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Connectivity Conservation: a Key Element of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

The first meeting of the Joint Working Group was held on 25 October © Florian Keil (UNEP/AEWA Secretariat)

CMS and its Family set the course for developing their contributions to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework which is expected to provide a "New Deal for Nature" for the entire international community. Two years away from its adoption, the post-2020 framework presents the opportunity to raise the visibility of migratory wildlife and promote its conservation. Last week, the CMS Standing Committee (Bonn, 23-24 October 2018) endorsed the establishment of a Working Group (WG) on the development of CMS Family contributions to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

02 November 2018

CMS Becomes Member of UN-Oceans

Sperm whales - mother and calf © Gabriel Barathieu - http://www.flickr.com/photos/barathieu/7277953560/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24212362

CMS has become a member of UN-Oceans as BBNJ meetings start at UN Headquarters in New York this week. The new membership became official just before the start of the First Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).

06 September 2018

Side Event on Solutions to Bycatch and Entanglement in Ghost Gear held at FAO COFI33

Entangled turtle © Greenpeace / Carè / Marine Photobank

© Greenpeace / Carè / Marine Photobank

On 12 July, during the 33rd Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI33), held in Rome, management solutions for ghost gear, also known as abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), and bycatch were discussed in a side event. FAO Member States Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, Palau, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Panama served as hosts for the event organized in collaboration with FAO, the International Whaling Commission (IWC), World Animal Protection, WWF and CMS.

20 July 2018

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

Read more about Marine Species Listing Proposals and Concerted Action Proposals at CMS COP12

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 (jjharrison89@facebook.com) - 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