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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)
3-9 November 2014 | Quito, Ecuador
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Highlights for Friday, 7 November 2014
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CMS COP11 continued on Friday in Quito, Ecuador. In the morning, the CoW listened to progress reports from the Drafting Group, the Aquatic Working Group and the Avian Working Group, with these groups continuing to meet throughout the day. The CoW also forwarded to plenary, for adoption, amended draft Resolutions on the: revised proposal to add the lion (Panthera leo) to Appendix II (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP4); impacts of invasive alien species (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP5); and review of decisions (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP6).
In the afternoon, the CoW agreed to forward the following draft Resolutions to plenary for adoption, on: Sustainable Boat-Based Marine Wildlife (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP9); Renewable Energy and Migration Species (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP10); Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Birds Listed on the CMS Appendices (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP12); Conservation Implications of Cetacean Culture (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP13); and Live Captures of Cetaceans from the Wild for Commercial Purposes (UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP15). On the live captures of cetaceans, CITES encouraged Parties to support multilateral approaches rather than approaches at variance with the CITES Convention, in reference to Article 14. CoW Chair Størkersen informed the CoW that the Working Group on restructuring the Scientific Council will report back to the Drafting Group. He suggested convening as the CoW for the first hour on Sunday and closed the session.
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Side Events at CMS COP 11
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Margaret Oduk, UN Environment Programme Division of Environmental Law & Conventions (UNEP-DELC), moderated the event organized by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and introduced the UNEP project on "improving the effectiveness and cooperation among biodiversity-related conventions and exploring opportunities for synergies." In opening remarks, Elizabeth Mrema, Director, UNEP-DELC, drew attention to calls for synergies and stressed the need for coordination and cooperation to enhance efficiency. Andreas Obrecht, Switzerland, called for feedback on the 'draft sourcebook of opportunities for enhancing cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions at national and regional level.'
Noting that the sourcebook describes barriers to achieving synergies and how to overcome them, Patricia Cremona, UNEP-WCMC, highlighted the sourcebook's non-prescriptive suggestions for enhancing cooperation and coordination at the national level. Moustafa Fouda, Egypt, stressed the need for, inter alia: a champion to promote cooperation and coordination; a common language across conventions; and a strong monitoring and evaluation mechanism to measure the success of the process.
Makiko Yashiro, UNEP multilateral environment agreement (MEA) Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific, shared experiences from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme on the pre-COP preparatory workshop for the Pacific region that covered three biodiversity-related conventions. Kamar Yousuf, UNEP MEA Regional Focal Point for Africa, spoke on continent-wide focal-point workshops on integration of CMS and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) objectives into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) in Africa.
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Organized by the Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology and the University of Konstanz, this event showcased the International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS) system – a global collaboration of animal scientists establishing satellite-based infrastructure for the observation of small species, including birds, bats and sea turtles. Martin Wilkeski, Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology, explained the system, highlighting that it consists of both space-borne elements including the International Space Center, and earth-borne elements including miniaturized animal tags.
Participants at the event discussed the importance of ICARUS, including its uses in disaster forecasting, conservation and discovery of unknown migrations.
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Organized by the International Association for Falconry and the Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF), the side-event considered the theme "falconry and falconers as pioneers in sustainable wildlife management" as a conservation tool. Participants heard about the contribution of falconers to conservation, including through projects reviving birds such as the: California Condor, Peregrine Falcon, Aplomado Falcon, and Mauritius Kestrel.
Speakers at the event included Janusz Sielicki, IAF; Filippo Segato, European Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation (FACE); Nick Williams, CMS Secretariat; and Ruth Muñiz Lopez, Programme for the Conservation of the Harpy Eagle in Ecuador. |
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