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Wetlands Day 2012 Focuses on Wetland Tourism |
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Bonn, 2 February 2012 - The theme
for World Wetlands Day 2012 being celebrated
around the world today is "Wetland
Tourism: A Great Experience."
World Wetlands
Day 2012 draws attention to the world's
wetlands as popular tourist destinations
and is an opportunity for governments,
NGOs and civil society to raise awareness
on the wise use of wetlands and sustainable
tourism.
Wetland
tourism, when developed and managed in
a sustainable way, can support wetland
conservation and can be beneficial to
both the wildlife and the human communities
found living in and around wetlands. At
the same time the uncontrolled and unsustainable
use of wetlands for tourism can also have
a grave negative impact upon wetlands,
their wildlife and the people which depend
on them.
World Wetlands
Day is celebrated around the world on
2 February each year. The global event
marks the date of the adoption of the
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian
city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian
Sea. This year, the Ramsar Convention
has joined forces with the UN World Tourism
Organization to try to focus attention
on the issues and to address the challenge
of achieving sustainable tourism in and
around wetlands.
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| World
Migratory Bird Day 2012: "Migratory birds
and people - together through time" |
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Bonn, 23 January 2012 - The
World Migratory Bird Day Team is pleased
to announce this year’s theme and
invite you to join us to celebrate, protect
and raise awareness for migratory birds
this year on May 12th-13th.
World
Migratory Bird Day 2012 and this year’s
theme Migratory birds and people -
together through time will stress
the indispensible relationship between
birds and people. [english]
[français]
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| CMS
Executive Secretary Takes Up New Assignment
in Nairobi |
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Bonn, 9 January 2012 - CMS Executive
Secretary, Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
has been appointed Deputy Director of
the Division of Environmental Policy Implementation
(DEPI) at the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) as of 9 January 2012.
Ms. Mrema will continue to manage the
UNEP/CMS Secretariat from Nairobi, in
an acting capacity, together with her
new functions until her successor is recruited.
Ms. Mrema
joined the UNEP/CMS Secretariat as Officer
in Charge in July 2009. At the end of
the same year, UNEP Executive Director,
Mr. Achim Steiner appointed her as the
new Executive Secretary of the UNEP/CMS
Secretariat.
The UNEP/AEWA
Secretariat would like to take this opportunity
to once again thank Ms. Mrema for all
she has done for the CMS Family and wishes
her all the best for her new responsibilities
in Nairobi. [Read
the CMS Announcement]
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The Winners of the 2012 AEWA Waterbird Conservation Award
Are…
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Bonn, 21 December 2011 -
The late Dr. Brooks Childress in the
individual category and the International
Wader Study Group in the institutional
category are the winners of the 2012
AEWA Waterbird Conservation Award.
This
award, which recognizes contributions
to the conservation, research and monitoring
of migratory waterbirds, as well as
support to the development of the Agreement,
will be presented at the opening ceremony
of the 5th Session of the Meeting of
the Parties to AEWA on 14 May 2012
in La Rochelle, France. [Read
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The Russian Government Convenes Workshop to Further Discuss its Accession to AEWA |
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Hannover, 2 December 2011 -
The Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment of the Russian Federation
organized a one-day workshop aiming at
identifying international cooperation
mechanisms for the conservation of migratory
waterbirds and also for hunting regulations.
The workshop
was held in the margins of the exhibition “Horse
and Hunt” at
the Exhibition Centre in Hannover, Germany. The workshop had a clear focus on the conservation of migratory waterbirds in the Eurasian part of the Russian Federation. In this context, participants reviewed the role of CMS and in particular of AEWA and its potential for the Russian Federation. In addition, the concrete terms under which the Russian Government could ratify AEWA were discussed.
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| European
Seaduck Populations in Steep Decline |
 Bonn
/ Slimbridge, 1 December 2011 –
“The conservation status of seaduck
populations in north and west European
waters is of rapidly increasing concern,” warn
two senior experts from the United Kingdom
and Denmark in a recently published “Overview
of the status of European seaducks and
actions required for their conservation”.
According to the note,
monitoring data indicates that many seaduck
populations
are now in steep decline, with little information
available on the demographic explanation
for this, or the likely environmental causes. [Read
on]
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| Lesser
White-fronted Goose in the Spotlight at
the CMS COP10 in Bergen, Norway |
 Bonn
/ Bergen 29 November 2011 –
The globally threatened Lesser White-fronted
Goose (Anser erythropus) was
prominently featured at the 10th Meeting
of the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals which took place
from 20-25 November 2011 in Bergen,
Norway.
The Lesser White-fronted
Goose is the migratory species in Norway
that has undergone the most drastic decline,
and saving this enigmatic bird is clearly
close to the Norwegian heart. Norway plays
a very active role in the international
conservation efforts of the species both
by continuously contributing substantial
amounts of funding to various projects
and by sharing its expertise and knowledge
with other stakeholders. [Read
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| "Networking
for Migratory Species" at CMS COP10 in Bergen,
Norway! |
 Bergen,
20-25 November 2011 - With the theme
“Networking for Migratory Species”,
the 10th Meeting of the Conference of
the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation
of Migratory Species of Wild Animals was
held 20-25 November, in Bergen, Norway.
More than
300 participants, including close to 100
government representatives and several
key wildlife conservation organizations
as well as scientists came together to
discuss urgent conservation responses
to address the rapid decline of migratory
animal species across the globe.
For more
on CMS COP10 and meeting coverage see:
www.cms.int
and the CMS
COP10 Media Page
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| UN Wildlife Meeting Pushes to Make Power Lines Safer for Birds |
 Bergen,
24 November 2011 - Two new international
reports on the conflict between migratory
birds and power lines in the African-Eurasian
region are being presented to delegates
at a UN wildlife conference taking place
20-25 November 2011 in Bergen, Norway.
The two
documents, The Review of the Conflict
Between Migratory Birds and Electricity
Power Grids in the African-Eurasian Region
and the Guidelines on How to Avoid
or Mitigate the Impact of Electricity
Power Grids on Migratory Birds in the
African-Eurasian Region will be reviewed
by representatives from close to 100 governments
and several key wildlife conservation
organizations attending the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild
Animals (CMS),
an international wildlife treaty administered
by the United
Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP).
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| AEWA
Electronic Newsletter No. 30 Released |
 Bonn,
21 November 2011 - The 30th edition
of the AEWA E-Newsletter went out to the growing AEWA
network
today.
This regular
publication is prepared by the UNEP/AEWA
Secretariat and is available in both English and French.
The E-Newsletter, which is distributed via e-mail and
is also available online, is designed to inform the
Agreement's network about recent AEWA
activities and related news. [Read
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