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The third session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA3) is taking place in Nairobi from 4 to 6 December with the theme “Towards a Pollution-free Planet”.

CMS is pleased to welcome Bosnia and Herzegovina as the 126th Party to the Convention with effect from today. Bosnia and Herzegovina is situated in the Balkan Peninsula with borders to Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and a coastline of 20 km on the Adriatic. The central and eastern parts of the country are mountainous, the north-west is hilly while the north-east is generally flat. Most of the country has a continental climate but in the far south it is more Mediterranean.

The CMS Memorandum of Understanding on Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout Their Range (Dugong MOU) just celebrated its ten year anniversary. The MOU came into effect on 31 October 2007 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which in 2009 became the home of the CMS Dugong MOU Secretariat.

During a two-day workshop on 22 and 23 November in Split, Croatia, 62 participants from 17 countries discussed impacts of underwater noise on marine wildlife in south-eastern Mediterranean waters. Searching for new hydrocarbon reservoirs to exploit faces criticism due to its consequences for the world’s climate. Another major concern is the noise by airguns used for oil exploration.

The 3^rd Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the CMS Scientific Council will take place from 29 May to 1 June 2018 at the UNEP/CMS Secretariat premises, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1,

At a second special ceremony held yesterday in the margins of the UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn, Minister Anne Désirée Ouloto of Côte d’Ivoire signed the Memoranda of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks and on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MOU). Côte d’Ivoire thus becomes the 48th Signatory to the Sharks MOU and the 59th Signatory to the Raptors MOU.

The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in its capacity as Depositary of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Bi

"Many thousands" of dolphins, whales and porpoises are being killed in fishing nets as some European countries fail to implement rules to curb the problem, a report warns.

At a side event organized by CMS, BirdLife International, NABU (the German conservation NGO) and ORÉE, the French organization for respect for the environment and enterprise, an expert panel described the risks to the environment as more renewable energy technologies are deployed. “Win-win” solutions are available, where clean energy can be produced to contribute to achieving a carbon-free future, while taking account of the need to reduce the impact on wildlife.

Dr Johanita Benedicte Ndahimananjara, Minister of the Environment, Ecology and Forests of Madagascar signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks