The CMS Energy Task Force May 2020 Newsletter can be accessed here.

The Multi-species Action Plan for African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP) was adopted at CMS COP12 in October 2017 and suggests appropriate actions to halt and eventually reverse the declines in populations of Old-World vulture species across the flyways. Its implementation framework recommends that the Vulture MsAP be reviewed six years into its 12-year implementation timeframe that will conclude in 2029.

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The first-ever report on the "State of the World’s Migratory Species" will be launched at CMS COP14 on Monday, 12 February 2024.

The Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola was once regarded as one of the most abundant passerines in Eurasia. Its global population was estimated to be at least several million birds and its breeding range was expanding westward into Europe prior to the 1980s. The decline was firstly detected when breeding birds in Japan started to decrease in the 1990s. A comprehensive study published in 2015 revealed an 84.3 to 94.7% decline of the population in about three decades.