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United Arab Emirates Has Joined CMS!
The flag of the United Arab Emirate
The CMS Family is very pleased to welcome the United Arab Emirates as the 123rd Party to the Convention, with effect from 1 May 2016.
Flight through the Decade - Bologna Operatic Choir’s Benefit Concert
Operatic choir Lirica San Rocco from Bologna, Italy performing at Bonn University on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day 2016 - ©Aydin Bahramlouian - UNEP/CMS
For the fourth consecutive year, the operatic choir Lirica San Rocco from Bologna, Italy gave a benefit concert in Bonn as part of the celebration of World Migratory Bird Day.
2016/012: New Party to the Convention
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) is pleased to inform you that the United Arab Emirates acceded to the Conventi
Actions to Protect Andean Flamingos Agreed in Cuzco
Huacarpay Ramsar Site © Juan Carlos Atienza
On 26-27 April 2016 the First Meeting of Signatories of the High Andean Flamingos MOU took place in Cuzco (Peru). The meeting was attended by representatives of Bolivia, Chile and Peru, which are the three signatories of the MOU, and a number of observers including the Ramsar Convention Secretariat. Experts from France and Spain also came as representatives of the European Union to share their experience in the conservation and management of flamingo species.
‘My park rangers protect Congo’s people and ecosystems as war rages all around’
Virunga national park’s warden credits rangers with keeping mountain gorillas and visitors safe despite conflict fuelled by plunder of natural resources
2016/011: Dates of CMS COP12
The UNEP/CMS Secretariat is pleased to announce the dates of the 12th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP12).
World Migratory Bird Day 2016 - "… and when the skies fall silent?"
World Migratory Bird Day Poster 2016
Join the celebration of a great natural wonder on World Migratory Bird Day! Take action and celebrate, conserve and raise awareness of migratory birds on or around 10 May 2016 by organizing educational programmes, lectures, bird walks, visits to bird-watching sites, competitions, art exhibitions and other public events.
Exploring Synergies for Addressing Bycatch throughout the CMS Family
Albatross © Projeto Tamar Brazil/Marine Photobank
On Friday and Saturday, 22-23 April 2016, the CMS Family got together for an internal workshop to exchange experiences with addressing what is considered the greatest threat to the marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and seabirds that our treaties and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) were set up to conserve.
Kenya Stages World's Largest Ivory and Tusks Burning to Highlight Poaching Crisis in Africa
Thousands of tusks from illegally killed elephants and rhinos will be set in flames in Nairobi National Park to highlight the plight of the world's iconic endangered species.
The shame of ivory
Kenya’s ivory burn will help end demand worldwide by making people ashamed to buy and own ivory