Bonn, 11 May 2007: Robert Hepworth (photo: left), Executive Secretary CMS, and Linda Krueger (photo: right), Director, Wildlife Conservation Society Policy Programme, today signed a cooperation agreement towards achieving the 2010 targets in nature and biodiversity conservation. The agreement, signed at the UN German Headquarters in Bonn, is intended to enable joint efforts in major and diverse fields, such as gorillas, avian influenza, cetaceans, turtles and aridland mammals, covering a wide geographic scope from various sub-Saharan countries to Mongolia to Thailand.

The joint work programme ranges from monitoring through tourism impact through other conservation measures.

For further information please contact:
Paola Deda, Inter-Agency Liaison Officer
UNEP/CMS Secretariat
pdeda@cms.int
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