Eurasia

Applying Situation Models to Define Conservation Strategies in the Central Asian Mountains 

The Central Asian Mammals and Climate Adaptation (CAMCA) project, funded by the German Internati

21 February 2024

New Conservation Action Agreed for the King of the Steppe

At the Fifth Meeting of Signatories (MOS5) of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of the Middle-European Population of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda), delegates from the 14 Signatory States and Cooperating Organizations agreed on transboundary conservation measures for the Great Bustard. The measures agreed in Bratislava aim to improve the conservation status of this iconic species, the ‘King of the Steppe’, which inhabits the open plains of Europe and Asia.

27 September 2023

2022/016 : Hôte de la COP14

Le Secrétariat de la Convention sur la conservation des espèces migratrices appartenant à la faune sauvage (CMS) a le plaisir d'annoncer que l'Ouzbékistan accueillera l

26 September 2022

UN Initiative to Establish a Global Atlas on Animal Migration Sets Milestone with Launch of New Bird Migration Atlas

Visualizing how migratory animals connect continents, countries, sites and habitats is the result of an international scientific effort under the aegis of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), in developing the first atlas of bird migration across three continents. CMS, an environmental UN treaty, will launch the Eurasian-African Bird Migration Atlas today at the Museum of Migration on the Italian island of Ventotene, as the first part of a broader initiative to develop a global atlas of animal migration.

25 May 2022