Africa

El brote de langostas del Cuerno de África ya se extiende por una docena de países

La explosión de insectos, ligada al cambio climático, se acentúa con su reproducción a ambas orillas del Mar Rojo

22 February 2020

CMS Raptors MOU Welcomes Ethiopia as a Signatory

Gandhinagar, 19 February 2020 - Ethiopia has today signed the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum o
19 February 2020

2019/025: Call for Proposals for the African Elephant Fund

The Secretariat would like to inform the African Elephant Range States that the ninth round of calls for proposals for the

20 December 2019

100 Days Until the UN Conference on Migratory Species Starts in India

Bonn, 8 November 2019 – In 100 days from today, approximately 1,500 delegates, including representatives of national governments, international organizations, scientist

08 November 2019

Malawi – Party No 129

The Republic of Malawi is acceding to the Convention and will become the 129th Party to CMS on 1 September. Malawi, capital Lilongwe, is a landlocked country of Southern Africa with a population of 18 million people and an area of 118,484 km2. It has borders with Zambia and the United Republic of Tanzania to the north and with Mozambique to the south. The Great Rift Valley runs through the country which also has shores on the west side of Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa).

28 August 2019

2019/013: New Party to the Convention - Malawi

The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) is pleased to inform you that the German Federal Foreign Ministry has confirmed receipt of the

22 July 2019

Gorilla Agreement Meeting Sparks Off New Action and Enhanced Cooperation

The Third Meeting of the Parties of the Gorilla Agreement held from 18 to 20 June 2019 in Entebbe, Uganda highlighted the urgent need to conserve gorillas. Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, Senior Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Government of Uganda, said: “Conservation of gorillas is a moral, constitutional, cultural and economic imperative.”

28 June 2019