The CMS Event calendar provides a listing of dates of interest
relevant to CMS, its Regional Agreements and MoUs, and the
greater migratory species conservation community.
| Date |
TITLE |
VENUE |
ORGANIZED BY |
| January
2012 |
| 10-12 |
Workshop on "Conservation of
the Irrawaddy Dolphin" |
Cambodia |
WWF |
| 12-20 |
7th ARRCN Symposium on Asian raptors |
Incheon, Republic of Korea |
note new dates |
| 17-18 |
OSPAR: 2nd Meeting on the Collective
Arrangements for the North-East Atlantic (Madeira II
Meeting) |
Paris, France |
|
| 18 |
Roundtable Staekholder Discussion
on the Project "Bidiversity Bonn" (BION) |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 21-22 |
IOSEA Advisory Committee meeting |
Bangkok, Thailand |
IOSEA |
| 23-27 |
6th Meeting of IOSEA MoU Signatory
States |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 31 January-2 February |
8th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Jastarnia
Group |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| February
2012 |
| 6-8 |
UNESCO WHC Meeting on "World
Heritage and Sustainable Development" |
Ouro Preto, Brazil |
|
| 6-8 |
International Symposium: Water and
Wetlands ain the Mediterranean (MedWet) |
Agadir, Morocco |
|
| 6-8 |
Steering Committee Meeting: BirdLife/MAVA
Foundation Project "Strengthening Networks for
the Conservation of Migratory Birds along the West Coast
of Africa" |
Freetown, Sierra Leone |
|
| 6-9 |
Meeting with Blue Ventures and the
Ministry of Environmental Affairs re Bazaruto Pilot
Project for dugong conservation |
Maputo, Mozambique |
|
| 9 |
Visit of Vance Martin (President,
Wild Foundation) and Magnus Sylven (WILD 10 Executive
Committee member) |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 9-10 |
European Raptors Monitoring Network
(EURAPMON) Workshop |
Murcia, Spain |
|
| 14-17 |
Sahelo-Saharan Project: meeting
with EU and Niger Environment Ministry |
Niamey, Niger |
|
| 20-21 |
8th International Symposium on SEASRAT2000
and Asian Bio-logging Science |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 20-22 |
12th Special Session of the UNEP
Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 22-24 |
Cross River Gorilla: Regional Action
Planning Workshop |
Limbe, Cameroon |
WCS |
| 23 |
PEBLDS - Pan-European 2020 Strategy
for Biodiversity - meeting to present the work plan
to implement the Strategy |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 23-27 |
IUCN SSC Specialist Group Chairs'
Meeting |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
hosted by EAD |
| 26 |
Save Our Sirenians - Dugongs and
Western African Manatees |
Abu Dahbi, UAE |
|
| 27 Feb- 1March |
CBD Regional Workshop for Africa
on Updating NBSAPs (economics of ecosystems and biodiversity
as a mainstreaming tool) |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
CBD |
| 28-29 |
BOBLME Partners' Meeting for Project
and Portfolio Managers Working in Fisheries |
Bangkok, Thaliand |
|
| 29 |
NABU Dialogue Forum: Fishing for
Litter |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 29 Feb - 4 March |
Torres Strait Dugong and Turtle
Meeting |
Thursday Island, Torres Strait |
|
| March 2012 |
| 8-14 |
SPREP Review of the Pacific Islands
Regional Marine Species Programme Action Plans 2013-17
(inc Whale & Dolphin Action Plan and CMS Pacific
Cetaceans MOU) |
Nadi, Fiji |
|
| 12 |
Waterbird Monitoring Partnership
Meeting |
Ede, Netherlands |
|
| 12-16 |
SEAGDEC Fishing Trial and Demonstration
to Promote the Use of Circle-hook in Bottom Longline
Fishing |
Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia |
|
| 13-14 |
SEAFDEC-SIDA-BOBLME North Andaman
Sea/Myeik Archipelago Cosnukltative Meeting |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 13-16 |
Workshop on "Linking Tourism
& Conservation" |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
Wetlands International, BirdLife
International, UNEP, WTO |
| 13-16 |
32nd International Sea Turtle Symposium
(ISTS) |
Oaxaca, Mexico |
|
| 14 |
BION 2nd Multi-Stakeholder meetig
(Biodiversity Bonn) |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 15-20 |
CITES 26th Animals Committee Meeting |
Geneva Switzerland |
|
| 19-23 |
Sixth Meeting of Partners of the
East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAPF) |
Palembang, Indonesia |
hosted by the
EAD |
| 19 |
2nd Meeting of the ASCOBANS North
Sea Group |
Galway, Ireland |
|
| 20-22 |
ASCOBANS: 19th Meeting of the Advisory
Committee |
Galway, Ireland |
|
| 20-23 |
"Young Leaders for the Sustainabilty"
Training Workshop: Global Trends and Individual Possibilties
to Act |
Potsdam, Germany |
|
| 22-24 |
Joint Meeting of the CITES Animals
and Plants Committees |
Dublin, Ireland |
CITES |
| 22-26 |
Workshop on "Sustainable Management
of Central Asian Game Animals" |
Vilm, Germany |
GIZ |
| 23 |
Workshop on the Dutch Harbour Porpoise
Conservation Plan |
Galway, Ireland |
|
| 24 |
ECS/ASCOBANS/ACCOBAMS Workshop on
the EU Habitats Directive |
Galway, Ireland |
|
| 24-25 |
European Cetaceans Society - Workshops |
Galway, Ireland |
|
| 25 |
5th Meeting of the Chairs of the
Scientific Advisory Bodies of Biodiversity-related Conventions
(CSAB) |
Dublin, Ireland |
|
| 25-29 |
International Symposium "Biodiversity
Research in Mongolia" |
Halle, Germany |
|
| 26-27 |
PAME I - 2012: Protection of the
Arctic Marine Environment Working Group Meeting |
Stockholm, Sweden |
|
| 26-28 |
European Cetacean Society - Annual
Meeting |
Galway, Ireland |
|
| 27-29 |
1st International Chiefs of Environment
Compliance and Enforcement Summit |
Lyon, France |
|
| 27 March - 4 April |
IOSEA Capacity Buidling / techncial
Support |
Yangon/Thameehla Isalnd, Myanmar |
|
| 28 |
EUROBATS: 7th Standing Committee |
Paris, France |
|
| 28-29 |
2nd Meeting of Arctic Council Senior
Officials |
Stockholm, Sweden |
|
| 29 |
ENTRP: Second Programme Sterring
Committee |
Brussels, Belgium |
DG DEVCO |
| 29 |
1st Saker Falcon Task Force Meeting |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
|
| April
2012 |
| or May |
Raptors MOU: Strategy Guidelines
Technical Workshop |
|
precise date and venue tbd |
| 13-15 |
New England Whale Watch Naturalist
Workshop |
Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA |
|
| 14-21 |
Pan-African Vulture Summit |
Maasai Mara, Kenya |
|
| 16-21 |
2nd Session of the Plenary Meeting
on IPBES |
Panama City, Panama |
|
| 17-18 |
European Biodiversity Summit |
Stuttgart, Germany |
|
| 19 |
1st Meeting of the Global Partnership
for Oceans |
Washington DC, USA |
|
| 22-27 |
International Polar Year "From
Knowledge to Action" Conference |
Montreal, Canada |
|
| 23-27 |
ACAP: 4th Meeting of the Parties |
Lima, Peru |
|
| 25 |
Meeting of the Alexander-Koenig-Curatorium |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 30 April - 5 May |
CBD 16th Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical & Technological Advice (SBSSTA) - Issues
Management Group meeting in the margins of SBSSTA |
Montreal, Canada |
|
| May
2012 |
| 8-11 |
CIC General Assembly Meeting |
Cape Town, South Africa |
note
revised start date |
| 9 |
BION Consultations with UN partner
organizations |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 9-11 |
Environmental Law Conference: "Rule
of Law of Nature" - Basic Issues and New Developments
in Environmental Law |
Oslo, Norway |
|
| 12-13 |
African Regional Preparatory Workshop
for AEWA MOP5 |
La Rochelle, France |
|
| 12-13 |
World Migratory Bird Day |
Worldwide |
|
| 13 |
Raptor Event for WMBD - 100 Telescopes
at Pointe de Grave |
Pointe de Grave, France |
LPO |
| 14-18 |
AEWA MOP5 |
La Rochelle, France |
|
| 15-17 |
EUROBATS 17th Advisory Committee
Meeting |
Dublin, Ireland |
|
| 18-22 |
Museum Koenig: Whale and Dolphin
Roadshow |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 20 |
International Day of the Baltic
Harbour Porpoise |
various countries in the Baltic
region |
|
| 30 |
Friends of CMS Board Meeting |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| June 2012 |
| June |
UNESCO/World Heritage Centre Committee
Meeting |
St Petersburg, Russian Federation |
|
| 4-6 |
African Parliamentary Colloquium
on MEAs |
Kampala, Uganda |
Government of Uganda, AUC and UNEP |
| 13-15 |
UN Conference on Sustainable Development
(UNCSD) - 3rd Meeting Preparatory Committee |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|
| 13-17 |
"Young Leaders for Sustainability"
Training Workshop: Designing the Future through Engagement
Priocesses |
Potsdam, Germany |
|
| 16-19 |
UN Conference on Sustainable Development
(UNCSD) - Four Days of Dialogue |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|
| 18-22 |
3rd International Conference on
Progress in Marine Conservation in Europe 2012 |
Stralsund, Germany |
|
| 20-22 June |
UN Conference on Sustainable Development
(UNCSD) - Rio +20 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|
| July
2012 |
| Q3 or Q4 |
2nd Saker Falcon Task Force Meeting |
|
precise date and venue tbd |
| 4 |
BION 3rd Multistakeholder Meeting |
Bonn |
date tbc |
| 4 |
Ramsar Standing Committee - 44th
Meeting |
Bucharest, Romania |
Ramsar |
| 5 |
Ramsar - Regional Meetings |
Bucharest, Romania |
Ramsar |
| 6-13 |
Ramsar - COP11: Wetlands, Tourism
and Recreation |
Bucharest, Romania |
|
| 8-11 |
1st Planning Meeting for ICARUS
(Global Small-Animal Tracking System) |
Ringberg Castle, Germany |
|
| 15-18 |
North America Congress for Conservation
Biology (NACCB 2012) |
Oakland, California, USA |
|
| 21-25 |
26th International Congress for
Conservation Biology (ICCB) |
Baltimore, USA |
|
| 23-27 |
CITES: 62nd Meeting of the Standing
Committee |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| August
2012 |
| |
Raptors MOU: Capacity Building Workshop
(1) |
Ghana |
precise dates to be confirmed |
| 27-30 |
AEWA: 11th Techncial Committee meeting |
Accra, Ghana |
|
| 27-31 |
2012 Pacific Isalnds Forum: Leaders
Meeting |
Cook Islands |
|
| 28 Aug - 1 Sept |
3rd European Congress of Conservation
Biology |
Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
|
| 31 |
100th Anniversary of the Museum
Koenig |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 31 Aug -2 Sept |
Landbirds Working Group Meeting |
Accra, Ghana |
|
| September
2012 |
| |
Raptors MOU: Capacity Building Workshop
(2) |
Middle East |
precise venue and date tbd |
| 3 |
Pacific Environment Forum (PEF) |
Noumea, New Caledonia |
|
| 4-6 |
23rd SPREP Meeting of Officials |
Noumea, New Caledonia |
|
| 5 |
Seminar on Saiga Conservation, Museum
Koenig |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 6-15 |
IUCN World Conservation Congress |
Jeju Island, Korea |
|
| 10-14 |
14th Session of the African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
(10-12: Expert Group Segment; 13-14 Ministerial Segment) |
Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania |
|
| 17-19 |
IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems
and Bycatch |
Cape Town, South Africa |
|
| 19-23 |
"Young Leaders for Sustainability"
Training Workshop: Promoting Innovation and Using Collective
Intelligence |
Potsdam, Germany |
|
| 24-27 |
1st Meeting of Signatory States
to CMS Sharks MOU |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| October
2012 |
| |
CMS Family Handbook Workshop |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 1-5 |
Sixth Meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety |
Hyderabad, India |
|
| 8-19 |
CBD COP11 (High Level Segment: 17-19) |
Hyderabad, India |
|
| 14-21 |
13th Pan-African Ornithological
Congress (PAOC 13): "Birds in a Changing Environment" |
Arusha, Tanzania |
|
| 16 |
1st Meeting of the 2020 Heads of
Agencies Task Force |
India |
CBD |
| 18-24 |
Pan-African Ornithological Congress |
Nigeria |
|
| 22-24 |
ASCOBANS: 7th Meeting of Parties |
Brighton, United Kingdom |
|
| 25-26 |
World Whale Conference |
Brighton, United Kingdom |
|
| 27-28 |
Whalefest: Festival about whales
and dolphins |
Brighton, United Kingdom |
|
| November
2012 |
| 5-6 |
CMS Strategic Plan Working Group |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 7-8 |
40th Meeting of the CMS Standing
Committee |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 12-16 |
10th COP to the Abidjan Convention
- theme: Financing marine and coastal projects |
Pointe Noire, Congo |
|
| 14 |
Museum Alexander Koenig Curatorium |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 27-29 |
International Ornithological Congress
of Southeast Asia |
Phuket, Thailand |
|
| 27-30 |
Bern Convention: 32nd Standing Committee
Meeting |
Strasbourg, France |
|
| 28 Nov- 1 Dec |
"Young Leaders fro Sustainability"
Training Workshop: Global Sustanabilty - the Development
Dimension of Sustainability |
Potsdam, Germany |
|
| December
2012 |
| |
Sooty Falcon Workshop |
Madagascar |
precise date tbd |
| 4-6 |
2nd Meeting of Signatory States
to the Dugong MoU |
Manila, Philippines |
|
| 9-11 |
1st Meeting of Signatory States
to the Raptors MOU |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
note precise
dates |
| 10-14 |
Nairobi Convention COP7: "Partnering
for a Healthy Western Indian Ocean" |
Maputo, Mozambique |
|
| 12-13 |
Central Asian Flyway (CAF) Workshop |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
precise dates
now confirmed |
| 13-15 |
ACCOBAMS: Eighth Meeting of the
Scientific Committee |
Monaco |
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| 2013 |
| Q1 |
International Single Species Action
Planning Workshop (Saker Falcon) |
|
precise date t.b.d. |
| 6-10 Feb |
"Young Leaders for Sustainability"
Training Workshop; Sustainabilty as a Guide for our
Professional Lives |
Potsdam, Germany |
|
| 3-15 March |
CITES COP16 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| Q2 |
International Single Species Action
Planning Workshop (Egyptian Vulture) |
Bulgaria ? |
precise dates and venue t.b.d. |
| 20-22 June |
BirdLife World Congress |
Ottawa, Canada |
Hosted by Nature Canada and Bird
Studies Canada |
| October |
WILD10: 10th World Wilderness Congress |
Spain |
precise date t.b.d. |
| Late 2013 |
CMS Strategic Plan Working Group
Meeting (immediately prior to CMS StC 41) |
|
precise dates and venue t.b.d. |
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