Asia

Fact Sheet on Khulan Migration

About 100,000 Asiatic wild ass or khulan still roam the drylands of Eurasia. The largest remaining interconnected population is found in the Mongolian Gobi, where an estimated 86,000 khulan – constituting over 80% of the global population – are found. In the Mongolian Gobi, khulan roam across thousands of kilometers and their movements are among the longest reported for terrestrial mammals both globally and nationally.

12 September 2024

New Review Finds the Consumption of Wild Meat of Aquatic Megafauna Protected Under CMS to be Widespread Throughout the Tropics

Published on 21 March was a review of the literature and overview of the contemporary use of aquatic megafauna (cetaceans, sirenians, chelonians, and crocodylians) in the global tropics and subtropics, for 37 species listed on the Appendices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).

22 March 2022

Risk Assessment of Plastic Pollution to Migratory Species in the Mekong and Ganga River Basins

The report “Risk assessment of plastic pollution to migratory species in the Mekong and Ganga River Basins” maps plastic hotspots and assesses the risk of plastic pollution on migratory species in these two river basins. It focuses on the impacts of plastic pollution on freshwater and terrestrial species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

07 March 2022