Highlights for Thursday, 4 December 2008

On Thursday, plenary reconvened to discuss, among other things, proposals for species listings in CMS Appendices I and II. Most species listings were approved; Algeria will submit a revised proposal for the cheetah, and discussions on the saker falcon and on sharks were deferred to smaller groups. These will report back to plenary on Friday.

Delegates witnessed signing ceremonies for: a new Andean flamingo MOU, by Bolivia, Chile and Peru; a Memorandum of Cooperation between CMS and the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Brazil; the MOU for the manatee and small cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia (WATCH), by WDCS and WWF; and the African-Eurasian birds of prey MOU, by BirdLife International and South Africa.

The Committee of the Whole discussed priorities for CMS agreements, information management and CMS operational instruments.

Working groups met throughout the day and evening to address: the future shape of CMS; resources; sharks; flyway conservation; and ocean noise and migratory marine species.

In the resources working group, delegates agreed to a core budget representing a 3.3% increase.

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