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For the fourth consecutive year the operatic choir, Chorale Lirica San Rocco from Bologna, Italy will be giving a benefit concert in Bonn, as part of the annual celebration of World Migratory Bird Day. The proceeds from the concert will be donated to a project related to bird conservation. The concert entitled “Flight through a Decade” includes a programme of ten arias taken from major works each set in a different country, mirroring the various States that birds pass through on their annual migration.

the website for the 2016 World Migratory Bird Day is now online and organizers are invited to register their events. The design of this year’s poster (see below) has also been finalized and print copies will be available along with other promotional materials such as postcards and stickers.

CMS here reproduces a message issued yesterday by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP following the death of Mostafa Tolba.

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

Zum Schutz von Seevögeln, Fischen und Schweinswalen will die Bundesregierung in vier Gebieten in der Nordsee strenge Fischfangregeln erlassen.

At the recent European Cetacean Society Annual Meeting in Madeira, Portugal, the Mandy McMath ECS Conservation Award was presented to Professor Hal Whitehead of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

An abundance of marine wildlife receives protection from fishing by the government of Ecuador.

The Secretariat would like to draw your attention to the call from the United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) regarding a short online questionnaire

WMBD trailer competition - deadline for receipt of entries extended to 3 April

This year, the family of United Nations Organizations is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Bonn and yesterday two honoured guests - UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon and German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier - were welcomed to the World Conference Centre (WCCB) to participate in a panel discussion on “20 years of Bonn as a UN city – shaping a sustainable future in the light of volunteering”.