuran en el Apéndice I de la Convención. Las Partes de la CMS se esfuerzan por proteger estrictamente a estos animales, conservando y restaurando los lugares donde viven, atenuando los obstáculos a la migración y controlando otros factores que puedan ponerlas en peligro. Además de establecer obligaciones para todos los estados miembros de la Convención, la CMS promueve la acción concertada entre los estados del área de distribución de muchas de estas especies.
Las especies migratorias que necesitan o se beneficiarían considerablemente de una cooperación internacional figuran en el Apéndice II de la Convención. Por esta razón, la Convención anima a los estados del área de distribución a crear acuerdos globales o regionales.
A este respecto la CMS actúa como una convención marco. Los acuerdos pueden variar desde tratados legalmente vinculantes (llamados Acuerdos) a instrumentos menos formales, como los Memorandos de Entendimiento, y pueden adaptarse a las necesidades de cada región en particular. El desarrollo de modelos hechos a medida de acuerdo a las necesidades de conservación a lo largo de toda el área migratoria es una capacidad única de la CMS.
Título | Estado | Status date | CMS Party number | Region |
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Bolivia | Party | 2003 | 081 | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Party | 2017 | 126 | Europe |
Botswana | Non-Party | Africa | ||
Brazil | Party | 2015 | 122 | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
Brunei Darussalam | Non-Party | Asia | ||
Bulgaria | Party | 1999 | 061 | Europe |
Burkina Faso | Party | 1990 | 030 | Africa |
Burundi | Party | 2011 | 116 | Africa |
Cabo Verde | Party | 2006 | 096 | Africa |
Cambodia | Non-Party | Asia | ||
Cameroon | Party | 1983 | 001 | Africa |
Canada | Non-Party | North America | ||
Central African Republic | Party | 2018 | 128 | Africa |
Chad | Party | 1997 | 051 | Africa |
Chile | Party | 1983 | 001 | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
China | Non-Party | AM | Asia | |
Colombia | Non-Party | AM | South & Central America & The Caribbean | |
Comoros | Non-Party | AM | Africa | |
Congo (Brazzaville) | Party | 2000 | 066 | Africa |
Cook Islands | Party | 2006 | 098 | Oceania |
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 |
Nombre científico | Nombre común | Class | Order | Family | Appendix (App. I / App. II) |
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Acipenser schrenckii | Amur Sturgeon | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1999 |
Brotogeris pyrrhopterus | Grey-Cheeked Parakeet | Aves | Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | 2002 / - |
Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Phalaropus lobatus | Red-Necked Phalarope | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Gyps fulvus | Griffon Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Limosa limosa | Black-Tailed Godwit | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Thalasseus bergii | Great Crested Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Uncia uncia | Snow Leopard | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | 1986 / - |
Geokichla guttata | Spotted Ground Thrush | Aves | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | 2005 / 1979 |
Sternula albifrons | Little Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Rhinolophus euryale | Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Rhinolophidae | - / 1985 |
Sterna hirundo hirundo | Common Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Larus relictus | Relict Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | 1979 / - |
Aythya baeri | Baer's Pochard | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | 2008 / 1979 |
Cephalorhynchus commersonii | Commerson's Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 1991 |
Ardea alba alba | Great Egret, Great White Egret | Aves | Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | - / 1994 |
Plectropterus gambensis | Spur-Winged Goose | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Macronectes halli | Northern Giant Petrel | Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellaridae | - / 1999 |
Myotis blythii | Lesser Mouse-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Milvus lineatus | Black-Eared Kite | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Butastur rufipennis | Grasshopper Buzzard | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Balaenoptera bonaerensis | Antarctic Minke Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Balaenopteridae | - / 2002 |
Isurus oxyrinchus | Shortfin Mako Shark | Chondrichthyes | Lamniformes | Lamnidae | - / 2008 |
Project | Fecha de inicio | End date | Implementing Agency | Estado | Region |
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Awareness Campaign for the Lesser White-fronted Goose | The Norwegian Ornithological Society (project leader); Danish National Environmental Research Institute (focal point councillor) | Completed | Asia, Europe | ||
Movements of Atlantic leatherback turtles – Steps toward by-catch reduction and trans-oceanic cooperation for conservation | WWF – Latin America & the Caribbean Program (LAC) | Completed | Atlantic Ocean | ||
prepare Action Plans for the conservation of the Corncrake (Crex crex) and the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) | BirdLife International (BLI) | Completed | |||
Action Plan for the recovery of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Eastern Atlantic (Meeting of the Action Plan working group in the Mauritania) | Fundación CBD para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad y su Habitat (CBD-Habitat) | Completed | Eastern Atlantic | ||
PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE HIGH-ANDEAN FLAMINGOS (overview: "Winter census of High Andes Flamingos") | Fundación Pacha Mama | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
design and construction of an observatory for the study and observation of the Huemul Deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) | Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA) | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) Conservation in the Austral Region of Argentina and Chile | Wetlands International-Americas (WI-A); Corporación Nacional Forestal, Chile (CONAF) | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
Slender-billed Curlew Survey of the Gulf coast of Iran | Foundation Working Group International waterbird and wetland Research (Foundation WIWO) | Completed | Asia | ||
Using Satellite Telemetry to Determine Post-Nesting Migratory Corridors and Foraging Grounds of Green Turtles Nesting at Poilão, Guinea Bissau | Marine Turtle Research Group (MTRG) | Completed | Africa | ||
Study: Conservation Priorities for Shark and Ray Species included and proposed for inclusion in Annex 1 to the CMS Sharks MOU | In preparation | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South & Central America & The Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Atlantic, Indian Ocean, North Pacific, South Pacific, South-East Asia, South-West Asia, South-Western Atlantic, West Africa, Western Pacific |
Número del documento | Título | Publish date | Instrumento de la CMS |
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UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.133 | Zimbabwe - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.067 | Kenya - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.031 | Cuba - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.087 | Mozambique - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.032 | Cyprus - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.089 | New Zealand - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.042 | Estonia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.092 | North Macedonia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.127 | United Arab Emirates - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.094 | Pakistan - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.107 | Saudi Arabia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.109 | Serbia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.111 | Slovakia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.061 | Iraq - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.063 | Israel - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.069 | Latvia - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.008 | Australia - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.017 | Brazil - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.073 | Liechtenstein - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.047 | Finland - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.007 | Armenia - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.011 | Bangladesh - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.078 | Maldives - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.013 | Belgium - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.030 | Croatia - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |