Tag:CMS COP15

Conservation

IUCN welcomes roadmap to safeguard world’s migratory species corridors at CMS COP15

Following the historic adoption of the Samarkand Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2024–2032, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of...

Michael Simire - April 12, 2026

Conservation

40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN wildlife conservation meeting on Sunday,...

Michael Simire - March 30, 2026

Conservation

Marine flyways: Major breakthrough in global ocean conservation

In what looks like a landmark decision adopted on Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Brazil, governments at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to...

Michael Simire - March 30, 2026

Conservation

New atlas maps migratory lifelines of vulnerable bird species across the Americas

A new online tool mapping the full annual journeys of an initial 89 highly vulnerable migratory bird species across the Americas was unveiled on...

Michael Simire - March 29, 2026

Conservation

Vital freshwater fish migrations are collapsing – UN

Some of the longest, most important migrations of species on Earth are happening beneath the surface of the world’s rivers and many are rapidly...

Michael Simire - March 27, 2026

Conservation

Decline of migratory species of animal population worsens from 44% to 49% in two years – Report

An interim report which provides an update to the landmark State of the World’s Migratory Species (2024) warns that 49% of migratory species populations conserved by...

Michael Simire - March 6, 2026

Conservation

CMS COP15: 42 migratory species proposed for international conservation measures

Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) have submitted proposals to add 42 new migratory species to...

Michael Simire - December 18, 2025

Conservation

Brazil to host UN conference to advance global conservation of migratory wildlife

The Federal Republic of Brazil and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) announced on Wednesday,...

Michael Simire - March 26, 2025