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
2013 |
| 8 |
New Year’s Reception hosted
by the Federal German President |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 14-19 |
GEF Dugong and Seagrass Conservation
Project: Timor Leste National meeting |
Dili, Timor Leste |
cancelled |
| 21-26 |
IPBES: 1st Plenary Session |
Bonn, Germany |
IPBES |
| 27 Jan-2 Feb |
Prince Mahidol Award Conference
(PMAC) |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 28-29 |
WHMSI Steering Committee meeting |
Washington DC, USA |
|
| 28-30 |
Caribbean regional workshop |
Saint Lucia |
CARICOM Secretariat |
| February
2013 |
| 2-8 |
33rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle
Biology and Conservation |
Baltimore, USA |
|
| 4 |
Friends of CMS General Assembly
Meeting |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 4-8 |
Second resumed session of the Technical
Consultation on flag State Performance |
Rome, Italy |
|
| 4-8 |
South Pacific Whale Research Consortium
Meeting 13 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
|
| 4-8 |
Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI)
Capacity Building Workshop for West Africa |
Senegal |
|
| 5-6 |
Arctic Environment Ministers Meeting:
Arctic Change – Global Effects |
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden |
|
| 6 |
BION 5th multistakeholder-meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 6-8 |
International Symposium: Water and
Wetlands in the Mediterranean (MedWet) |
Agadir, Morocco |
|
| 6-10 |
"Young Leaders for Sustainability"
Training Workshop; Sustainabilty as a Guide for our
Professional Lives |
Potsdam, Germany |
|
| 11-14 |
CAFF Biannual |
Yakutsk, Russian Federation |
|
| 11-14 |
Sub-regional capacity-building workshop
to address invasive alien species and to achieve Aichi
biodiversity target 9 in the Arab region |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
|
| 12 |
Biodiversity Liaison Group meeting |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 12 |
5th Meeting of the Committee for
Captive Breeding, Reintroduction and Supplementation
of Lesser White-fronted Geese in Fennoscandia (RECAP
5) |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 13-14 |
Waterbird Monitoring Partnership
Meeting |
Ede, Netherlands |
|
| 18-22 |
27th Session of the UNEP Governing
Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 19-20 |
2nd Meeting of Signatory States
to the Dugong MoU |
Manila, Philippines |
|
| 21-22 |
GEF Dugong and Seagrass Conservation
Project – Inception Workshop |
Manila, Philippines |
|
| 25 Feb-1 March |
17th Meeting of the Ramsar Scientific
& Technical Review Panel (STRP17) |
Gland, Switzerland |
|
| 25 Feb-1 March |
North Pacific Regional workshop
to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically
significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
|
| 26 and 27-28 |
1st INTERPOL International Fisheries
Enforcement Conference
Meeting of the Fisheries Crime Working Group |
Lyon, France |
|
| March 2013 |
| 3 |
Dugong MoU signing |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
|
| 3-14 |
CITES COP16 (and 63rd meeting of
the CITES Standing Committee) - 40th Anniversary of
signing of CITES |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 4-7 |
Global Taxonomy initiative capacity
building workshop towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity
Targets 9 and 19 for Western and Central Africa |
Dakar, Senegal |
|
| 4-10 |
Third Southeast Asian Marine Mammal
Symposium (SEAMAM III) |
Langkawi, Malaysia |
|
| 5 |
Wetlands International Waterbird
Harvest Group (WHSG) Planning Meeting |
Brussels, Belgium |
|
| 11-15 |
IUCN Workshop on the Identification
Criteria and Delineation of Sites contributing to the
Global Persistence of Biodiversity |
Virginia, USA |
|
| 21 |
EUROBATS: 8th Standing Committee
Meeting |
London, UK |
|
| 27-29 |
Workshop on development of Bulgarian
National Lesser Whited-fronted Goose Action Plan |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
AEWA |
| April
2013 |
| 5-6 |
Baltic Sea Summit |
St Petersburg, Russian Federation |
|
| 6-12 |
27th Annual Conference of the European
Cetacean Society, incl. workshops and excursion |
Setubal, Portugal |
|
| 8-12 |
3rd
Meeting of Signatory States to the Middle-European Great
Bustard MoU |
Hungary |
|
| 8-12 |
South-Eastern Atlantic regional
workshop to facilitate the description of ecologically
or biologically significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) |
Namibia |
|
| 8-12 |
Ramsar Convention: 46th meeting
of the Standing Committee |
Gland, Switzerland |
|
| 15 |
SAMBAH (Static Acoustic Monitoring
of the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise) Stakeholder Workshop |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
|
| 15-16 |
UNFCCC Informal Meeting among Officials
of Treaty Bodies and Experts in International Law |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 15-18 |
6th Intergovernmental Biodiversity
in Europe Conference |
Batumi, Georgia |
|
| 16-18 |
ASCOBANS 9th Meeting of the Jastarnia
Group |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
|
| 18-19 |
Scoping Meeting on Global Initiative
on Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Timber |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 22-24 |
EUROBATS: 18th Advisory Committee
Meeting |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
|
| 28-30 |
CIC: 60th General Assembly Meeting |
Budapest, Hungary |
|
| 29-30 |
ACAP: Population and Conservation
Status Working Group |
La Rochelle, France |
|
| May
2013 |
| 1-3 |
ACAP: Seabird Bycatch Working Group |
La Rochelle, France |
ACAP |
| 1-5 |
13th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest
Group Meeting (SSIG) |
Agadir, Morocco |
|
| 6-10 |
AEWA Flyway Training Kit Workshop |
Naivasha, Kenya |
|
| 6-10 |
ACAP: 7th Meeting of Advisory Committee
(AC7) |
La Rochelle, France |
|
| 6-10 |
Regional Workshop for Latin America
on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action
Plans (NBSAPs) |
Villa de Leyva, Colombia |
|
| 6-10 |
Commission on Sustainable Development:
20th Meeting (CSD 20) |
New York, USA |
|
| 11 |
WMBD Event: Charity Concert of the
Bologna Opera Choir "Chorale San Rocco" |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 11-12 |
World Migratory Bird Day |
various locations |
AEWA / CMS |
| 13-17 |
Preparatory Workshop on Assessing
the Impacts of Marine Debris |
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA |
|
| 15 |
Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting
& Arctic Biodiversity Symposium |
Kiruna, Sweden |
|
| 19 |
International Day of the Baltic
Harbour Porpoise |
various locations around the Baltic |
|
| week beginning 20 |
AEWA Promotion Workshop |
Gaborone, Botswana |
|
| 20-24 |
FAO: Technical Consultation on International
Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries |
Rome, Italy |
|
| 21-23 |
4th Nevsky International Ecological
Congress |
St Petersburg, Russian Federation |
|
| 22 |
International Day for Biological
Diversity (IDB): Water and Biodiversity |
various locations |
|
| 24 |
European Day of Parks |
various locations |
|
| 24-25 |
IWC: Standing Working Group (SWG)
Workshop on Whale Wtach operations |
Brisbane, Australia |
|
| 26 |
IWC: Standing Working Group (SWG)
Meeting on Conservation Management Plans |
Brisbane, Australia |
|
| 27-30 |
25th Session of the International
Coordinating Council (ICC) of the Man and the Biosphere
(MAB), Programme, UNESCO |
Paris, France |
|
| 27-31 |
Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity:
Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society |
Trondheim, Norway |
|
| 27-28 |
CMS Working Group on Minimizing
Risk of Poisoning for Migratory Birds |
Tunis, Tunisia |
|
| 28-29 |
Preparations for the International
Snow Leopard Conservation Forum: Pre-Forum Drafting
Meeting |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
|
| 29-30 |
2nd Conference on Illegal Killing,
Trapping and Trade of Wild Birds |
Tunis, Tunisia |
|
| 31 |
4th Meeting of the Group of Experts
on Birds |
Tunis, Tunisia |
CMS-BLI |
| June 2013 |
| June |
WHMSI-5 meeting |
Panama? |
date and venue tbd |
| 1-5 June |
IPBES Multidisciplinary Experts
Panel (MEP) and 1st Bureau Meeting |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 3 |
FAO: Commission on Fisheries Meeting |
Rome, Italy |
|
| 3-14 |
UNFCCC 38th Session of the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA38) |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 4-6 |
MEA IKM Steering Committee Meeting |
Montreux, Switzerland |
|
| 5 |
World Environment Day (Theme: Think,
Eat, Save - Reduce Your Footprint) |
global |
|
| 9-13 |
East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership
- MOP7 |
Alaska, USA |
|
| 16-27 |
37th Session of the World Heritage
Committee |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
|
| 18 |
Technical Saiga Antelope MoU Meeting:
Enhancing Implementation and Coordination of the MoU |
Astana, Kazakhstan |
|
| 18-20 |
EGF 44th Council Meeting |
|
venue to be decided |
| 19-22 |
BirdLife World Congress |
Ottawa, Canada |
Hosted by Nature Canada and Bird
Studies Canada |
| 20-22 |
Meeting of the Bern Convention Group
of Experts on IAS |
Alghero, Sardinia |
|
| 20-24 |
Minimizing Conflicts between migrating
Wildlife and Mining in Central Asia |
Isle of Vilm, Germany |
|
| 25-27 |
Climate Change and Nature Conservation
in Europe |
Bonn, Germany |
BfN and European Network of Heads
of Nature Conservation agencies (ENCA) |
| July
2013 |
| 3rd Q |
International Single Species Action
Planning Workshop (Egyptian Vulture) |
Bulgaria ? |
precise dates and venue t.b.d. |
| 1-2 |
UNEP Meeting on Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 1-5 |
1 July: RAC/SPA 4th Meeting of NAtional
Correspondents of SAP BIO (Strategic Action Programme
for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the
Mediterranean Region); 2-5 July: RAC/SPA 11th Meeting
of Focal Points for SPAs (Specially Protected Areas) |
Rabat, Morocco |
|
| 3 |
BION: Multi-Stakeholder Meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 9-10 |
ACCOBAMS/ RAC-SPA Workshop on the
Impact of Climate Change on the Marine Environment |
Paris, France |
|
| 21-25 |
26th International Congress for
Conservation Biology (ICCD) |
Baltimore, USA |
|
| August
2013 |
| 9 |
UN International Day for World Indigenous
People |
global |
|
| 25-28 |
5th International Partners in Flight
Conference |
Snowbird, Utah, USA |
|
| 26 |
ASCOBANS: 3rd Meeting of the North
Sea Group |
Warsaw, Poland |
ASCOBANS |
| 27-29 |
ASCOBANS: 20th Meeting of the Advisory
Committee |
Warsaw, Poland |
|
| September
2013 |
| 9-12 |
Saker Falcon Task Force: Stakeholders
Workshop |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
|
| 9-13 |
Global Ocean Action Summit (GPO
Partners) |
The Hague, the Netherlands |
|
| 12-16 |
IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems
and Bycatch (WPEB) |
La Réunion, France |
|
| 16-20 |
Twenty-fourth SPREP Meeting |
Apia, Samoa |
|
| 18-20 |
AEWA: 9th Meeting of the Standing
Committee |
Trondheim, Norway |
|
| 18-20 |
19th Central Asian International
Mining Exploration and Mining Equipment Exhibition and
Forum |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
|
| 24 |
Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative Advisory
Board Meeting |
Wilhelmshaven.Germany |
|
| 24-29 |
37th Annual Meeting of the Waterbird
Society |
Wilhelmshaven.Germany |
|
| 27-30 |
International Wader Study Group
Annual Meeting |
Wilhelmshaven.Germany |
|
| October
2013 |
| October |
WILD10: 10th World Wilderness Congress |
Spain |
precise date t.b.d. |
| 8-10 |
Bern Convention International Workshop
on "How to communicate on pests and invasive alien
plants" |
Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal |
|
| 9-10 |
Scientific Council Strategic and
Planning Meeting |
Gaeta, Italy |
|
| 9-13 |
Annual EUROPARC Conference |
Hortobágy, Hungary |
|
| 14-18 |
17th Meeting of CBD Subsidiary Body
on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) |
Montreal, Canada |
|
| 20-26 |
RRF/NRN/WWGBP World Conference on
Birds of Prey |
Bariloche, Argentina |
|
| 28 Oct – 2 Nov |
8th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium |
Maputo, Mozambique |
|
| November
2013 |
| or December |
UNEP Global Summit on Illegal Trade
in Wildlife and Timber |
Africa |
precise dates and venue to be decided |
| |
37th Session of the UNESCO General
Conference |
Paris, France |
precise dates to be decided |
| |
19th Session of the UNESCO WHC General
Assembly |
Paris, France |
precise dates to be decided |
| 4-8 |
9th Pacific Island Conference on
Nature Conservation and Protected Areas |
Suva, Fiji |
|
| 5-7 |
GEF 45th Council Meeting |
|
venue to be decided |
| 5-8 |
ACCOBAMS: 5th Meeting of the Contracting
Parties |
Tangier, Morocoo |
|
| 11-12 |
UNFCCC COP19 |
t.b.d. |
|
| 25-26 |
CMS Strategic Plan Working Group
Meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 26 |
CMS Standing Committee: Budget &
Finance Sub-Committee |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 27-28 |
CMS: 41st Standing Committee Meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| December
2013 |
| or November |
UNEP Global Summit on Illegal Trade
in Wildlife and Timber |
Africa |
precise dates and venue to be decided |
| Dec |
IPBES 2 |
t.b.d |
precise dates and venue t.b.d. |
| 2-6 |
IOTC Scientific Committee Meeting |
Victoria, Seychelles |
|
| 3-6 |
Bern Convention: Standing Committee
Meeting |
Strasbourg, France |
|
| 23 |
49th CAMRE Executive Bureau (Council
of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment) |
Cairo, Egypt |
|
| 24-25 |
24th Session of CAMRE Council (Council
of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment) |
Cairo, Egypt |
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| 6-9 Feb |
Asian Raptor Research and Conservation
Network - 8th Symposium |
Pune, India |
|
| Feb/March |
Ramsar: 18th Meeting of the Scientific
and Technical Review Panel (SRTP 18) |
|
|
| March/April |
Ramsar: 47th Meeting of the Standing
Committee |
Gland, Switzerland |
|
| 31 March-4 April |
CITES: 21st Meeting of the Plants
Committee (PC21) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| April/May |
GEF 46th Council Meeting |
|
precise dates and venue to be decided |
| 7-11 April |
CITES: 27th Meeting of the Animals
Committee (AC27) |
|
dates to be confirmed |
| 23-26 April |
CIC: 61st General Assembly |
|
|
| 26-30 May |
GEF 46th Council Meeting |
|
venue to be decided |
| June |
CBD: 18th Meeting of the SBSTTA |
|
dates and venue to be confirmed |
| June |
United Nations Environment Assembly
(UNEA) |
to be announced |
dates and venue to be confirmed |
| 23-27 June |
5th Meeting of CBD Working Group
on review of Implementation (WGRI 5) |
Montreal, Canada |
dates and venue to be confirmed |
| 14-19 Aug |
International Marine Conservation
Congress (IMCC3) |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
| 29 Sept-3 Oct |
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
COP-MOP 7 |
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea |
|
| 6-17 Oct |
CBD COP 12 (Theme: “Biodiversity
for Sustainable Development”) |
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea |
|
| October |
CBD COP12 |
Korea |
dates and venue to be confirmed |
| October |
1st Meeting of the Parties to the
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing |
Korea |
dates and venue to be confirmed |
| |
65th Meeting of the CITES Standing
Committee |
|
dates and venue to be confirmed |
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