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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Larus leucophthalmus | White-Eyed Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | 1985 / 1994 |
Pipistrellus pipistrellus | Common Pipistrelle | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Rynchops flavirostris | African Skimmer, Scissorbill | Aves | Charadriiformes | Rynchopidae | - / 2005 |
Tursiops aduncus | Indian or Bottlenose Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 1979 |
Botaurus stellaris stellaris | Eurasian Bittern | Aves | Ciconiiformes | Ardeidae | - / 1994 |
Pseudocolopteryx dinellianus | Dinelli's Doradito | Aves | Passeriformes | Tyrannidae | - / 2002 |
Zapornia parva | Little Crake | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae | - / 1994 |
Ninox scutulata | Brown Boobook | Aves | Strigiformes | Strigidae | - / - |
Milvus milvus | Red Kite | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Phoca vitulina | Common Seal, Harbour Seal | Mammalia | Carnivora | Phocidae | - / 1985 |
Buteo buteo | Eurasian Buzzard | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis | Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Phocoenidae | - / 1979 |
Somateria mollissima | Common Eider | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Otomops martiensseni | Large-Eared Free-Tailed Bat, Giant Mastiff Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Molossidae | - / 2006 |
Thalassarche steadi | White-Capped Albatross | Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | - / - |
Myotis nattereri | Natterer's Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Thalassarche carteri | Indian Yellow-Nosed Albatross | Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | - / - |
Procellaria westlandica | Westland Petrel | Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellaridae | - / 1999 |
Sarothrura ayresi | Whitewinged Flufftail | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae | 1997 / 1997 |
Bugeranus carunculatus | Wattled Crane | Aves | Gruiformes | Gruidae | - / 1979 |
Thalassornis leuconotus | White-Backed Duck | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Burhinus oedicnemus | Stone Curlew | Aves | Charadriiformes | Burhinidae | - / 1979 |
Grus monacha | Hooded Crane | Aves | Gruiformes | Gruidae | 2002 / 1979 |
Otus sunia | Oriental Scops-Owl | Aves | Strigiformes | Strigidae | - / - |
Accipiter nisus | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.51 | National Report of Mongolia (COP10) | 31.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.26 | National Report of Chad (COP10) | 30.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.27 | National Report of Kenya (COP10) | 30.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.28 | National Report of Germany (COP10) | 30.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.29 | National Report of Ethiopia (COP10) | 30.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.50 | National Report of Panama (COP10) | 30.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.25 | National Report of Slovenia (COP10) | 30.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.21 | National Report of Mauritius (COP10) | 29.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.22 | National Report of South Africa (COP10) | 29.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.23 | National Report of Algeria (COP10) | 29.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.24 | National Report of Paraguay (COP10) | 29.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.19 | National Report of the Congo (COP10) | 26.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.18 | National Report of Mali (COP10) | 22.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.16 | National Report of Morocco (COP10) | 15.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.15 | National Report of Austria (COP10) | 10.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.14 | National Report of Argentina (COP10) | 04.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.13 | National Report of Ukraine (COP10) | 02.03.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.12 | National Report of Ecuador (COP10) | 28.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.20 | National Report of Benin (COP10) | 27.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.11 | National Report of Latvia (COP10) | 21.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.10 | National Report of Slovakia (COP10) | 17.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.9 | National Report of Belgium (COP10) | 11.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.8 | National Report of Serbia (COP10) | 02.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.7 | National Report of Chile (COP10) | 01.02.2011 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/Inf.10.12.6 | National Report of Cyprus (COP10) | 31.01.2011 | CMS |