Summary
The twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) resumed Thursday, 26 October 2017. Participants continued their work in the Committee of the Whole (CoW), addressing the listing of avian and aquatic species on CMS Appendices I and II, as well as the template for drafting such proposals. They also considered the item on enhancing synergies and sharing common services among the CMS family instruments.
In the afternoon, the CoW resumed its work, beginning with deliberations on proposals for listing terrestrial species on CMS Appendices I and II, and addressed: issues under the implementation of the Concerted Action process; establishing a COP presidency under the Rules of Procedure; and a number of draft decisions to forward to plenary for adoption.
On Friday, 27 October, delegates will have a day off for excursions, before returning on Saturday, 28 October, for the final session of the CoW and the closing plenary.
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Committee of the Whole (CoW)
Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Chair of the Terrestrial Working Group
Narelle Montgomery, Chair of the Institutional Working Group
Marcel Calvar, Chair of the Credentials Committee
James Njogu, Chair of the Review of Decisions Working Group
Bird's eye view of CoW deliberations
Antoinette Taus, Communities Organized for Resource Allocation (CORA)
Saras Saras Sharma, Fiji
Ugo Eichler Vercillo, Brazil
Analiza Rebuelta-Teh, the Philippines
Santiago D'Alessio, Argentina
Patrick Omondi, Kenya
Julia Cordero, Ecuador
Stefan Leiner, EU
L-R: Malta Qwathekana, South Africa, consulting with Nana Kofi Adu-Nsiah, Ghana
L-R: Mundita Lim, the Philippines, consulting with Marku Lamp, EU
View of the CoW plenary from the dais
L-R: Melanie Virtue, CMS Secretariat; Chris Wold, CMS Secretariat; Bradnee Chambers, CMS Executive Secretary; and Rod Hay, CoW Chair, consulting on the Rules of Procedure for voting
Delegates voting to add species to the CMS appendices
L-R: Analiza Rebuelta-Teh; Corazon Davis; Nonita Caguioa; and Josie de Leon, the Philippines
Simon Nemtzov, Israel
Alex Macdonald, New Zealand
Soumitra Dasgupta, India
Vince Cinches, Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Blas Cabrera, Honduras
Okoumassou Kotchikpa, Togo
CMS COP12 Snapshots
Shark mascots campaigning shark for conservation
Elizabeth Mrema and Francisco Rilla, UN Environment
Participants at the Philippine food and handicrafts booths