Decisions 12.20 to 12.21 - Action Plans for Birds

The Secretariat shall:

a) Bring the action plans to the attention of all Range States and relevant intergovernmental organizations, invite those Range States that are not yet Parties to ratify or accede to the Convention (or at least support the relevant action plan), and monitor the implementation of these action plans during the intersessional period up to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties; 

b) Coordinate with the Secretariat of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) for the implementation of the Baer’s Pochard and Far Eastern Curlew Action Plans during the intersessional period up to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

The Standing Committee is authorized to adopt the European Turtle Dove, Yellow-breasted Bunting, White-headed Duck and Dalmatian Pelican Action Plans, once finalized, in the intersessional period between the 12th and 13th meetings of the Conference of the Parties.

The Secretariat shall: a) bring the action plans to the attention of all Range States and relevant intergovernmental organizations, invite those Range States that are not yet Parties to ratify or accede to the Convention (or at least support the relevant action plan) and to report on the implementation of these action plans, and monitor the implementation of these action plans during the intersessional period up to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14); b) coordinate with the Secretariat of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) regarding the implementation of the Action Plans for Baer’s Pochard, the Far Eastern Curlew, the Dalmatian Pelican and the White-headed Duck and with the Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) for the Action Plans of the Dalmatian Pelican and the White-headed Duck during the intersessional period up to COP14.

Following consultation with the Scientific Council, the Standing Committee is authorized to adopt the Yellow-breasted Bunting Action Plan or Multi-species Action Plan for Eurasian migratory species under the genus Emberiza (Buntings) in an unfavourable conservation status, in the intersessional period between COP13 and COP14.

Parties and non-Parties, particularly those being Range States of the Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis), together with relevant organizations and stakeholders, are encouraged to make rapid progress on the development of a single species action plan and its implementation including further investigation of the status of the species, and to report progress and options for future action under CMS for consideration at COP14.