CMS/COP-10 Outcome

Delegates to the 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species adopted 29 Resolutions including on: synergies and partnerships; overview of the process regarding the “future shape” of CMS, budget, enhanced engagement with the Global Environment Facility (GEF); wildlife disease and migratory species; migratory terrestrial species; global programme of work for cetaceans; and bird flyway conservation policy.

CMS/COP-10 Outcomes

Delegates to COP-10 adopted 27 resolutions, including on: synergies and partnerships; the future shape of the CMS; budget; enhanced engagement with the Global Environment Facility (GEF); and climate change and migratory species.

Birds and Power Grids

Two reports have been published highlightingt the impact of power lines on migratory birds in the African-Eurasian region.The two reports, titled Review of the Conflict between Migratory Birds and Electricity Power Grids in the African-Eurasian Region and Guidelines for Mitigating Conflict Between Migratory Birds and Electricity Power Grids make recommendations for mitigation measures to reduce bird mortality including legislative and policy actions.

Bukhara Deer MOU/1st Meeting

Meeting for the first time, Parties to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Bukhara Deer, committed to an Action Plan outlining increased efforts to, inter alia, pursue economic incentives to encourage people to manage natural resources sustainably, such as through sharing income from controlled hunting and eco-tourism.
Report and associated documents

CMS: Importance of Ecological Networks

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) has published,  "Living Planet: Connected Planet - Preventing the End of the World's Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks" highlighing the importance of ecological connectivity and corridors, and the threats they face from human development, exploitation of natural resources and other factors. Therein, the authors suggest that the Mean Species Abundance, which measures both the diversity of species and their numbers, will decrease from 0.70 in 2000, to about 0.63 by 2050. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), this is equivalent to losing all fauna and flora in an area of 9.1 million square kilometers, approximately the size of the US or China.

During its launch at COP-10, Elizabeth Mrema, CMS Executive Secretary, also stressed the importance of international cooperation to manage large transboundary networks. Some of the largest countries are not Parties to the CMS, which creates challenges for protecting migratory species worldwide.

Insights Prior to CMS/COP

UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, together with Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of the Environment, have published an article on the current status of migratory species, ahead of CMS/COP-10.

CMS: Roadmap on Climate Change and Migratory Species

A CMS Technical Workshop has agreed on policy recommendations regarding how the international community can assist migratory species in the context of climate change including: appropriate monitoring, identification of most vulnerable species, spatial planning, the role of local people and legal matters. The recommendations will become the basis of a resolution on climate change at COp-10 in Bergen (Norway) in November 2011.

Workshop Agenda