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CMS COP11 officially opened today in Quito, Ecuador, with a ceremony moderated by Ashlan Gorse Cousteau. Participants addressed administrative and organizational matters and then discussed the Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2015-2023, the Future Shape of CMS and the draft budget 2015-2017.
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Opening Ceremony
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L-R: Bert Lenten, Deputy Executive Secretary, CMS; Ana Chichava, Deputy Minister of Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique; Stanley Johnson, CMS Goodwill Ambassador; Elizabeth Mrema, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES; Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary, CMS; and Lorena Tapia, Minister of Environment, Ecuador |
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Plenary
| Side Events at CMS COP 11 |
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| CMS and CITES: Advancing the Conservation of Key Species Together |
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| Organized by the CITES Secretariat, this event highlighted the linkages and cooperative action between CITES and CMS. Moderating the session, David Morgan, CITES, noted that effective synergies will promote more: cost effective actions, coherent messages for external partners and success for conservation. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary, CMS, highlighted cooperation and collaboration between the two conventions, saying that the CMS is incorporating CITES models for its Programme of Work and its Budget. John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES, spoke about the pragmatic approach on synergies taken by the CITES and CMS Secretariats. He noted that this collaboration promotes the targeting and successful conservation of specific species, highlighting the Saika antelope. Melanie Virtue, CMS Secretariat, described work planned for the CMS-CITES joint Work Programme for 2015-2020 including on regional management of species and community-based management of resources, and non-detrimental trade and sustainable use. |
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| Renewable Energy, Powerlines and Migratory Species |
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| This side-event, organized by BirdLife International and CMS Secretariats, the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), and the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (the Raptors MoU), highlighted the impacts of renewable energy (RE) developments on bird populations. Participants discussed the role of CMS in gathering and disseminating best practices among relevant stakeholders to facilitate appropriate responses that minimize the impact of RE developments on migratory species. They also considered the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Renewable Energy Technologies and Migratory Species Guidelines for sustainable development as a possible tool to promote "truly sustainable renewable energy." Participants also discussed the implementation of these guidelines, including the potential for a global task force to facilitate this implementation. |
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| EBSAs, Ecological Networks and Migratory Marine Species: From Theory to Practice |
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| This side event, organised by the CMS Office in Abu Dhabi, MarViva and the Sargasso Sea Alliance, presented the results of Duke University’s review of migratory marine species and the information used to describe ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBSAs), their relationship with migratory marine species and their potential to contribute to ecological networks in the Costa Rican Dome and the Sargasso Sea. |
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Around the Venue
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Daily Web Coverage
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Meeting Resources
IISD RS resources
 IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the First Meeting of Signatories (MoS1) to the UN Environment Programme/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) Raptors Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), 9-11 December 2012, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the First Meeting of Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, 24-27 September 2012, Bonn, Germany (English: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS Coverage of the Fifth Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), 14-18 May 2012, La Rochelle, France
IISD RS Coverage of CMS COP10, 19-25 November 2011, Bergen, Norway
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at CMS COP10, 19-25 November 2011, Bergen, Norway
IISD RS coverage of the Third meeting on International Cooperation on Migratory Sharks (SHARKS III) under the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), 8-12 February 2010, Manila, Philippines
IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Second meeting on International Cooperation on Migratory Sharks under the Convention on Migratory Species (SHARKS II), 6-8 December 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), 1-5 December 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of the Fourth meeting of the Parties (MOP-4) to the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), 15-19 September 2008, Antananarivo, Madagascar
IISD RS coverage of the Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 8) to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), 20-25 November 2005, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS coverage of the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7) to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and Second meeting of the Parties (MOP-2) to the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), 18-24 and 25-27 September 2002, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 6) to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), 4-16 November 1999, Cape Town, South Africa
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Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
