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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Emberiza aureola | Yellow-Breasted Bunting | Aves | Passeriformes | Emberizidae | 2008 / - |
Loxodonta africana | African Elephant | Mammalia | Proboscidea | Elephantidae | - / 1979 |
Monachus monachus | Mediterranean Monk Seal | Mammalia | Carnivora | Phocidae | 1979 / 1979 |
Gavia immer | Common loon | Aves | Gaviiformes | Gaviidae | - / 1994 |
Larus melanocephalus | Mediterranean Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Microcarbo pygmaeus | Pygmy Cormorant | Aves | Suliformes | Phalacrocoracidae | - / 1994 |
Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Ciconia nigra | Black Stork | Aves | Ciconiiformes | Ciconiidae | - / 1979 |
Tringa cinerea | Terek Sandpiper | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Pangasianodon gigas | Giant Catfish | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | 1979 / - |
Acrocephalus paludicola | Aquatic Warbler | Aves | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | 1997 / 1979 |
Eubalaena glacialis | Northern Right Whale, Biscayan Right Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Balaenidae | 1979 / - |
Trichechus inunguis | Amazonian Manatee | Mammalia | Sirenia | Trichechidae | - / 2002 |
Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-Billed Duck | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Isurus paucus | Longfin Mako Shark | Chondrichthyes | Lamniformes | Lamnidae | - / 2008 |
Globicephala melas | Long-Finned Pilot Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 1988 |
Anas crecca | Common Teal | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Accipiter badius | Shikra | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Surnia ulula | Northern Hawk-owl | Aves | Strigiformes | Strigidae | - / - |
Acipenser baerii baicalensis | Siberian sturgeon | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1999 |
Ovis ammon | Argali Sheep | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bovidae | - / 2011 |
Larus genei | Slender-Billed Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Miniopterus natalensis | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 | |
Numenius madagascariensis | Far Eastern Curlew | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | 2011 / 1979 |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.DE | National Report - Germany (COP11) | 28.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.IN | National Report - India (COP11) | 28.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.NO | National Report - Norway (COP11) | 27.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.AU | National Report - Australia (COP11) | 26.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.NE | Rapport national - Niger (COP11) | 25.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.BJ | Rapport national - Bénin (COP11) | 18.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.HN | Informe nacional - Honduras (COP11) | 17.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.PE | Informe nacional - Perú (COP11) | 17.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.WS | National Report - Samoa (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.CR | Informe nacional - Costa Rica (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.SK | National Report - Slovakia (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.ZA | National Report - South Africa (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.FI | National Report - Finland (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.HU | National Report - Hungary (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.AT | National Report - Austria (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.MD | National Report - Republic of Moldova (COP11) | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.BG | National Report - Bulgaria | 16.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.DK | National Report - Denmark (COP11) | 15.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.KE | National Report - Kenya (COP11) | 15.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.NL | National Report - the Netherlands (COP11) | 15.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.UG | National Report - Uganda (COP11) | 15.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.BF | Rapport national - Burkina Faso (COP11) | 14.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.CZ | National Report - Czech Republic (COP11) | 14.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.GM | National Report - Gambia (COP11) | 14.05.2014 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP11/Inf.20.3.AM | National Report - Armenia (COP11) | 12.05.2014 | CMS |