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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Polysticta stelleri | Steller's Eider | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | 1997 / 1979 |
Tadorna tadorna | Common Shelduck | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | Russian Sturgeon, Ossetra | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1999 |
Nettapus auritus | African Pygmy-Goose | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Circus maurus | Black Harrier | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Rhinolophus hipposideros | Lesser Horseshoe Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Rhinolophidae | - / 1985 |
Sternula saundersi | Saunders's Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Spheniscus humboldti | Humboldt Penguin | Aves | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae | 1997 / - |
Lagenorhynchus acutus | Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 1988 |
Larus audouinii | Audouin's Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | 1979 / 1994 |
Thalasseus maximus albididorsalis | Royal Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Orcaella brevirostris | Irrawaddy Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | 2009 / 1991 |
Caperea marginata | Pygmy Right Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Neobalaenidae | - / 1979 |
Balaenoptera physalus | Fin Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Balaenopteridae | 2002 / 2002 |
Thalassarche salvini | Salvin's Albatross | Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | - / - |
Natator depressus | Flatback Turtle | Reptilia | Testudinata | Cheloniidae | - / 1979 |
Netta erythrophthalma | Southern Pochard | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Streptopelia turtur turtur | Turtle Dove | Aves | Columbiformes | Columbidae | - / 2002 |
Milvus migrans | Black Kite | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Myotis myotis | Greater Mouse-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Gazella cuvieri | Cuvier's Gazelle | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bovidae | 1979 / - |
Falco alopex | Fox Kestrel | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Melanitta nigra | Common Scoter, Black Scoter | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Falco columbarius | Merlin | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Procellaria conspicillata | Spectacled Petrel | Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellaridae | - / - |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.67 | National Report of Senegal (COP10) | 07.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.65 | National Report of Saudi Arabia (COP10) | 02.06.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.64 | National Report of Kazakhstan (COP10) | 31.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.63 | National Report of Iran (COP10) | 29.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.62 | National Report of India (COP10) | 28.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.59 | National Report of the Netherlands (COP10) | 27.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.60 | National Report of Switzerland (COP10) | 27.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.61 | National Report of France (COP10) | 27.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.58 | National Report of Tajikistan (COP10) | 26.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.57 | National Report of Poland (COP10) | 25.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.56 | National Report of Guinea (COP10) | 24.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48a | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) (Sovereign Bases Cyprus) | 23.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48b | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) (Bermuda) | 23.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48c | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) (Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas) | 23.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.55 | National Report of Mauritania (COP10) | 22.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.66 | National Report of Burkina Faso (COP10) | 20.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.53 | National Report of Finland (COP10) | 20.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.54 | National Report of Madagascar (COP10) | 20.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48 | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) | 16.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.49 | National Report of Belarus (COP10) | 16.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.52 | National Report of New Zealand (COP10) | 11.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.47 | National Report of Sweden (COP10) | 27.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.45 | National Report of Honduras (COP10) | 15.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.46 | National Report of Samoa (COP10) | 15.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.44 | National Report of Bulgaria (COP10) | 14.04.2011 | CMS |