Title Start Date End Date Implementing Agency Status Region
CounterMEASURE II: Promotion of Action Against Marine Plastic Litter in Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Completed Asia, South-East Asia
GEF Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Completed Indian Ocean, South Pacific, South-East Asia
Dugong and Seagrass Research Toolkit

CMS Dugong MOU

Completed Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, South Pacific, South-East Asia, South-West Asia
Migratory sharks in the Gulf of Gabès: by-catch, ecology and critical habitats

Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)

Completed Africa
Connectivity between the populations of the Giant Manta Ray in the Galapagos Islands and coastal Ecuador and Peru

The Manta Trust

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Flyway Action Plan for the Conservation of the Balkan and Central Asian Populations of the Egyptian Vulture

The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) / BirdLife Bulgaria

Completed Asia, Europe
Development of an illustrated identification guide "Sharks of the Arabian Seas"

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Completed Africa, Indian Ocean, South-West Asia
Marking and monitoring system for Danube sturgeons

WWF Danube-Carpathian Program Bulgaria

Ongoing Europe
Conservation Program "Dalmatian Pelicans and Wetlands in the Mediterranean Basin"

Noé Conservation

Ongoing Europe
Conservation of Amur Falcon in Nagaland and along its migration route

The Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME/BirdLife Hungary)

Completed Asia
Enhancing stakeholder engagement with CMS MOUs: the Saiga Resource Centre

Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA)

Ongoing Asia
African Raptor DataBank: Capturing observations of African birds of prey

Habitat Info

Completed Africa
Conservation of the Blue Swallow, in the Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe

BirdLife Zimbabwe

Completed Africa
Shark conservation training workshops in Northern Africa and the Middle East

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Completed Africa, South-West Asia
Raising awareness on threats to migratory sharks

Etpison Museum, Palau

Completed Oceania
Empowering local fishing communities to conserve coastal dolphins in Congo

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Completed Eastern Atlantic, West Africa
Global Dugong Genetics Project

James Cook University/ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Completed Africa, Asia, Europe, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific, South-East Asia, South-West Asia
Relevamiento de distribución V abundancia de flamencosaltoandinos en Peru

Direccion General Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre - Ministerio de Agricultura

Ongoing South & Central America & The Caribbean
Supporting Tajikistan to lead on Transboundary Cooperation on Snow Leopards

Fauna & Flora International

Completed Asia
Miniopterus schreibersii and Rhinolophus euryale in the old mines

Slovak Bat Conservation Society

Ongoing Europe
South meets North – A partnership linking sooty falcon conservationists

The Peregrine Fund Madagascar Project

Completed Africa, Asia
Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of Migratory Egyptian Vultures (Neophron percnopterus) from the Western Palearctic on their Wintering Grounds in Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad

The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB)/ BirdLife Bulgaria

Completed Africa
Acoustic surveys of Humpback Whales in Southern Mozambique

Centre for Marine Science and Technology

Completed Africa
Monitoreo participativo comunal de Ballena Jorobada en Costa Rica

Fundacion Keto

Completed North Pacific, South & Central America & The Caribbean
Pacific Year of the Dugong

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) / CMS

Completed South Pacific, Western Pacific
Supporting Dugong (and Marine Turtle) Conservation in the Pacific Islands

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Completed Oceania, South Pacific
Study to Confirm the Existence or Extinction of the Dugong in the Waters of Mauritius and Rodrigues

Community Centred Conservation (C3)

Completed Africa
Rapid Assessment of Dugongs and their Seagrass Habitat in Northern Madagascar

Community Centred Conservation (C3)

Completed Africa
RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF NEAR-SURFACE AND DEEP-SEA FISHING ON ALBATROSS MORTALITY AND THEIR MITIGATION IN URUGUAYAN WATERS

Dirección General de Recursos Naturales. Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca. República Oriental del Uruguay (DGRN)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Tracing the migrations of Indian marine turtles: towards an integrated and collaborative conservation program

Madras Crocodile Bank Trust - Centre for Herpetology

Completed Asia
MARINE TURTLE NEST BEACHES- Spatial data for conservation planning (title overview: "GIS database on marine turtles nesting sites")

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)

Completed Indian Ocean
Advancing Sea Turtle Conservation in Kenya

Kenya Sea Turtle Conservation Committee (KESCOM)

Completed Africa
prepare Action Plans for the conservation of the Corncrake (Crex crex) and the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)

BirdLife International (BLI)

Completed
Action Plans for the conservation of the Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor), Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus), and Chinese Crested-tern (Sterna bernsteini)

BirdLife Asia

Completed
Conservation of Cetaceans in The Gambia and Senegal, 1999-2001, and Status of the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Wafcet Report)

Marine Education and Research (MER)

Completed Africa
STATUS, DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION SIZE OF BIRDS SPECIES FROM CMS APPENDIX I IN MACEDONIA

Bird Study and Protection Society of Macedonia (BSPSM)

Completed Europe
Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) Conservation in the Austral Region of Argentina and Chile

Wetlands International-Americas (WI-A); Corporación Nacional Forestal, Chile (CONAF)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Slender-billed Curlew Survey of the Gulf coast of Iran

Foundation Working Group International waterbird and wetland Research (Foundation WIWO)

Completed Asia
Technical preparation of the First Meeting of the Signatories to the MoU concerning Conservation Measures for the West African Populations of the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) (held in Ghana)

IUCN

Completed West Africa
Survey for the Slender-billed Curlew and translation of scientific material into Russian

BirdLife International

Completed Europe
Exploratory survey of cetacean by-catches in Cameroon and search for the Atlantic humpback dolphin

Association Camérounaise de Biologie Marine

Completed Africa
Survey of the Exploitation, Distribution and Natural History of Cetaceans in Ghana and Togo

Marine Education and Research (MER)

Completed Africa
KEY ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE FRANCISCANA DOLPHIN (Pontoporia blainvillei)

Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Implementing Priority Actions for the Conservation of the High Andes Flamingos

Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Chile

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Conservation of the Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus (= Agelaius flavus)

Asociación Guyrá Paraguay (AGP)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
A SURVEY OF THE STATUS OF CETACEANS IN SENEGAL, THE GAMBIA AND GUINEA-BISSAU

Marine Education and Research (MER)

Completed Africa
Studies of Waterbirds, Water Levels, and Aquatic Food Plants as a Basis for Conservation of Threatened Wetlands at Poyang Lake, China

International Crane Foundation (ICF)

Completed Asia
Drafting of a GEF project on the conservation of the Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus)

International Crane Foundation (ICF)

Completed Asia
Movements of Atlantic leatherback turtles – Steps toward by-catch reduction and trans-oceanic cooperation for conservation

WWF – Latin America & the Caribbean Program (LAC)

Completed Atlantic Ocean
PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE HIGH-ANDEAN FLAMINGOS (overview: "Winter census of High Andes Flamingos")

Fundación Pacha Mama

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Technical advise to prepare the concerted action on central eurasian aridland mammals (Rec. 8_23)

The royal Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB), Belgium

Completed Asia, Europe
Sri Lankan National marine turtle by-catch survey and olive ridley tagging programme

Turtle Conservation Project (TCP)

Completed Asia
Development of Migratory Species Indices based on the Red Data Index

BirdLife International (BLI)

Completed
Status of the Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus) in the Near East

Museum Koenig, Bonn

Completed South-West Asia
Review of Migratory Freshwater Fish

University of Nevada

Completed
Survey for small cetaceans in the shared coastal waters between Indonesia and Australia

Environment Australia, in cooperation with Indonesian Central Research Institute for Fisheries

Completed Asia, Oceania
Action Plan for the recovery of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Eastern Atlantic (Meeting of the Action Plan working group in the Mauritania)

Fundación CBD para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad y su Habitat (CBD-Habitat)

Completed Eastern Atlantic
Promote the conservation of Eastern Sarus Crane and the habitats in Cambodia on which they depend

International Crane Foundation (ICF)

Completed Asia
Coordination of Production of Print Publication: ODONTOCETES: THE TOOTHED WHALES OF THE WORLD

expert: Prof. Dr. Boris Culik

Completed
Aquatic Mammals in Latin America: Proceedings of a Workshop on Identifying High-Priority Conservation Needs and Actions

Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Threatened migratory grassland birds in Argentina: A preliminary approach to habitat use at local and landscape scales

Aves Argentinas / Asociación Ornitológica del Plata

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Training Course for South Asian Scientists and an Assessment of Coastal Cetacean Populations in the Bay of Bengal

WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

Completed Asia
Conservation of Sea Turtles along the coast of Peru

Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza, APECO

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Study: Conservation Priorities for Shark and Ray Species included and proposed for inclusion in Annex 1 to the CMS Sharks MOU In preparation Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South & Central America & The Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Atlantic, Indian Ocean, North Pacific, South Pacific, South-East Asia, South-West Asia, South-Western Atlantic, West Africa, Western Pacific
Third Workshop for the Coordination of the Research and Conservation of the Franciscana Dolphin in the Southwestern Atlantic

Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN)

Completed South-Western Atlantic
TECHNICAL REPORT on the SECOND MARINE MAMMAL CONFERENCE IN ASIA (SEAMAM II)

WWF Philippines

Completed
Awareness Campaign for the Lesser White-fronted Goose

The Norwegian Ornithological Society (project leader); Danish National Environmental Research Institute (focal point councillor)

Completed Asia, Europe
Practices for the worldwide distribution of the CMS-Resolution 7.4 - Electrocution on Migratory Birds - and its Experts Guidelines for Bird Protection on Powerlines

NABU Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V.

Completed
AN INVESTIGATION OF CETACEANS IN THE GULF OF TONKIN

IUCN Species Survival Commission Cetacean Specialist Group

Completed Asia
Support to Dugong Project in Indonesia

Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University

Completed Asia
design and construction of an observatory for the study and observation of the Huemul Deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus)

Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean
Population genetics of Southeast Asian and Western Pacific Green turtles, Chelonia mydas

The University of Queensland

Completed Asia, South-East Asia, Western Pacific
Development of Migratory Species Indices based on the Living Planet Indey

Zoological society of London (ZSL)- Institute of Zoology

Completed
Using Satellite Telemetry to Determine Post-Nesting Migratory Corridors and Foraging Grounds of Green Turtles Nesting at Poilão, Guinea Bissau

Marine Turtle Research Group (MTRG)

Completed Africa
Survey of whales and dolphins around the north western coast of Savaii Island, Independent Samoa

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Independent State of Samoa

Completed South Pacific
Organize and conduct the SECOND MARINE MAMMAL CONFERENCE IN ASIA (SEAMAM II)

Silliman University

Completed
Conservation of the Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

BirdLife International

Completed Europe
Production of species review reports and development of conclusions and recommended actions

UNEP- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Completed
SURVEYS OF THE MARINE OTTER Lontra felina AND THE HUMBOLDT PENGUIN Spheniscus Humboldti POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN COAST OF PERU

Peruvian Association for Conservation of Nature (APECO)

Completed South & Central America & The Caribbean