Newsletter / Blog
2011-11-20 Convention on Migratory Species - 10th Conference.
A delegation of 20 staff from around the BirdLife Partnership, including
representatives of Partners in Africa, the Americas, Central Asia and Western
Europe, is attending the 10th conference of Parties to the Convention on
Migratory Species (CMS) in Bergen, Norway. Their urgent mission is to seek
endorsement for a number of resolutions.
One resolution calls for broad-scale action to improve the conservation
status of African-Eurasian migratory landbirds which, if adopted,
could help halt or reverse the catastrophic decline in numbers of many species
of birds which migrate long-distance between Europe and Africa.
Another addresses the specific issue of poisoning, which is not yet covered
by the kind of international guidelines to governments that the CMS has
provided on mitigating the impact of windfarms and powerlines on migratory
birds. |