At its third meeting the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP) requested the Executive Secretary, in consultation with the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), "to evaluate how the implementation of that Convention can complement the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity through its transboundary co-ordinated and concerted action on a regional, continental and global scale" (CBD COP, Decision III/21).

At CBD COP IV, the UNEP/CMS Secretariat submitted a progress report entitled "Linkages and Co-ordination Between the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and the Convention on Biological Diversity" (UNEP/CBD/COP/4/Inf.22/Rev.1). Under Section IV (Conclusions) COP IV was requested to postpone the consideration of Decision III/21 until COP V "because the implementation of co-ordinated plans has not yet advanced far enough satisfactorily to explain to the CBD COP, as requested in its decision III/21, paragraph 7(b), the usefulness and effectiveness of the complementary work under CMS".

At the fifth meeting of the CBD COP, the UNEP/CMS Secretariat submitted a study (UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF.28) providing the factual basis for the respective CBD and CMS Conferences of Parties, the secretariats and individual Contracting Parties to identify some of the complementarities between the two instruments.

The study was commissioned by UNEP and the CMS Secretariat and is entitled A Guide to the Complementarities Between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity, by Lyle Glowka of Biodiversity Strategies International. In particular, it is hoped that the study will contribute to a better understanding of:

• The importance of migratory species in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use efforts;

• How the CMS Instruments support and can continue to support the CBD’s implementation; and

• The possible synergies between the CMS Instruments and the CBD.

During CBD COP V the study was presented on different occasions: The author, who attended the meeting himself, explained in detail the results and outcomes of the report in a workshop which dealt exclusively with his survey. The essentials of the study were also illustrated by means of an exhibition which coincided with the official launch of the new UNEP/CMS poster. Representatives of the relevant conventions opened the exhibition which could be visited throughout the Conference.

An extract from the relevant decision taken at CBD COP 5 Decision V/21 is set out below:

Cooperation with other bodies

1. Takes note of ongoing cooperation activities;

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6. Recalling decision III/21, takes note of the United Nations Environment Programme/Convention on Migratory Species study on the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/28);

7. Requests the Executive Secretary to take the study into consideration and, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species, to develop a proposal on how migratory species could be integrated into the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the role the Convention on Migratory Species could play in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity with regard to, inter alia, the ecosystem approach, the Global Taxonomy Initiative, indicators, assessments and monitoring, protected areas, public education and awareness, and sustainable use, including tourism;

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