The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is pleased to inform you about the upcoming “Webinar on Ecological Connectivity – Insights for post-2020 indicators”, which will be held on 31 October 2022 from 09:30 to 11:00 EDT / 13:30 to 15:00 GMT via the Zoom platform.

This webinar is being jointly convened by the CMS Secretariat, the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Programme (UNEP-WCMC) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The webinar aims to achieve the following outcomes:

• To build understanding of the conceptual issues in defining and measuring connectivity in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and in national policy processes;
• To improve awareness of current baselines, and progress for maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological connectivity in relation to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
• To share information about the proposed indicators that are already suggested for inclusion in the draft monitoring framework, additional connectivity indicators that are currently available and published but not proposed in the draft framework and potential/future indicators that are currently under development.

The Secretariat encourages Parties and partner organizations to register for the webinar as soon as possible. The registration link and further information about the webinar are contained in the CBD Notification 2022-063.

The background document of the webinar is enclosed to this notification.

For further information, please contact the Laura Cerasi, Fundraising and Partnerships Officer, CMS Secretariat, e-mail: [email protected].