Decisions 13.27 to 13.31 - Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT)

Parties that are members of the MIKT are invited to: a) periodically use the Scoreboard in Annex 1 of Resolution 11.16 (Rev.COP13) Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds as a national tool to self-assess progress in addressing the illegal killing of wild birds; b) provide voluntarily and to the extent of availability and relevance of information for the indicators the Secretariat with the information identified in the Scoreboard, for the purposes of discussion within the MIKT, and to facilitate information sharing and best practice.

a) Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to implement the Programme of Work of MIKT 2016- 2020; b) Parties, non-Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations that are members and observers to the MIKT are encouraged to finalize and adopt a strategic framework for the MIKT on eradicating illegal killing, taking and trade in migratory birds in the Mediterranean region, with a view to be implemented as a scientifically sound and robust tool for the period 2020-2030.

Funds permitting, in liaison with the CMS Secretariat, and in conjunction with i) the Aquatic Wild Meat Working Group in line with Decision 13.64 Aquatic Wild Meat; ii) the Terrestrial Working Group in line with Decision 13.109 Addressing Unsustainable Use of Terrestrial and Avian Wild Meat of Migratory Species of Wild Animals; undertake a scientific review on the scope and scale of illegal killing and taking of birds, as well as illegal trade of birds across Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia to enable Parties, policy instruments and NGOs to set appropriate priorities to address the issue.

In order to prevent illegal trapping of birds and with funds permitting, and working with the Secretariats of other relevant multilateral environmental agreements, contribute as appropriate to a global situation analysis on production, sale, use and regulation of use of mist nets, and other sorts of nets used for bird trapping, which may include:

a) identifying where mist nets are produced and sold, including by building on information from existing ringing schemes such as EURING;

b) producing an overview of national legislation regulating production, sale, possession and use of mist nets and other sorts of nets used for bird trapping;

c) compiling data on the global scale of the use of nets for killing, taking and trade of birds to support an assessment of the illegal component and impact on CMS listed species.

The Secretariat shall: a) compile, in the intersessional period between the 13th and the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the information duly provided by the Parties under Decision 13.27; b) share that information with MIKT members for the purposes outlined in Decision 13.27 in the intersessional period between the 13th and 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.