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A collaborative civil society partnership to coordinate and progress migratory wildlife conservation through international processes

The Migratory Wildlife Network supports non-governmental organizations (NGOs), wildlife scientists and wildlife policy experts from around the world, to coordinate and progress migratory wildlife conservation.

Members of the Network work loosely together to advance insitu conservation and protection for migratory species and their habitats and to increase coordination on species work across the biodiversity cluster of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs), as well as through the United Nations Environment Programme Major Groups Process.

The Migratory Wildlife Network pays specific attention to progressing policy and conservation through the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).

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Oil risk too high for Kangaroo Island

The Migratory Wildlife Network policy office is fortunate to be located on the picturesque Kangaroo Island, Australia. As part of the Kangaroo Island community we therefore feel a keen sense of concern about the proposal to explore for oil and gas so near the Island’s shore. While a departure from our focus of work, this page is our offering in support of this local community.

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CMS and Ramsar Renew Partnership

The Secretariats of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands have renewed their commitment to work together.

On the 14th May 2012 Nick Davidson, Deputy Secretary General of Ramsar and Bert Lenten, Officer in Charge of CMS, signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation, in La Rochelle, France, during the opening ceremony of the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA).

This Memorandum provides the basis for the development of a Joint Work Plan (JWP) not only between the CMS and Ramsar Secretariats but also between the latter and Secretariats of other CMS instruments where applicable.

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France and the Slovak Republic sign the CMS Raptors MoU

16th May 2012

France and the Slovak Republic signed the CMS Memorandum of
Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU).The Signing Ceremonies took place during the 5th Meeting of Parties of the UNEP African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), which is being held this week at La Rochelle in France.

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AEWA MoP5 Opening Statement by Achim Steiner sets the scene for Rio+20

14th May 2012

The 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) is being held 14-18 May 2012, in La Rochelle, France. The opening statement by Achim Steiner sets the scene for Rio+20, drawing a connection between the need for urgent conservation responses to address the many threats facing migratory waterbirds in the African‐Eurasian region today, and the global sustainable development agenda.

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