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
2011 |
| 9-11 |
11th Meeting of the League of Arab
States |
Cairo, Egypt |
|
| 11 |
New Year Reception for the Diplomatic
Corps and International Organizations |
Schloss Bellevue, Berlin, Germany |
hosted by the German President |
| 19 |
European Parliament Colloquium:
a Hunting Culture - Falconry celebrates UNESCO recognition |
Strasbourg, France |
|
| 24 |
New Year Reception for the Diplomatic
Corps and International Organizations |
Berlin. Germany |
Hosted by the German Chancellor |
| 27 |
PEBLDS: Meeting of Heads of Biodiversity-related
Conventions |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 31 Jan- 2 Feb |
Ramsar Convention's 40th Anniversary
Celebrations in the Americas |
Huatulco, Mexico |
Ramsar Convention |
| 31 Jan- 4 Feb |
FAO: 29th Session of the Committee
on Fisheries |
Rome, Italy |
FAO |
| February
2011 |
| 2 |
World Wetlands Day |
Worldwide |
Ramsar Convention |
| 3-4 |
3rd Meeting of the CMS Future Shape
Working Group |
UN Campus, Bonn |
|
| 7-9 |
National Workshop - IOSEA Capacity
Building and Technical Support |
Antananarivo, Madagascar |
|
| 11-13 |
"Forests and Bats" - event
organized on the occasion of the Year of the Bat and
the International Year of Forests |
Paris, France |
French Ministry of the Environment |
| 13 |
Meeting of the Chairs of the Scientific
Advisory Bodies |
Gland, Switzerland |
CBD |
| 13-17 |
Waterbird Conservation of the Americas:
Annual Council Meeting |
Santa Marta, Colombia |
|
| 14-16 |
7th Meeting of the Jastarnia Group
|
Copenhagen, Denmark |
ASCOBANS |
| 14-18 |
16th Ramsar Scientific and Technical
Review Panel |
Gland, Switzerland |
|
| 16 |
4th Meeting of the IMG (Issues Management
Group) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 17 |
Bewick Swan Conservation Workshop |
St Petersburg, Russian Federation |
|
| 17-18 |
Workshop on Saiga MOU coordination
and other CMS instruments with relevance to Central
Asia |
Astana, Kazakhstan |
|
| 19 |
Wings over Wetlands - post-Project
Steering Committee |
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
|
| 20-21 |
CMS Flyways Working Group |
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
|
| 20-22 |
Visit to the Association for Conservation
of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
|
21-24 |
26th Session of the UNEP Governing
Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum |
Nairobi, Kenya |
UNEP |
| 21-25 |
UNCCD CRIC (Committee for the Review
of the Implementation of the Convention) |
WCC, Bonn |
UNCCD |
| 22-23 |
Wetlands International: General
Members Meeting |
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
Wetlands International |
| 23-25 |
Visit to Governmental environment
bodies |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
|
| 24 |
Symposium: "Wetlands Matter:
valuing wetlands, ecossystems in a changing climate" |
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
|
| 28 Feb - 7 March |
Slaty Egret Workshop |
Maun, Botswana |
|
| March 2011 |
| 5-6 |
Global Forum for Wetlands of the
Future |
Islamic Republic of Iran |
Government of Iran and Ramsar |
| 6-8 |
1st International Conference on
"Global Warming: Land and Water Use" |
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE |
|
| 8-9 |
SEASTAR2000 Workshop |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 14 |
The Pacific Year of the Dugong:
Regional Launch |
Koror, Palau |
|
| 14-22 |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
New dates! |
| 16 |
Meeting with Dr Rademacher, Heidelberg
Cement |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 16 |
2nd Meeting of the Steering Committee
of the Sahelo-Saharan Antelopes Project (Termit) |
Naimey, Niger |
|
| 18-21 |
Sociable Lapwing Meeting |
Palmyra, Syrian Arab Republic |
|
| 19-24 |
European Cetacean Society; Workshops
-19-20; 25th Conference - 21-23; Excursion to Gulf of
Cadiz - 24 March |
Cadiz, Spain |
|
| 21-22 |
Workshop on Animal Welfare and Ethics
|
Eden Project, Cornwall, UK |
DEFRA |
| 22 |
EUROBATS: 6th Meeting of the Standing
Committee |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 22-23 |
Wadden Sea Flyway Sympoisum |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
|
| 24 |
The Pacific Year of the Dugong:
National Launch - Papua New Guinea |
Daru, PNG |
|
| 24-29 |
International Conference on Waterfowl
of Northern Eurasia: Geography, Population Dynamics
and Population Management |
Elista, Kalmykia, Russian Federation |
|
| 28 |
Workshop on Global Tracking of Animals
|
Washington, D.C., USA |
|
| 28 March - 1April |
Abidjan Convention COP9 |
Accra, Ghana |
|
| 29-30 |
CMS Gorilla Agreement - Technical
Committee Meeting |
Kigali, Rwanda |
|
| 29-31 |
ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee |
Monaco |
ACCOBAMS |
| 29 March - 1April |
MDP: Management Development programme
Part 1 |
Vienna, Austria |
|
| April
2011 |
| 4 |
Meeting with WWF Netherlands on
COP10, Gorilla MOP2 and Sharks |
Zeist, the Netherlands |
|
| 4-6 |
EUROBATS: 16th Advisory Committee
Meeting |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
|
| 7 |
Visit of TUI AG to CMS |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 7-8 |
Workshop on the project: "Conservation
of Migratory Birds and their Habitats along the West
Coast of Africa" |
Dakar, Senegal |
BirdLife International/MAVA Foundation |
| 10-16 |
31st Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle
Biology and Conservation |
San Diego, USA |
|
| 12-14 |
International Conference on Power
Lines and Bird Mortality in Europe |
Budapest, Hungary |
|
| 13 |
Special Meeting of the Biodiversity
Liaison Group (BLG) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 14 |
Bat Box - Walt Disney Italia: Press
Conference |
Milan, Italy |
|
| 18 |
Visit of TUI AG to CMS Secretariat |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 20 |
Curatorium Meeting of the Alexander
Koenig Society |
Bonn |
|
| 20 |
Visit of Dr Michael Rademacher (HeidelbergCement) |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 28-29 |
Workshop on the Conservation Initiatives
for the West African Manatee |
dakar, Senegal |
Wetlands International |
| May
2011 |
| 4-6 |
ASCOBANS: 18th Advisory Committee
Meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 6 |
Signing of the Sharks MOU by the
Chilean Ambassador |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| 10 |
Talks with European Commission (DG
Environment and DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) |
Brussels, Belgium |
postponed |
| 11-12 |
GEF Meeting on WOW Project and Flyway
Conservation |
Washington, D.C., USA |
|
| 11-13 |
Lectures on ASCOBANS and the Harbour
Porpoise in the Baltic Sea |
Greifswald, Rostock and Kiel, Germany |
|
| 12 |
Meeting on WOW and Flyway Conservation
projects |
Washington, D.C., USA |
|
| 12-15 |
CIC 58th General Assembly Meeting |
St Petersburg, Russian Federation |
|
| 14-17 |
LKM Steering Committee Meeting |
Glion, Switzerland |
|
| 17-20 |
Symposium on CITES and CBC: the
relevance of community-based conservation (CBC) for
CITES-listed species in developing countries |
Vienna, Austria |
organized by the Austrian Ministry
of the Environment |
| 19 |
Official Reception at the Natural
History Museum of the City of Genva |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 24 |
Information and Contact-building
visit |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
Federal German President |
| 24-29 |
AEWA Accession Meeting and Meeting
of the Lesser White-fronted Goose |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
|
| 25 |
Curatorium Meeting: Museum Alexander
Koenig |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 30 May-11 June |
IWC Scientific Committee Meeting |
Tromsø, Norway |
|
| June 2011 |
| June |
Regional Ramsar Meeting for the
EU |
to be decided |
tentative
dates |
| 6-7 |
1st South Asian sub-Regional Workshop
on the UNEP/CMS Dugong MOU |
Tuticorin, India |
|
| 6-8 |
Expert Workshop on Climate Change |
Tour du Valat, France |
|
| 6-10 |
CMS/CBD/UNEP-GRASP Bushmeat Meeting |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 9 |
Board meeting: Friends fo CMS |
Berlin, Germany |
|
| 9-10 |
13th International Wildlife Law
Conference (IWLC) |
Granada, Spain |
|
| 14-16 |
6th Forest Europe Ministerial Conference |
Oslo, Norway |
|
| 19-29 |
35th Session of the World Heritage
Committee at UNESCO HQ |
Paris, France |
UNESCO |
| 20-21 |
COP10 Preparations Mission to Norway |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 20-21 |
1st Meeting of the Council of the
African-Eurasian Waterbird Monitoring Partnership |
Ede, Netherlands |
Wetlands International |
| 20-21 |
West African Elephant MOU, 2nd Meeting
of the Signatories |
Niamey, Niger |
|
| 22 |
CITES-MIKE/CMS joint meeting |
Niamey, Niger |
|
| 22-26 |
Workshop for Assessing Wildilfe
Stocks for Sustainable management in Central Asia and
Caucasus |
Vilm, Germany |
BfN, GIZ and WWF |
| 23-24 |
One Health Workshop |
Beijing, China |
FAO |
| 24 |
Wind Energy Development Workshop
(Climate Investment Fund - CIF - Partnership Forum 2011) |
Cape Town, South Africa |
|
| 27-28 |
Workshop to launch the Task Force
on Wildlife Diseases |
Beijing. China |
|
| 28-29 |
13th PEBLDS Council Meeting and
NBSAP Workshop |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 28 June -1 July |
23rd Session of the International
Coordinating Council of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere
Programme (MAB) |
Dresden, Germany |
|
| 29-30 |
One Health Workshop |
Beijing, China |
FAO |
| 30 June - 1 July |
Workshop on NBSAPs "Improved
Integration of Biodiversity-related Convention into
National Biodiversity Planning" |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| July
2011 |
| 3-15 |
International Whaling Commission:
63rd Annual Meeting |
St Helier, Jersey |
|
| 6 |
Curatorium Meeting of the Alexander
Koenig Society |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 6-8 |
European Conference on the Illegal
Killing of Birds |
Larnaca, Cyprus |
|
| 11-15 |
Joint Tuna FRMO Workshop on Tuna
RFMO Management issues relating to bycatch |
La Jolla, Califormia, USA |
|
| 18-20 |
Asian Wetlands Symposium (40th Annivesrary
of the Ramsar Convention) |
Kota Kinabalu, Sanah, Malaysia |
|
| 18-22 |
CITES: 25th Animals Committee Meeting |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 20 |
LATF African Elephant Law Enforcement
Day and the Contraband Ivory Disposal Ceremony |
Manyani-Tsavo West National Park,
Kenya |
|
| 26-29 |
UNEP/CMS South-east Asia sub-Regional
Meeting on Dugongs - Workshop on developing standardized
analysis protocols for the Dugong Questionnaire Survey
Project (Data for SE Asia) |
Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia |
|
| 29 July - 4 August |
2011 International Biodiversity
Conference |
Baños, Ecuador |
Wild Spots Foundation |
| August
2011 |
| 15-19 |
CITES: 61st Standing Committee Meeting |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 19 |
British Birdwatching Fair (BBF) |
Rutland Water, UK |
|
| 22-26 |
ACAP: working Group Meetings on
Breeding Sites, Seabird Bycatch and Stauts and Trends |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
|
| 25 |
Wadden Sea Day 2011 - Fish in the
Wadden Sea: Exploring an unknown world |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
CWSS and the Government of Lower
Saxony |
| 22-26 |
XII European Bat Research Symposium |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
|
| 27-28 |
European Bat Night |
Europe and beyond |
|
| 29 |
"Friends of CMS" Steering
Group Meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 29 Aug- 2 Sept |
ACAP: 6th Meeting of the Advisory
Committee |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
|
| 30 Aug - 1 Sept |
International Quiet Ocean Experiment
Open Science Meeting |
Paris, France |
hosted by UNESCO |
| September
2011 |
| 1 |
10th Anniversary of the coming into
effect of IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU |
|
|
| 3-5 |
64th Annual United Nations Department
of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations
Conference: Sustainable Societies - Responsive Citizens |
Bonn, Germany |
UNDPI, NGO/DPI Executive Committee
and the Government of Germany |
| 4 |
2nd High-Level Retreat of the Biodiversity
Liaison Group |
Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland |
|
| 4-16 |
8th University of Eastern Finland
UNEP Course on MEAs (Synergies among biodiversity-related
MEAs) |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Asian Institute of Technology |
| 5-9 |
30th International Union of Game
Biologists (IUGB) Congress |
Barcelona, Spain |
|
| 6-9 |
IUCN Regional Conservation Forum |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 7-9 |
UNEP Senior Management and Regional
Directors' Retreat |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 12 |
"Friends fo CMS" and Mondberge
Press Conference to launch the "Species Conservation
Calendar 2012" |
Munich, Germany |
www.mondberge.com |
12
13-14
15-16 |
African Ministerial
Conference onthe Environment (AMCEN): International
Environmental Governance |
Bamako, Mali |
|
| African Ministerial
Conference onthe Environment (AMCEN): Expert Groupon
Climate Change |
| African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment (AMCEN):Special Session |
| 12-16 |
22nd SPREP Meeting (12 September:
Pacific Environment Forum with UNEP Executive Director
Steiner; 13-15 September: Meeting of Officals) |
Apia, Samoa |
|
| 12-16 |
10th Meeting of the AEWA Technical
Committee |
Naivasha, Kenya |
AEWA |
| 14-17 |
Annual Conference of the American
Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) |
Atlanta, USA |
|
| 19 |
Signing of the IOSEA Marine Turtle
MOU by Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
|
| 19 |
17th Meeting of the Senior Officials
of the Environment Managment Group (EMG) |
New York, USA |
|
| 19-23 |
International Council for the Exploration
of the Sea (ICES) |
Gdansk, Poland |
|
| 20 |
Signing Ceremony for the MOU on
the implementation of the CBD biodivristy Strategic
Plan (2010-12): Aichi Biodiversity targets (2020 Heads
of Agency Task Force) |
New York, USA |
|
| 21 |
"Protecting Cetaceans in the
EU - Bridging the Gap between research, Policy and Implementation" |
Brussels, Belgium |
|
| 23-30 |
Hamburg Climate Week |
Hamburg, Germany |
|
| 25-27 |
12th Meeting of the Arab Team: implementation
of Biodiversity and Desertification-related MEAs |
Cairo, Egypt |
Arab League HQ |
| 26-30 |
World Conference on Marine Biodiversity |
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
|
| 26 |
Towards a Global Agreement on Sustainable
Soil Managment Workshop |
Berlin , Germany |
Federal German Environment Agency
(UBA) |
| 26 |
6th Meeting of the AEWA MOP5 Organizing
Committee |
Paris, France |
|
| 27-28 |
Meeting on the Conservation and
Resource Management of the Tajikistan Pamirs Ecosystem |
Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
WCS and CEPRT |
| 28 |
Reception at the House of Lords
to celebrate the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust's work
with threatened species |
London, UK |
|
| 28 |
CMS Meeting on Cooperation on Wind
Farm/Power Lines Devlopement and Migratory Species |
Langer Eugen, Bonn |
|
| October
2011 |
| 3-7 |
First IBPES Session: Plenary meeting
to determine modalities and institutional arrangements |
Nairobi, Kenya |
|
| 3-8 |
African Regional Preparatory Meeting
for Ramsar COP11 - Meetings with Government Authorities
of Burkina Faso responsible for AEWA |
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
|
| 10-11 |
Bern Convention: Group of Experts
on Biodiversity and Climate Change |
Strasbourg, France |
|
| 11-13 |
Asian Wetlands Symposium (40th Annivesrary
of the Ramsar Convention) |
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
|
| 12-14 |
ACCOBAMS: 2nd Biennial Conference
on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean countries |
El Jedida, Morocco |
RAC/SPA-MAP-UNEP |
| 14-16 |
East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership
(EAAFP): Implementation Review Task Force |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
|
| 17-20 |
CBD Regional Capacity Building Workshop
for Central Asia on Updating NBSAPs |
Istanbul, Turkey |
|
| 17-20 |
International Flyways Workshop to
promote exchange of good practice and learning |
Seosan, Republic of Korea |
CMS, AEWA, Ramsar, EAAFP, BirdLife
International and Wetlands International |
| 24 |
"Eye on Earth" Summit
Briefing |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
| 24-27 |
IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems
and Bycatch (WPEB) |
Maldives |
|
| 24-29 |
Seventh WIOMSA Scientific Symposium
(28th specialsession: progressing Dugong conservation
in the SW Indian Ocean) |
Mombasa, Kenya |
|
| 26 |
"Friends of CMS" General
Assembly Meeting |
Bonn, Germany |
|
| 26-28 |
Pre-COP10 Negotiations Workshop |
Entebbe, Uganda |
|
| 26-28 |
1st International Environment Forum
for Basin Organizations; Meeting the Sustainabilty Challenge |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
| 26-29 |
41st North Amercian Bat Research
Symposium |
Toronto, Canada |
|
| November
2011 |
| 7-9 |
UNESCO/WHC: 18th Session of the
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural
and Natural Heritage |
Paris, France |
UNESCO |
| 7-10 |
4th Conference on Marine Turtles
of the Mediterranean |
Naples, Italy |
|
| 7-11 |
2nd International Conference on
Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICoMMPA 2) |
Martinique, France |
|
| 9 |
5th IMG Biodoversity Meeting (in
margins of CBD SBSTTA) |
Montreal, Canada |
|
| 14-16 |
International Conference on Oman
as a Gravitational Centre in the Global Flyway Network
of Migratory Shorebirds |
Muscat, Oman |
|
| 16-18 |
Conference Bonn 2011: the Water,
Energy and Food Security Nexus -Solutions for the Green
Economy |
Bonn, Germany |
GIZ, BMU & BMZ |
| COP and Associated
Meetings 17-27 November 2011 |
| 17-18 |
17th Meeting of the Scientific Council |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 19 |
38th Meeting of the Standing Committee |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 20-25 |
CMS COP10 |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 20 |
1st Meeting of the Signatories of
the MOU on the Bukhara Deer |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 20 |
1st Meeting
of Signatories to the Andean Flamingo MoU |
Bergen, Norway |
CANCELLED! |
| 25 |
39th Meeting of the Standing Committee |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 26-27 |
2nd Meeting of the Parties to the
Gorilla Agreement |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| 26-27 |
7th Meeting of the AEWA Standing
Committee |
Bergen, Norway |
|
| |
| 27 Nov-2 Dec |
19th Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals |
Tampa, Florida, USA |
|
| 29-30 |
Bern Convention: 31st Standing Committee |
|
Strasbourg,
France |
| December
2011 |
| 2 |
Workshop: in Search of an INterntaional
Cooperation Mevhansim in the Conservation of Migratory
Bird and Hunting Regulations |
Hanover, Germany |
organized by the Russian Ministry of Natural
Resources |
4-5
6-9 |
IOSEA
Advisory Committee Meeting |
Bangkok,
Thailand |
POSTPONED!
due to the floods |
| 6th
Meeting of the IOSEA MoU Signatory States |
.New dates
(late January 2012) will be confirmed in due course |
| 5-8 |
CBD Regional Capacity Building Workshop
for Central and Eastern Europe on Updating NBSAPs |
Minsk, Belarus |
|
| 5-9 |
25th International Congress for
Conservation Biology |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Society for Conservation Biology
www.conbio.org
|
| 5-10 |
Ramsar pre-COP11 Regional Meeting
for the Americas |
Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Ramsar and Government of Jamaica |
| 6-10 |
5th Pan-American Regional Meetig
on the Convention on Wetlands |
Kingston, Jamaica |
organized by Ramsar and the Government
of Jamaica |
| 12-15 |
Eye on Earth Summit |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
hosted by the Environment Agency
of Abu Dhabi in partnership with UNEP |
| 12-16 |
International Coral Reef Initiative
(ICRI): 26th General Meeting |
Réunion Island |
|
| 13-14 |
Seventh Meeting of the ACCOBAMS
Bureau |
Monaco |
ACCOBAMS |
| 14 |
Joint Meeting of the European Commission
and the UNEP Programme Steering Committee |
Brussels, Belgium |
|
| -
- - - - - - - - click here
to go back to top of page |
| |
