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National Reports

Document Number Title Publish date CMS Instrument
Maldives - National Report 2024 12.06.2024 IOSEA Marine Turtles
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.078 Maldives - National Report COP14 22.05.2023 CMS
CMS/IOSEA/MOS8/Inf.7.1.g Maldives - National Report 2019 29.08.2019 IOSEA Marine Turtles
Maldives National Report 2014 19.09.2014 IOSEA Marine Turtles
Maldives National Report 2011 11.01.2012 IOSEA Marine Turtles

Ratification status

CMS InstrumentStatusStatus dateNotes
IOSEA Marine Turtles
MOU Signatory
26.04.2010
Dugong
Range State
Sharks
Range State
CMS
Party
01.11.2019
Central Asian Flyway
Range State

Maldives

Official nameRepublic of Maldives
Party number131
RegionAsia
Entry into forceNovember 2019

Related content

Scientific name Common name Class Order Family Appendix (App. I / App. II)
Falco amurensis Amur Falcon Aves Falconiformes Falconidae - / 1979
Mobula thurstoni Bentfin Devil Ray, Lesser Devil Ray, Smoothtail Devil Ray, Smoothtail Mobula, Thurton’s Devil Ray Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae 2014 / 2014
Alopias superciliosus Bigeye Thresher Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Alopiidae - / 2014
Himantopus himantopus Black-Winged Stilt Aves Charadriiformes Recurvirostridae - / 1979
Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae 1979 / -
Mobula tarapacana Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Devil Ray, Greater Guinean Mobula, Sicklefin Devil Ray, Spiny Mobula Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae 2014 / 2014
Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel Aves Falconiformes Falconidae - / 1979
Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper Aves Charadriiformes Scolopacidae - / 1979
Alopias vulpinus Common Thresher Shark Chondrichthyes Lamniformes Alopiidae - / 2014
Dromas ardeola Crab Plover Aves Charadriiformes Dromadidae - / 1994
Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby Aves Falconiformes Falconidae - / 1979
Neophocaena phocaenoides Finless Porpoise Mammalia Cetacea Phocoenidae - / 1979
Thalasseus bergii Great Crested Tern Aves Charadriiformes Laridae - / 1994
Chelonia mydas Green Turtle Reptilia Testudinata Cheloniidae 1979 / 1979
Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle Reptilia Testudinata Cheloniidae 1985 / 1979
Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae 1979 / -
Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphin, Chinese White Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae - / 1991
Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle Reptilia Testudinata Dermochelidae 1979 / 1979
Thalasseus bengalensis Lesser Crested Tern Aves Charadriiformes Laridae - / 1994
Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle Reptilia Testudinata Cheloniidae 1985 / 1979
Manta birostris Manta Ray Chondrichthyes Myliobatiformes Mobulidae 2011 / 2011
Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier Aves Accipitriformes Accipitridae - / 1979
Carcharhinus longimanus Oceanic whitetip shark Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae 2020 / -
Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey-buzzard Aves Accipitriformes Accipitridae - / 1979
Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier Aves Accipitriformes Accipitridae - / 1979
Title Start date Country CMS Instrument
1st Meeting of the Northern Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force (NIO-MTTF) 11.10.2015 Maldives IOSEA Marine Turtles
4th Meeting of the Northern Indian Ocean Marine Turtle Task Force (NIO-MTTF) 07.03.2023 Maldives IOSEA Marine Turtles

National Legislation

Title Publish date
Protected Species Regulation no. 2021/R-25 01.01.2021
General Fisheries Regulation of the Maldives no. 2020/R-75 01.01.2020
Law no. 4/93, Environment Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives 01.01.1993