Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CMS in effect after the 15th meeting

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This list of Decisions has been produced in accordance with UNEP/CMS/Resolution 11.6 (Rev.COP12) on Review of Decisions. It contains the Decisions (other than Resolutions) adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP15, Campo Grande, 2026). The Decisions in this list are grouped by subject in accordance with the agenda of COP15.

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Administrative and Budgetary Matters
Decisions 15.1 to 15.3 - Enhancing Engagement with the Global Environment Facility
Decisions 15.4 to 15.5 - Resource Mobilization Strategy

Strategic and Institutional Matters
Decisions 15.6 to 15.9 - Samarkand Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2024-2032
Decision 15.10 - Tangible and Intangible Cultural Values
Decision 15.11 - Partnership Policy
Decisions 15.12 to 15.13 - Cooperation between the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and CMS
Decisions 15.14 to 15.15 - CMS Contribution to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Decisions 15.16 to 15.17 - Communications, Outreach and Information Management

Scientific Assessments and Reports
Decisions 15.18 to 15.20 - Development of the Next Report on State of the World’s Migratory Species
Decisions 15.21 to 15.22 - Atlas on Animal Migration

Interpretation and Reporting on Implementation of the Convention
Decision 15.23 - National Reports
Decisions 15.24 to 15.25 - Review Mechanism and National Legislation Programme

Aquatic Species Conservation Issues
Decisions 15.26 to 15.29 - Bycatch and Other Fisheries-induced Mortality
Decisions 15.30 to 15.32 - Fish Aggregating Devices
Decisions 15.33 to 15.35 - Aquatic Wild Meat
Decisions 15.36 to 15.38 - Action Plan to Address Aquatic Wild Meat Harvests in West-Africa
Decisions 15.39 to 15.41 - The Maltreatment and Mutilation of Seabirds in Fisheries
Decisions 15.42 to 15.44 - Marine Pollution
Decisions 15.45 to 15.47 - Underwater Noise
Decisions 15.48 to 15.51 - Deep-sea Mining and Migratory Species
Decisions 15.52 to 15.56 - Priorities for Area-based Conservation of Marine Migratory Species
Decisions 15.57 to 15.60 - Vessel Strikes
Decisions 15.61 to 15.64 - Conserving Seamount Ecosystems
Decisions 15.65 to 15.68 - Seagrass Ecosystems
Decisions 15.69 to 15.71 - Marine Wildlife Watching
Decisions 15.72 to 15.74 - Conservation Priorities for Cetaceans
Decisions 15.75 to 15.76 - Role of Cetaceans in Ecosystem Functioning
Decisions 15.77 to 15.79 - Action Plan for Cetaceans in the Red Sea Region
Decisions 15.80 to 15.81 - Action Plan for the Protection and Conservation of South Atlantic Whales
Decisions 15.82 to 15.86 - Single Species Action Plan for the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii)
Decisions 15.87 to 15.91 - Conservation Management Plan for the Arabian Sea Humpback Whale
Decisions 15.92 to 15.97 - Sirenians, Pinnipeds and Otters
Decisions 15.98 to 15.100 - Marine Turtles
Decisions 15.101 to 15.106 - Single Species Action Plan for the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Ocean Region
Decisions 15.107 to 15.109 - Migratory Freshwater Fish
Decisions 15.110 to 15.115 - Single Species Action Plan for the European Eel (Anguilla Anguilla)
Decisions 15.116 to 15.119 - Single Species Action Plan for the Angelshark (Squatina squatina) in the Mediterranean Sea
Decisions 15.120 to 15.121 - Implementation of the CMS Appendix I-listing for the Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Decisions 15.122 to 15.124 - List of Shark and Ray Species that Meet the Criteria for Inclusion in CMS Appendices
Decisions 15.125 to 15.129 - Single Species Action Plan for the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sub-Population of the Tope Shark (Galeorhinus galeus
Decisions 15.130 to 15.134 - Multi-species Action Plan for Amazonian Migratory Catfish

Avian Species Conservation Issues
Decisions 15.135 to 15.137 - Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking, and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT)
Decisions 15.138 to 15.139 - Asia Pacific Illegal Taking of Migratory Birds Intergovernmental Task Force
Decisions 15.140 to 15.142 - South-west Asia Illegal Taking of Migratory Birds Intergovernmental Task Force
Decisions 15.143 to 15.145 - Illegal Taking of Migratory Birds at Global Level
Decisions 15.146 to 15.149 - Preventing Poisoning of Migratory Birds
Decisions 15.150 to 15.156 - Flyways
Decisions 15.157 to 15.160 - Seabirds and Marine Flyways
Decision 15.161 - Action Plans for Birds
Decisions 15.162 to 15.165 - Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African, Eurasian and Australian Bustards (Bustard MsAP)
Decisions 15.166 to 15.169 - Action Plan for Migratory Landbirds in the African-Eurasian Region (AEMLAP)
Decisions 15.170 to 15.172 - Conservation of African-Eurasian Vultures
Decisions 15.173 to 15.174 - Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) Global Action Plan (SakerGAP)
Decisions 15.175 to 15.178 - Internationally Important Raptor Areas (IIRAs)

Terrestrial Species Conservation Issues
Decisions 15.179 to 15.181 - Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative
Decisions 15.182 to 15.183 - Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna Initiative
Decisions 15.184 to 15.188 - Central Asian Mammals Initiative
Decisions 15.189 to 15.191 - Jaguar

Crosscutting Conservation Issues
Decisions 15.192 to 15.195 - Illegal and Unsustainable Taking of Migratory Species
Decisions 15.196 to 15.197 - Ecological Connectivity
Decisions 15.198 to 15.199 - Transfrontier Conservation Areas for Migratory Species
Decisions 15.200 to 15.201 - Communities and Livelihoods
Decisions 15.202 to 15.203 - Wildlife Health
Decisions 15.204 to 15.206 - Pastoralism
Decisions 15.207 to 15.209 - Cumulative Effects Assessments
Decisions 15.210 to 15.211 - Infrastructure Development and Migratory Species
Decisions 15.212 to 15.215 - Renewable Energy and Migratory Species
Decisions 15.216 to 15.219 - Climate Change and Migratory Species
Decisions 15.220 to 15.224 - Conservation Implications of Animal Culture and Social Learning
Decisions 15.225 to 15.226 - Multiple Systems of Knowledge
Decision 15.227 - Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Species

CMS Appendices
Decision 15.228 - Treatment of Species Included within Aggregated Families Listed in Appendix II
Decisions 15.229 to 15.231 - Maintaining Lists of Species Included in CMS Appendices
Decision 15.232 - CMS Standard References
Decisions 15.233 to 15.234 - Species that Meet the Criteria for Listing on CMS
Decision 15.235 - Towards Harmonization of Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Date and Venue of the 16th Meeting of the COP
Decisions 15.236 to 15.237 - Date and Venue of the 16th Meeting of the COP