Asia

Historic UN Wildlife Meeting Concludes with Major Set of Actions for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

A host of new measures to safeguard migratory species, have been adopted at the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) concluded today in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Among the measures agreed: the addition of 14 additional species to the coverage of the Convention, including the Eurasian Lynx, Pallas’s Cat and Sand Tiger Shark.  Other measures were adopted to safeguard species such as the chimpanzee and giraffe.

17 February 2024

Guardian of the Green Turtles: The Unwavering Devotion of Abdullah Mirbahir for Marine Conservation in Pakistan

by Summaiya Abid and Shoaib Abdul Razzaque, WWF-Pakistan

16 June 2023

Une nouvelle étude révèle que la consommation de viande d’animaux sauvages appartenant à la mégafaune aquatique protégée par la CMS est largement répandue dans les tropiques

Dans la majeure partie du monde, et en particulier dans les régions tropicales et subtropicales, les animaux sauvages aquatiques sont capturés ou attrapés de façon opportuniste, et leur viande, les parties de leurs corps et/ou leurs œufs sont consommés à des fins de subsistance locale ou utilisés à des fins traditionnelles.

22 March 2022

Le Royaume de Bahreïn adhère à la CMS

Le Royaume de Bahreïn a adhéré à la Convention, portant le nombre de Parties à 133. Il vient s’ajouter à la liste toujours plus longue des Parties contractantes provenant d’Asie.

28 February 2022

Risk Assessment of Plastic Pollution to Migratory Species in the Mekong and Ganga River Basins

The report “Risk assessment of plastic pollution to migratory species in the Mekong and Ganga River Basins” maps plastic hotspots and assesses the risk of plastic pollution on migratory species in these two river basins. It focuses on the impacts of plastic pollution on freshwater and terrestrial species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

07 March 2022