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Connectivity Conservation: a Key Element of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

The first meeting of the Joint Working Group was held on 25 October © Florian Keil (UNEP/AEWA Secretariat)

CMS and its Family set the course for developing their contributions to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework which is expected to provide a "New Deal for Nature" for the entire international community. Two years away from its adoption, the post-2020 framework presents the opportunity to raise the visibility of migratory wildlife and promote its conservation. Last week, the CMS Standing Committee (Bonn, 23-24 October 2018) endorsed the establishment of a Working Group (WG) on the development of CMS Family contributions to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

02 November 2018

Mortality Event Hits Mongolian Saiga

Saiga males © Pavel Sorokin

Saiga males © Pavel Sorokin

Reports have reached the Secretariat that an outbreak of what is thought to be peste-des-petits ruminants (sheep and goat plague) is occurring among the Saiga Antelopes in Mongolia, where already more than 1,000 individuals have died and the epidemic is continuing.

30 January 2017

CMS and ACBK raise awareness on migratory mammals at the mining forum “Minex Central Asia” in Astana

Aerial View of Astana, Capital of Kazakhstan - photo: www.astana.gov.kz

Aerial View of Astana, Capital of Kazakhstan - photo: www.astana.gov.kz
Аэроснимок Астаны, столицы Казахстана - фото: www.astana.gov.kz

The 7th mining forum "MINEX Central Asia – 2016" was hosted in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana on 19-21 April 2016. For the first time the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), represented by Kazakhstan’s largest nature conservation NGO, the Association for the Conservation of the Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), participated in a major event organized by the mining industry.

15 May 2016

Experts Discuss Nature Conservation in Former Soviet Republics

“Nature Conservation in the Countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia – Lessons learned from the transformation process and challenges for the future”

24 March 2016

Saiga Conservation: Setting the Roadmap for the Years to Come

Saiga antelopes, Stepnoi Reserve © E. Polonskiy

Saiga antelopes, Stepnoi Reserve, Russia © E. Polonskiy

Tashkent / Bonn, 26 October 2015 – The Third Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope (Saiga MOU) and Technical Workshop for saiga antelope experts is taking place this week from 26 to 29 October 2015 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with representatives of governments, UN agencies, NGOs and academia in attendance.

26 October 2015

CMS Guidelines on Wildlife-friendly Infrastructure - Mongolia Leads Implementation

wire fence © Tanya Rosen

Wire fence © Tanya Rosen
Ограда из проволоки © Таня Розен

The Mongolian parliament has passed a national law implementing the CMS Guidelines on mitigating the impact of linear infrastructure and related disturbance on mammals in Central Asia just six months after they were adopted at COP11.

20 August 2015

Update: More than 27,000 Saigas Confirmed Dead: CMS Sends Out Emergency Expert Mission

Saiga © Navinder Singh

Saiga © Navinder Singh

In response to a request from Kazakhstan, the CMS Secretariat is sending out an expert mission today to strengthen work to identify the cause of the current saiga die-off.

21 May 2015

More than 10,000 Saigas Found Dead in Central Kazakhstan

Saiga © Navinder Singh

Saiga © Navinder Singh

About 10,000 saigas have been found dead in Amangeldy district of the Kostanay region in Central Kazakhstan.

19 May 2015

Devastating Blow to Captive Breeding Efforts for the Critically Endangered Saiga Antelope

Saiga Calf © Aline Kühl-Stenzel

Saiga Calf © Aline Kühl-Stenzel

The leading captive breeding centre for Saiga antelopes (Saiga spp.) has lost almost its entire stock of animals as a result of an unidentified disease. The Centre for Wild Animals of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation is known internationally for its contribution to saiga research and conservation, thereby playing an important part in implementing the CMS Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Saiga Antelopes.

09 April 2015