Table of Contents

  • Zayed International Prize Honours Top Environmentalists
  • Raptors MoU and Batumi Raptor Count, Georgia celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2014
  • The Kyrgyz Republic – the 120th Party to UNEP/CMS
  • United Against Wildlife Crime
  • Building fieldwork capacity in Africa to conserve the endangered Egyptian Vulture

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Zayed International Prize Honours Top Environmentalists

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From Protecting Bluefin Tuna to Saving the World's Wetlands and Championing Sustainable Development Causes: Zayed International Prize Honours Top Environmentalists

Raptors MoU and Batumi Raptor Count, Georgia celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2014

Abu Dhabi, 11 May 2014 - Today, the CMS Raptors MoU Coordinating Unit celebrates World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) jointly with Bird Conservation Georgia, the leading nature conservation organization in the country, through its Batumi Raptor Count (BRC) programme located at the city of Batumi in Georgia.

The Kyrgyz Republic – the 120th Party to UNEP/CMS

Bonn, 1 May 2014 - CMS welcomes the Central Asian Kyrgyz Republic as the 120th Party to the Convention with effect from 1 May 2014.

United Against Wildlife Crime

United Against Wildlife Crime - Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) supports fight against wildlife crime

The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) held its third meeting in the margins of the General Assembly of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) in Milan, Italy on 23 and 24 April.

Building fieldwork capacity in Africa to conserve the endangered Egyptian Vulture

Abu Dhabi, 01 May 2014 – The Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MoU is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Fieldwork Capacity Building Project to support the conservation of migratory Egyptian Vultures of the Balkan Region on their wintering grounds in Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad.