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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Myotis myotis | Greater Mouse-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Gazella cuvieri | Cuvier's Gazelle | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bovidae | 1979 / - |
Falco alopex | Fox Kestrel | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Melanitta nigra | Common Scoter, Black Scoter | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Falco columbarius | Merlin | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Procellaria conspicillata | Spectacled Petrel | Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellaridae | - / - |
Balaena mysticetus | Bowhead Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Balaenidae | 1979 / - |
Nanger dama | Dama Gazelle | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Bovidae | 1979 / - |
Gavialis gangeticus | Gharial, Indian Gavial | Reptilia | Crocodylia | Gavialidae | 1979 / - |
Setophaga kirtlandii | Kirtland's Warbler | Aves | Passeriformes | Parulidae | 1979 / - |
Huso huso | Giant Sturgeon, Beluga | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1979 |
Myotis daubentonii | Daubenton's Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Diomedea sanfordi | Northern Royal Albatross | Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | - / 1997 |
Eretmochelys imbricata | Hawksbill Turtle | Reptilia | Testudinata | Cheloniidae | 1985 / 1979 |
Accipiter ovampensis | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Falco subbuteo | Eurasian Hobby | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Hypsugo savii | Savi's Pipistrelle Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Grus grus | Common Crane | Aves | Gruiformes | Gruidae | - / 1979 |
Charadrius forbesi | Forbes' Plover | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | - / 1979 |
Charadrius leschenaultii | Greater Sandplover | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | - / 1979 |
Nyctalus leisleri | Leisler's Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Phoenicopterus minor | Lesser Flamingo | Aves | Phoenicopteriformes | Phoenicopteridae | - / 1979 |
Gazella leptoceros | Slender-Horned Gazelle, Rhim | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bovidae | 1985 / - |
Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Myotis bechsteinii | Bechstein's Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.55 | National Report of Mauritania (COP10) | 22.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.66 | National Report of Burkina Faso (COP10) | 20.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.53 | National Report of Finland (COP10) | 20.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.54 | National Report of Madagascar (COP10) | 20.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.49 | National Report of Belarus (COP10) | 16.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.48 | National Report of the United Kingdom (COP10) | 16.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.52 | National Report of New Zealand (COP10) | 11.05.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.47 | National Report of Sweden (COP10) | 27.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.45 | National Report of Honduras (COP10) | 15.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.46 | National Report of Samoa (COP10) | 15.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.44 | National Report of Bulgaria (COP10) | 14.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.43 | National Report of the United Republic of Tanzania (COP10) | 13.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.42 | National Report of Sri Lanka (COP10) | 12.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.39 | National Report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (COP10) | 11.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.40 | National Report of Albania (COP10) | 11.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.41 | National Report of Togo (COP10) | 11.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.38 | National Report of Hungary (COP10) | 07.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.36 | National Report of Angola (COP10) | 07.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.37 | National Report of Croatia (COP10) | 07.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.35 | National Report of Italy (COP10) | 05.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.33 | National Report of Israel (COP10) | 04.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.34 | National Report of Costa Rica (COP10) | 04.04.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.51 | National Report of Mongolia (COP10) | 31.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.30 | National Report of Pakistan (COP10) | 31.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.31 | National Report of Montenegro (COP10) | 31.03.2011 | CMS |