| DATE |
TITLE |
VENUE |
ORGANISED BY |
| 27 April - 9 May |
54th Annual Meeting of the Scientific
Committee of the International Whaling Commission |
Shimonoseki, Japan |
IWC |
| MAY |
| 2-4 May |
General Assembly of the CIC (Conseil international
de la Chasse) |
Istanbul, Turkey |
CIC |
| 5-10 May |
Workshop of the Range
States of the Memorandum of Understanding concerning
the Saiga Antelope |
Elista, Russia |
CMS |
| 6-9 May |
1st Meeting of the
Signatory States to the Memorandum of Understanding
concerning Conservation Matters for Marine Turtles
of the Atlantic Coast of Africa
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here for: Meeting
Documents |
Nairobi, Kenya |
CMS |
| 6-9 May |
2nd Ramsar Oceania Regional Meeting |
Apia, Samoa |
Australia |
| 13-14 May |
Sahelo-saharan Antelopes: 3rd SSIG Meeting |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
|
| 19-22 May |
World Ecotourism Summit |
Quebec, Canada |
WTourO |
| 20-24 May |
54th Annual Meeting of the International
Whaling Commission |
Shimonoseki, Japan |
IWC |
| 21-22 May |
Workshop on ecosystem approach and Biological
Indicators |
Tunis, Tunisia |
RAC/SPA CBD |
| 22-26 May |
2nd International Conference on the Ecology
and Conservation of Flood plains and lowland mires in
the Polesie Region |
Minsk, Belarus |
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment |
| 27-28 May |
3rd Technical Committee Meeting
of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) |
Arusha, Tanzania |
AEWA |
| 27-29 May |
7th Meeting of the Advisory Committee
of the Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe
(EUROBATS) |
Bucharest, Romania |
EUROBATS |
| JUNE |
| 5 June |
World Environment Day |
|
|
| 10-12 June |
9th Meeting of the Advisory Committee
of the Agreement on the Conservation of small Cetaceans
of the Baltic and North Sea (ASCOBANS) |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
ASCOBANS |
| 17-19 June |
Super Preparatory Committee for the Partnership
Conference for the Development and Protection of the
Marine and Coastal Environment in sub-Saharan Africa |
Abuja, Nigeria |
Ministry of the Environment, Nigeria |
| 20-21 June |
Colloquy on the marine and coastal biodiversity
and specifically on ecological corridors |
Wales |
Council of Europe |
| JULY |
| 8-12 July |
Secretariat of the Convention to Combat
Desertification: Asian Regional Meeting for the Review
Process |
Damascus, Syria |
CCD |
| 15-19 July |
Secretariat of the Convention to Combat
Desertification: African Regional Meeting for the Review
Process |
Windhoek, Namibia |
CCD |
| 8-12 July |
7th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature
Conservation and Protected Areas |
Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
SPREP |
| 22-26 July |
Secretariat of the Convention to Combat
Desertification: Regional Meeting for Northern Mediterranean,
Central and Eastern European and other affected country
Parties on the Review Process |
Geneva, Switzerland |
CCD |
| 29 July - 2 August |
Secretariat of the Convention to Combat
Desertification: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional
Meeting for the Review Process |
Bridgetown, Barbados |
CCD |
| 22-26 July |
2nd International Conference on Marine
Mammals in Southeast Asia |
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines |
CMS Scientific Councilor |
| AUGUST |
| 5-9 August |
Inter-American Sea Turtle Convention -
1st Conference of the Parties |
San José, Costa Rica |
Min. of Env. |
| 4-9 August |
4th Conference of the Working Group on
Aquatic birds of the International Society of Limnology |
New Brunswick, Canada |
Envr. Canada |
| 11-17 August |
23rd International Ornithological Congress |
Beijing, China |
|
| 20-25 August |
Global Nature Fund (GNF): Living Lakes
Conference |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
Global Nature Fund |
| 26-30 August |
IXth European Bat Research Symposium |
Le Havre, France |
|
| SEPTEMBER |
| 26 August - 4 September |
The World Summit on Sustainable Development |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
UN |
| 14-17 September |
11th meeting of the CMS Scientific Council
|
Bonn, Germany |
CMS |
| 18-24 September |
Seventh
Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS
|
Bonn, Germany |
CMS |
| 21 September |
GROMS Workshop |
|
|
| 25 September |
Regional Meetings |
|
|
| 25-27 September |
Second Meeting of the Parties to the
African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) |
Bonn, Germany |
AEWA/CMS |
| OCTOBER |
| 3-5 October |
First Meeting of the Scientific Committee
Reunion of ACCOBAMS |
Tunis, Tunisia |
ACCOBAMS |
| 10-12 October |
Workshop on Invasive Alien Species on
European Islands and Evolutionary Ecosystems |
Horta, Portugal |
Council of Europe/ IUCN / Portugal |
| 11-14 October |
International Workshop - "Ferruginous
Duck: From Research to Conservation" |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
BSPB/BirdLife International |
| NOVEMBER |
| 6 - 9 November |
32nd Annual North American Symposium on
Bat Research |
Vermont, USA |
|
| 16-18 November |
8th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands |
Valencia, Spain |
Ramsar |
| 19-22 November |
2nd International Fishers Forum (IFF2) |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
WPRFMC |
| DECEMBER |
| 12-13 December |
Ad hoc Meeting for Birds species listed in Annex II
of the Protocol of Specially Protected Areas (SPA) |
Tunis, Tunisia |
SPA/RAC |
| 2-5 December |
Bern Convention Standing Committee |
Strasbourg, France |
Bern Convention |
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