Shark underwater at Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico
Shark underwater at Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico / Photo by Elianne Dipp

High Seas Treaty: A New Era for Migratory Species and Ocean Governance

The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) has reached the threshold for entry into force. This historic milestone marks the beginning of a new era for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the high seas—an area covering two-thirds of the world’s ocean.
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2025/024: Encuesta para las Partes que aplican las decisiones de la COP14 sobre los ecosistemas de pastos marinos

En la 14ª reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP14), se adoptó una resolución y un conjunto de decisiones conexas para reforzar la conservación y la gestión sostenible de los ecosistemas de p

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2025/023: Solicitud de apoyo financiero para la COP15 de la CMS

Tal y como se anunció en la Notificación 2025/014, la 15.ª

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2025/022: Invitación a la octava reunión del Comité del período de sesiones del Consejo Científico de la CMS (ScC-SC8)

La octava reunión del Comité del período de sesiones del Consejo Científico de la CMS (ScC-SC8) tendrá lugar del 15 al 18 de diciembre de 2025 en los locales de la Secretaría de la

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Close up of a Jaguar drinking water on a river bank, North Pantanal, Brazil. Photo by Giedrius Stakauskas. Cover of the Global Wetland Outlook 2025 Report

Migratory Species and Wetlands: Insights from the Global Wetland Outlook 2025

Bonn, 21 July 2025 — Wetlands, which sustain life across the planet, are disappearing faster than any other ecosystem.

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Investing in Biodiversity: Unlocking Greater Returns

The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), a long-standing network uniting the executive heads of the eight biodiversity-related conventions, met on 21 February 2025 at FAO Headquarters in Rome ahead of the resumed sessions of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16). The group reaffirmed their collective support to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). 
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El tratado de la ONU sobre Vida Silvestre publica nuevos informes sobre la importancia de la conservación liderada por comunidades

Las estrategias de conservación lideradas por comunidades pueden ser fundamentales para la conservación exitosa de especies migratorias, según dos informes clave publicados por la Convención sobre la Conservación de las Especies Migratorias de Animales Silvestres (CMS), un tratado mundial sobre vida silvestre de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas.
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New Review Finds the Consumption of Wild Meat of Aquatic Megafauna Protected Under CMS to be Widespread Throughout the Tropics

Published on 21 March was a review of the literature and overview of the contemporary use of aquatic megafauna (cetaceans, sirenians, chelonians, and crocodylians) in the global tropics and subtropics, for 37 species listed on the Appendices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
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Internship!

Internship Opportunities in the Aquatic Species Team

 

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Ten years to save the #Ocean

To be successful, change is needed on both land and sea. The NGOs call for:

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