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Madagascar Signs Sharks MOU

Dr. Ndahimananjara (l) and Melanie Virtue (r) © Aydin Bahramlouian, UNEP/CMS

Dr. Ndahimananjara (l) and Melanie Virtue (r) © Aydin Bahramlouian, UNEP/CMS

Dr Johanita Benedicte Ndahimananjara, Minister of the Environment, Ecology and Forests of Madagascar signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks

15 November 2017

New Signatories and Cooperating Partners for MOUs

Dr. Bradnee Chambers congratulating Professor Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda on signing the Raptors MOU on behalf of Burkina Faso © Aydin Bahramlouian

Dr. Bradnee Chambers congratulating Professor Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda on signing the Raptors MOU on behalf of Burkina Faso © Aydin Bahramlouian

At a ceremony held during the CMS COP and presided over by CMS Executive Secretary, Bradnee Chambers, four countries became members of CMS Memoranda of Understanding while the WWF and the Peregrine Trust became cooperating partners to the Sharks MOU and Raptors MOU respectively. Burkina Faso signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia becoming the 58th Signatory to do so.

24 October 2017

Marine Species Listing Proposals and Concerted Action Proposals at CMS COP12

Angel Shark © Carlos Suarez/Océanos de Fuego; Manta Ray © Guy Stevens, Manta Trust; Sperm Whale © Gabriel Barathieu; Blue Shark © Mark Conlin, NMFS; Humpback Whale © pixabay.com

The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) will be held in Manila, at the kind invitation of the Government of the Philippines, from 23 to 28 October 2017.

16 October 2017

Draft Resolutions and Decisions on Marine Topics at CMS COP12

Green Turtle © Gonzalo Araujo, Lamave.org; Bottlenose Dolphin © NASAs - http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=21807, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112006; Southern Right Whale © Oregon State University/flickr.com; Dugong © flickr.com; Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross © JJ Harrison ([email protected]) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34776193; Whale Shark © Rob Stewart

The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) will be held in Manila, at the kind invitation of the Gov

13 September 2017

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joins the international efforts to conserve threatened sharks and rays

Dr. Hany Tatwany, Vice President of the Saudi Wildlife Authority, signs the Sharks MOU on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; photo credits: Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma

Dr. Hany Tatwany, Vice President of the Saudi Wildlife Authority, signs the Sharks MOU on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; photo credits: Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma

Abu Dhabi, 13 March 2017- The CMS Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the 42nd Signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation

13 March 2017

World’s First-Ever Best-Practice Guide for Tourism Operators Released by Project AWARE Foundation, The Manta Trust and WWF International

ResponsibleShark and Ray Tourism

ResponsibleShark and Ray Tourism

Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. – This World Wildlife Day, March 3,Project AWARE®, WWF and The Manta Trust are pleased to release Responsible Shark and Ray Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice, the world’s first-ever guidelines for shark and ray tourism operators.

03 March 2017

First IUCN Red Listing Assessment of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras in the Arabian Region

Shark and Ray specialists at IUCN regional shark assessment workshop in Abu Dhabi

Shark and Ray specialists at IUCN regional shark assessment workshop in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, 12 February 2017: The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), in collaboration with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group, o
13 February 2017

Sharks MOU Conservation Working Group Kicks off in Bristol

© Rob Stewart

© Rob Stewart

Some of the world’s leading experts in elasmobranchs and fisheries met for a two-day workshop from 31 October to 1 November in Bristol, UK, to identify priority management measures for the conservation of sharks and rays. The Conservation Working Group (CWG), which was established at the 2nd Meeting of the Signatories to the Sharks MOU, has been given the task of providing technical guidance to the Advisory Committee and Signatories.

09 November 2016