As an environmental treaty of the United Nations, CMS provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats. CMS brings together the States through which migratory animals pass, the Range States, and lays the legal foundation for internationally coordinated conservation measures throughout a migratory range.
As the only global convention specializing in the conservation of migratory species, their habitats and migration routes, CMS complements and co-operates with a number of other international organizations, NGOs and partners in the media as well as in the corporate sector.
Migratory species threatened with extinction are listed on Appendix I of the Convention. CMS Parties strive towards strictly protecting these animals, conserving or restoring the places where they live, mitigating obstacles to migration and controlling other factors that might endanger them. Besides establishing obligations for each State joining the Convention, CMS promotes concerted action among the Range States of many of these species.
Migratory species that need or would significantly benefit from international co-operation are listed in Appendix II of the Convention. For this reason, the Convention encourages the Range States to conclude global or regional agreements.
In this respect, CMS acts as a framework Convention. The agreements may range from legally binding treaties (called Agreements) to less formal instruments, such as Memoranda of Understanding, and can be adapted to the requirements of particular regions. The development of models tailored according to the conservation needs throughout the migratory range is a unique capacity to CMS.
Access the text of the Convention on Migratory Species and the Appendices.
Instrument name | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
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Languages | English French Spanish |
Depositary | Germany |
Website URL | http://www.cms.int/ |
Other | Summary of the application of CMS to Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions of Parties and of reservations regarding species in the CMS Appendices |
Attachment | Size |
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Convention text (English) | 29.28 KB |
Texte de la Convention (français) | 32.24 KB |
Texto de la Convención (español) | 36.45 KB |
ConventionText (Arabic) نص الاتفاقية | 422.25 KB |
Convention Text (Chinese) 公约文本 | 746.12 KB |
Convention Text (Russian) текст Конвенции | 337.12 KB |
Application of CMS to Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions of Parties & of reservations on species in the CMS Appendices | 143.53 KB |
Scientific name | Common name | Class | Order | Family | Appendix (App. I / App. II) |
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Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole | Aves | Charadriiformes | Glareolidae | - / 1985 |
Pernis apivorus | European Honey-Buzzard | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Acrocephalus griseldis | Basra Reed Warbler | Aves | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | 2005 / 1979 |
Calidris minuta | Little Stint | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Diomedea amsterdamensis | Amsterdam Albatross | Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | 1997 / - |
Marmaronetta angustirostris | Marbled Teal | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | 1997 / 1979 |
Accipiter soloensis | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Larus hemprichii | Sooty Gull, Hemprich's Gull, Aden Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Saundersilarus saundersi | Saunder's Gull, Chinese Black-Headed Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | 1979 / - |
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii | Heaviside's Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 1991 |
Tadarida teniotis | European Free-Tailed Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Molossidae | - / 1994 |
Crex crex | Corncrake | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae | - / 1997 |
Anas penelope | Eurasian Wigeon | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Falco eleonorae | Eleonora's Falcon | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Clanga pomarina | Lesser Spotted Eagle | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi | Syr-Dar Shovelnose | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1999 |
Carcharodon carcharias | Great White Shark, White Shark | Chondrichthyes | Lamniformes | Lamnidae | 2002 / 2002 |
Anser anser | Greylag Goose | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Anthropoides paradiseus | Blue Crane | Aves | Gruiformes | Gruidae | - / 1979 |
Ciconia ciconia | White Stork | Aves | Ciconiiformes | Ciconiidae | - / 1979 |
Acipenser fulvescens | Lake Sturgeon | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1979 |
Gavia adamsii | White-Billed Diver | Aves | Gaviiformes | Gavidae | - / 1994 |
Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Tringa totanus | Common Redshank | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Tadarida latouchei | La Touche's Free-tailed Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Molossidae | - / 1994 |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.PK | National Report - Pakistan (COP11) | 30.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.ML | Rapport national - Mali (COP11) | 29.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.NZ | National Report - New Zealand (COP11) | 28.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.GH | National Report - Ghana (COP11) | 24.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.ER | National Report - Eritrea (COP11) | 23.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.EE | National Report - Estonia (COP11) | 23.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.MG | Rapport national - Madagascar (COP11) | 18.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.RS | National Report - Serbia (COP11) | 17.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.LV | National Report - Latvia (COP11) | 16.04.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.UY | Informe nacional - Uruguay (COP11) | 27.02.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.LI | National Report - Liechtenstein (COP11) | 21.01.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.79 | National Report of Romania (COP10) | 17.11.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.78 | National Report of Uzbekistan (COP10) | 10.10.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48e | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) (Guernsey) | 08.09.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.77 | National Report of Mozambique (COP10) | 24.08.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.76 | National Report of Liechtenstein | 09.08.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.75 | National Report of Antingua and Barbuda (COP10) | 05.08.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.74 | National Report of Spain (COP10) | 29.07.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.73 | National Report of Estonia (COP10) | 10.07.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48d | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) (Isle of Man) | 28.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.72 | National Report of Georgia (COP10) | 24.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.71 | National Report the Philippines (COP10) | 20.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.70 | National Report of Australia (COP10) | 16.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.69 | National Report of Bolivia (COP10) | 13.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.68 | National Report of the Czech Republic (COP10) | 10.06.2011 | CMS |