As an environmental treaty under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme, 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 |
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Scientific name | Common name | Class | Order | Family | Appendix (App. I / App. II) |
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Vanellus albiceps | White-Headed Lapwing | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | - / 1979 |
Mycteria ibis | Yellow-Billed Stork | Aves | Ciconiiformes | Ciconiidae | - / 1994 |
Glareola nordmanni | Black-Winged Pratincole | Aves | Charadriiformes | Glareolidae | - / 1985 |
Vanellus senegallus | Senegal Lapwing | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | - / 1979 |
Vicugna vicugna | Vicugna | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Camelidae | 1979 / 1979 |
Antigone vipio | White-Naped Crane | Aves | Gruiformes | Gruidae | 2002 / 1979 |
Thalasseus bernsteini | Chinese Crested Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | 2002 / - |
Hieraaetus wahlbergi | Wahlberg's Eagle | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Dugong dugon | Dugong, Sea Cow | Mammalia | Sirenia | Dugongidae | - / 1979 |
Cygnus columbianus | Bewick's Swan | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Numenius tenuirostris | Slender-Billed Curlew | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | 1979 / - |
Pontoporia blainvillei | La Plata Dolphin, Franciscana | Mammalia | Cetacea | Pontoporiidae | 1997 / 1991 |
Myotis emarginatus | Geoffroy's Bat, Notch-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1991 |
Balaenoptera omurai | Omura’s Whale | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae | - / 1979 |
Sarkidiornis melanotos | Comb Duck | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Rhinolophus mehelyi | Mehely's Horseshoe Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Rhinolophidae | - / 1985 |
Circus spilonotus | Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Spheniscus demersus | African Penguin | Aves | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae | - / 1997 |
Buteo oreophilus | Mountain Buzzard | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Eubalaena australis | Southern Right Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Balaenidae | 1979 / - |
Ardeola idae | Malagasy Pond Heron | Aves | Ciconiiformes | Ardeidae | 2005 / 1994 |
Eudromias morinellus | Eurasian Dotterel | Aves | Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | - / 1979 |
Circus cyaneus | Hen Harrier | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Stenella coeruleoalba | Striped Dolphin, Blue-White Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 2001 |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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National Report of Hungary (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of the Philippines (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Uzbekistan (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Benin (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Ireland (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Poland (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Bangladesh (Non-Party) (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Bulgaria (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Israel (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Portugal (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of St Lucia (Non-Party) (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Burkina Faso (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Italy (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
National Report of Romania (COP7) | 18.03.2002 | CMS | |
UNEP/CMS/Saiga/MOS3/Inf.10.2 | National Report from Mongolia | CMS, Saiga Antelope | |
UNEP/CMS/COP12/Inf.25.85 | Palau - National Report COP12 | CMS |