The UNEP/CMS Office in Abu Dhabi is co-located with Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi. This will help facilitate the effective implementation of the provisions of the agreements relevant to dugongs and birds of prey across their ranges. The Office will also support regional programmes for marine turtle conservation in Western Asia sub-region in coordination with the IOSEA Turtle MoU and with other relevant conservation initiatives. The Office represents a major collaboration between UNEP and the United Arab Emirates to conserve migratory species for the benefit of present and future generations. A PDF version of a brochure describing the work of the Abu Dhabi office can be found here.

As a CMS coordinating tool in the region, the Office supports Signatory States by providing technical assistance and sponsoring to projects dealing with conservation and management of dugongs or birds of prey according to the relevant Conservation and Management Plans of Action. To date, the Office has sponsored projects assessing identifying relative dugong abundances, key habitats and threats; formulating standardized methods in helping to identify important dugong areas; proposals for regional dugong priority actions and marine turtle action plan; and exploration of the shared conservation synergies between dugongs and marine turtles. The Office has also launched a broad communication with Birds of Prey MoU Signatories and Partners in order to facilitate National Strategies and relevant documents establishment. Several Signatories reported on their plans to promptly undertake such an exercise in preparation of the First Signatory State Meeting. Small grant programmes are under way of implementation by the Office and some African Signatories of the Birds of Prey MoU. Amongst a series of projects, an Action Plan for the conservation of two African and Eurasian migratory species of falcon in Madagascar is the first example.

In October 2010, the UNEP/CMS Abu Dhabi Office organized the First Official Signatory State Meeting of the Dugong MoU in Abu Dhabi. The Second Meeting takes place in Manila, Philippines 19-20 February 2013. More information on the meeting can be found through here.

At present, the UNEP/CMS Office in Abu Dhabi has a staff of five members and is located in Al Mamoura Building A, Level 1, in Muroor Road (Street no. 4).

Contact details:

UNEP/CMS Office - Abu Dhabi c/o Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 45553, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Tel: + 971 2 6934 437 / 541 Email: CmsOffice.ae@cms.int
Please note that we observe the Environment Agency’s office hours, which are Sunday – Thursday

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