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 |
ORGANISED BY |
| Nov-Dec |
East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership:
4th Meeting of the Partners |
Seoul, Korea (tbc) |
dates and venue to be confirmed |
| January
2009 |
| 6-9 |
Lesser White Fronted Goose Meeting |
Trondheim, Norway |
EU-LIFE |
| 15 |
"Gorillas on Ice" - Year of the Gorilla
event |
London, UK |
Natural History Museum |
16-18 |
International Symposium on Bat Migration |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 20-22 |
Technical Workshop on Minimizing Sea Turtle Interaction
in Coastal Net Fisheries |
Honolulu, USA |
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| February 2009 |
| 9-10 |
Pew Whales Commission Meeting |
Lisbon, Portugal |
Luso-American Foundation |
| 10 |
Steering Meeting on the Slender-billed
Curlew |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
CMS and AEWA |
| 13-14 |
IOSEA Strategic Planning Session |
Brisbane, Australia |
|
| 15-19 |
29th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology
and Conservation |
Brisbane, Australia |
|
| 16-20 |
25th Session of the UNEP Governing
Council |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 23 |
Leadership for Conservation in Africa
(LCA) - meeting with focus on gorillas |
Kampala, Uganda |
|
| 23-25 |
ASCOBANS: 5th Meeting of the Jastarnia
Group |
Turku, Finland |
|
| 25-27 |
UNESCO: Workshop top reflect on
the future of the World Heritage Convention |
Paris, France |
|
| 28 Feb-4 March |
23rd Conference of the European
Cetacean Society (Climate Change and Marine Mammals) |
Istanbul, Turkey |
ECS |
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| March 2009 |
| 1-2 |
Meeting with Secretary General of
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
|
| 2-6 |
COFI (Committee on Fisheries) -
28th Session |
Rome, Italy |
|
| 3-4 |
1st Symposium GreenMeetings Germany |
WCC, Bonn |
|
| 5-6 |
5th International Symposium on SEASTAR2000
and Asian Bio-logging Science (9th SEASTAR2000 Workshop) |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 7-10 |
Blue Vision Summit |
Washington DC, USA |
|
| 9-11 |
CITES/MIKE 2nd African Elephant
Meeting |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 14 |
British Association for Shooting
and Conservation Conference |
Birmingham, UK |
note new date! |
| 16-21 |
North American Wildlife and Natural
Resources Conference |
Arlington, Washington DC, USA |
|
| 17 |
Preliminary Planning and Information
meetig for Bonn Symposium (25-26 November) "Sustainable
Development in Times of Crisis" |
WCC, Bonn. Germany |
|
| 17 |
Task Force Metig on Gorilla Symposium/Technical
Committee |
BMU, Bonn |
|
| 23-26 |
Second Pan-European Duck Symposium |
Arles, France |
|
| 23-26 |
Interim Steering Committee of thE
Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI) |
Washington DC, USA |
note new dates! |
| 29 March-3 April |
NOAA: First International Conference
on Marine Mammal Protected Areas |
Hawaii,USA |
|
| 29 March-8 April |
United Nations Climate Change Talks |
Bonn |
|
| 30-31 |
1st Meeting of the Signatories to
the MOU on West African Populations ofthe African Elephant |
Accra, Ghana |
see also associated meetings in
April |
| 30 March-3 April |
12th Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
|
| 30 March- 1 April |
Workshop for Revision of the Sociable
Lapwing SSAPs |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
|
| 30 March- 3 April |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
Bali, Indonesia |
|
| 30 March-2 April |
Ramsar:15th Meeting ofthe Scientific
and Technical review Panel (STRP) |
Gland, Switzerland |
Ramsar |
| 31 |
Eurobats - 3rd Meeting of the Standing
Committee |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
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| April 2009 |
| 1 |
West African Elephant - Transboundary
Protected Areas Meeting (CITES and CMS) |
Accra, Ghana |
|
| 2-3 |
30 Years of the Wild Birds Directive
| Trier, Germany |
|
| 2-3 |
CITES - MIKE |
Accra, Ghana |
|
| 5-7 |
Saker Falcon Status and Conservation
Meeting |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
EAD, Abu Dhabi |
| 7 |
IPBES (Inter-governmental Science-Policy
Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) meeting |
Paris, France |
|
| 8 |
1st Meeting of the Issue Management
Group (IMG) on EMG 2010 Biodiversity Target Process |
Paris, France |
|
| 9 |
7th Biodiversity Liaison Group |
Paris, France |
UNESCO HQ |
| 14-15 |
Adriatic Flyway Conference |
Ulcinj, Montenegro |
|
| 20-24 |
ASCOBANS: 16th Advisory Committee |
Bruges, Belgium |
|
| 20-24 |
24th Meeting of the CITES Animals
Committee |
Geneva, Switzerland |
CITES |
| 20-23 |
AEWA - 9th Technical Committee |
Zagreb, Croatia |
AEWA |
| 27 -28 |
EC: DG Env Conference - Biodiversity
Beyond 2010 |
Athens, Greece |
|
| 27 April-1 May |
ACAP: 3rd Meeting of Parties |
Bergen, Norway |
ACAP |
| 29 |
CIC: International Symposium "Sustainable Hunting:
Strategies and Frameworks for the Future" |
Paris, France |
|
| 30 April-3 May |
CIC - 56th General Assembly |
Paris, France |
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| May 2009 |
| 5-7 |
Bern Convention: Group of Exp[erts
on Invasive Alien Species |
Brijuni, Croatia |
|
| 6 |
Workshop on a Network of Knowledge
on Biodiversity: A contribution from Europe |
Brussels, Belgium |
|
| 8-9 |
East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership
Symposium |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
|
| 11-13 |
Eurobats: 14th meetibng of the Advisory
Committee |
Larnaka, Cyprus |
|
| 11-15 |
40th Ramsar Standing Committee |
Batumi, Georgia |
|
| 11-15 |
Trilateral Committee for Wildlife
and Ecosystem Conservation and Management |
Miami, Florida, USA |
|
| 12-14 |
World Ocean Conference: Ocean Science,
Technology and Policy Symposium |
Manado, Indonesia |
|
| 13 |
Launch of CMS Flyways Publication |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 19-21 |
Lakes for Living, Lakes for Life
Conference |
Lake Windermere, UK |
GNF |
| 19-24 |
International Marine Conservation
Congress |
Washington DC, USA |
|
| 20 |
Year of the Gorilla Press Conference
"Gorillas - Survival or Extinction" |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 20 |
Global Biodiversity Mechanisms and
Launch of Wader Atlas |
London, UK |
JNCC |
| 21 |
Gorillas - Survival or Extinction
- presentation by Ian Redmond and Dr Angela Meder |
Museum Koenig, Bonn |
|
| 21 |
Wetlands International Global Waterbird
Advisory Group (WIGWAG) |
Peterborough, UK |
Wetlands International |
| 22 |
Year of the Gorilla Press Conference
"Gorillas - Survival or Extinction" |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 25 |
2nd Preparatory Meeting for Bonn
Symposium (25-26 November) |
Bonn |
|
| 25-26 |
Special Session of AMCEN on Climate
Change |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 26-28 |
Bonn Agreement Technical Working
Group (OTSOPA) Meeting |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| June 2009 |
| 1-3 |
Workshop on Regional Cooperation
to address Direct Capture of Sea Turtles |
Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia |
|
| 3 |
1st Global Private Donor Forum on
Biodiversity |
Berlin |
|
| 5 |
World Environment Day |
Mexico |
|
| 8 |
Extraordinary Meeting of the Standing
Committee |
Geneva |
|
| 9-11 |
Gorilla Symposium (9-10); YOG
Fund-raising Dinner (evening 10 June); Technical Committee
(11tentative) |
Frankfurt am Main, Germany (tbc) |
Frankfurt Zoological Society (tbc) |
| 13 |
CMS Scientific Council - activity
planning meeting |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 16 -26 |
IWC - 61st meeting |
Funchal, Madeira |
|
| 17-19 |
10th UN Consultative Meeting on
Oceans and Law of the Sea |
New York, USA |
|
| 20 |
"Year of the Dolphin"
closing ceremony and launch of "Year of the Gorilla" |
Mombasa, Kenya |
|
| 24 |
CMS 30th Anniversary Celebration |
Old Town Hall, Bonn |
|
| 25 |
Informal Inter-Agency MArine Issues
Meeting |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 27-28 |
UNEP - First Meeting of the Consultative
Group of Ministers or High-Level Representatives on
International Environmental Governance |
Belgrade, Serbia |
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| July 2009 |
| 2-3 |
Bern Convention: group of Experts
on Biodiversity and Climate Change |
Strasbourg, France |
|
| 6-10 July |
CITES - 58th Standing Committee |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 11-16 July |
International Congress for Conservation
Biology |
Beijing, China |
includes Central Asian Mammal Symposium |
| 22 |
Visit of Director-General of IUCN (Ms Julia Marton-Lefevre)
to CMS |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 28-29 |
2nd CMS Pacific Cetaceans MoU Meeting |
Auckland, New Zealand |
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| August 2009 |
| August |
Wadden Sea Seal Management Plan
Workshop |
|
Wadden Sea Secretariat |
| 10-14 |
UNFCCC Intersessional Informal Consultations
of the AWG-KP and the AWG-LCA |
Bonn, Germany |
|
16-20
21-22 |
Ramsar Advisory Mission to Mozambique
and Mission to Swaziland to promote accession to CMS
and AEWA |
Maputo, Mozambique and Lobamba,
Swaziland |
|
| 17-22 |
XXIX Congress of International Union
of Game Biologists |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
|
| 21 |
Birdfair - the British Birdwatching
Fair |
Rutland Water, UK |
|
| 23 |
2nd Meeting of the IOSEA Western
Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Taskforce |
Reunion, France |
|
| 24-26 |
13th Living Lakes Conference |
Lake Baikal, Russian Federation |
|
| 24-28 |
Sixth WIOMSA Scientific Synposium
and bilateral meetings with France |
Reunion, France |
|
| 27 |
Trilateral Conference on the Wadden
Sea - celebration of UNESCO World Heritage Site status
for the German-Dutch Wadden Sea |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
|
| 28 |
Meeting with NABU and IFAW focal
points |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
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| September
2009 |
| 7-8 |
RECAP: 2nd meeting of te Committee
for Captive Breeding, Reintroduction and Supplementation
of Lesser White-fronted Geese in Fenno-Scandia |
Nordens Ark, Sweden |
|
| 10-11 |
GRASP Executive Committee Meeting |
London, UK |
|
| 12 |
Launch of Sahale Book "Living
on the Edge" |
Groningen, Netherlands |
|
| 16-17 |
International Conference: the Value
of Our marine Environment |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Swedish EU Presidency event |
| 16-17 |
Workshop "Engaging internal
and external audiences to help green the UN" |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 16-18 |
ASCOBANS MOP6 |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 19-21 |
International Wader Study Group
Meeting |
Texel, Netherlands |
|
| 20-28 |
CBird Meeting (CBird XV) |
Iceland |
|
| 21-24 |
Ramsar/CMS Workshop for the regional
strategy on the conservation and sustainable use of
High Andean Wetlands |
La Paz, Bolivia |
|
| 22-23 |
Workshop on Informatics Tools, Global
Biodiversity Information Facility |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
|
| 22-24 |
UNEP/DELC Knowledge Management Meeting |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 28-29 |
ACCOBAMS: Regional Workshop for
Algeria, Morocco, Portugal & Spain |
Portugal |
|
| 29 |
25th Meeting of the German Expert
Group for the implementation of Eurobats |
BfN, Bonn |
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| October 2009 |
| 2-3 |
Expert Meeting on Development of
post 2010 Global Biodiversity Targets |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 4 |
3rd Meeting of the Chairs of Scientific
Advisory Bodies of Biodiversity-related Conventions |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 4-9 |
64th Annual Conference of WAZA |
St Louis, Missouri, USA |
|
| 5-8 |
11th Global Meeting on Regional
Seas Conventions and Actiopn Plans |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 5-9 |
2nd Meeting on an Intergovernmental
Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services (IPBES) |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 6 |
Workshop on monitoring Migratory
Birds |
Wageningen, Netherlands |
|
| 8 |
Visit of the Chair of the Eurobats
Advisory Committee and Experts |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 9-14 |
12th Meeting of the Goose Specialist
Group |
Höllviken, Sweden |
|
| 10-17 |
18th Biennial Marine Mammals Conference |
Quebec, Canada |
|
| 12-13 |
Year of the Gorilla Event |
New York, USA |
to be confirmed |
| 12-14 |
1st Biennial Conference on Cetacean
Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries (CSMC
1) |
Tabarka, Tunisia |
ACCOBAMS and UNEP/MAP |
| 12-15 |
Final Project Steering Committee
of the UNEP/GEF Siberian Crane Wetland Project |
Harbin, P.R. China |
tentative |
| 13 |
YoG Lecture by Ian Redmond |
Washington DC, USA |
|
| 13 |
Third HELCOM Fisheries/Environmental
Forum |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
|
| 14 |
CMS Family Excursion |
Bonn |
|
| 16 |
Meeting for all UN Staff with Mayor
of Bonn, Bärbel Dieckmann |
Langer Eugen |
|
| 19-20 |
Working Group on the Future Shape
of CMS |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
dates to be confirmed |
| 19-23 |
AMCEN: techncial Seesion of AMCEN
Pre-COP15 Meeting (2nd Meeting of the African High Level
Expert Panel on Climate Change) |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
|
| 21-22 |
Meetig with French Ministry of the
Environment |
Paris |
|
| 23 |
15th Senior Officials Meeting of
the Environment Management Group |
New York, USA |
|
| 24 |
UN Day |
Market Place, Bonn |
|
| 25-30 |
6th International Symposium on Sturgeon |
Wuhan, PR China |
|
| 27-28 |
ACCOBAMS: Regional Workshop for
Albania, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia |
Croatia |
|
| 28-30 |
Meetigs with Russian Ministries
of Natural Resources and Agriculture, MAB National Committee
and WWF Russia |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
|
| November 2009 |
| 2-6 |
2nd International Conference on
Progress in Marine Conservation in Europe |
Stralsund, Germany |
BfN |
| 6-13 |
WILD9: 9th World Wilderness Congress
(WWC) |
Merida, Mexico |
WILD Foundation |
| 9-10 |
ACCOBAMS: 6th Bureau Meeting |
Monaco |
|
| 9-12 |
Pacific Multilateral Agreement -
Implementation Capacity Building Conference |
Apia Samoa |
|
| 10 |
1st Meetig of the EMG Writing Team
of the UN Report on2010 Biodiversity Targets |
Rome, Italy |
|
| 16-19 |
Workshop on Conservation of Migratory
Birds and their Habitats along the West Coast of Africa |
Dakar, Senegal |
|
| 17 |
20th SPREP Meeting of Officials
(including Dugong side-event) |
Apia, Samoa |
|
| 17 |
MEA Management Team |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 18-20 |
UNEP Executive Management Retreat |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 18-21 |
Monk Seal Meeting (Action Plan Working
Group) |
Iwik, Mauritania |
|
| 20 |
Meeting - Zoological Society of
London |
London, UK |
|
| 23-24 |
Bonn Symposium: "Sustainable
Development in Times of Crisis" |
WCC, Bonn, Germany |
|
| 23-26 |
Bern Convention: 29th Meeting of
the Standing Committee (inc. signed of Bern/CMS MOC) |
Bern, Switzerland |
|
| December 2009 |
| 2 |
Meeting of the CMS Sub-Committee
on Finance and Budget |
Bonn |
new date! |
| 2-3 |
CMS: 36th Standing Committee |
Bonn |
|
| 5 |
French YPG Event |
Paris |
|
| 7-8 |
Meetings with Regional Director
of LNV East and Director of Wadden Sea Secretariat |
Zwolle, Netherlands |
|
| 7-18 |
UNFCCC COP15 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
|
| 14-18 |
CMS Mission to Washington D.C. |
Washington D.C. |
to be confirmed |
| 15 |
Friends of CMS: General Assembly
Meeting |
Frankfurt/Main |
|
| 15-16 |
ACCOBAMS: Regional Workshop for
Libya, Malta and Tunisia |
Tunisia |
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11th Wadden Sea Conference |
Germany |
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| 1st Quarter |
CMS Saiga MoU Meeting |
Russian Federation or Mongolia |
|
| 1st Quarter |
East Asian-Australiasian Flyway
Partnership |
Seoul, Korea |
dates - February or March - and
venue tbc |
11 January |
Launch of the International Year
fo Biodiversity - High Level Event |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 11-13 January |
ACCOBAMS: 6th Scientific Committee
Meeting |
Casablanca, Morocco |
new dates |
| 13 January |
Federal President's New Year Reception
for Diplomatic Corps and International Organisations |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 20 January
| 8th Biodiversity Liaison Group (BLG)
Meeting |
Paris, France |
|
| 20-23 January
| Meetig of the Groupe Tortues Marines
France |
Paris, France |
|
| 27-30 January
| Third Technical Meeting of the Scientific
Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds: HPAI H5N1
and wild birds: reviewing the global issue and assessing
future challenges |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 8-12 February
| CMS Sharks III Meeting |
Manila, Philippines |
|
22-23 February
| Joint Conferences of Parties to
Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions |
Bali, Indonesia |
|
| 24-26 February |
11th Special Session of the UNEP
Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum |
Bali, Indonesia |
|
| March-April |
CMS 16th Scientific Council |
Bonn |
dates to be decided |
| 6-10 March |
7th Meeting of the Signatories to
the SIberian Crane MOU |
Iran |
tentative new dates |
| 13-25 March |
CITES: 15th Meeting of the Conference
of the Parties |
Doha, Qatar |
|
| 15-16 March |
Third Technical Meeting of the Scientific
Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds |
Rome, Italy |
FAO |
| 17-19 March |
Wadden Sea Secertariat: 11th Trilateral
Government Conference |
Westerland, Sylt, Germany |
|
| 17-20 March |
International Conference on Bird
Migration and Global Change |
Algericas, Spain |
|
| 22-25 March |
GNF: 13th Living Lakes Conference
(management of lakes and wetlands, especially Ramsar
management plans) |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
|
| 8-11 April |
3rd International Eurasian Ornithology
Congress (IEOC) |
Levros, Greece |
|
| 13-17 April |
ACAP: 5th Meeting of teh Avisory
Committee |
Mar del Plata, Argentina |
|
| 15-18 April |
HAwk Migration Association of North
America |
Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
|
| 27-29 April |
30th Sea Turtle Sympoisum |
Goa, India |
|
| 30 April-6 May |
XIII International Ornithological
Conference of Northern Eurasia |
Orenburg, Russian Federation |
|
| 3-5 May |
Eurobats: 4th Standing Commitee
Meeting/15th Advisory Committee Meeting |
Bonn |
|
| 6-8 May |
CIC: 57th General Assembly Meeting |
Dubrovnik, Croatia |
|
| 13-14 May |
2nd Meeting of Signatories to the
Aquatic Warbler MoU |
Biebrza, Poland |
|
| 10-21 May |
CBD: SBSTTA 14 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 22-28 August |
25th International Ornithological
Congress |
Campos de Jordao, Brazil |
|
| 20-22 Sept |
Eurobats: 6th Meeting of the Parties |
Prague, Czech Rep. |
|
| 22-26 September |
Raptor Research Foundation: Annual
Meeting |
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA |
|
| 11-15 Oct |
COP-MOP/5 cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety |
Nagoya, Japan |
|
| 18-29 Oct |
CBD COP 10 (27-29 Oct High Level
Segment) |
Nagoya, Japan |
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| 2011 |
21-25 February |
26th Session of the UNEP Governing
Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum |
Nairobi, Kenya |
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