As an environmental treaty of the United Nations, CMS provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats. CMS brings together the States through which migratory animals pass, the Range States, and lays the legal foundation for internationally coordinated conservation measures throughout a migratory range.
As the only global convention specializing in the conservation of migratory species, their habitats and migration routes, CMS complements and co-operates with a number of other international organizations, NGOs and partners in the media as well as in the corporate sector.
Migratory species threatened with extinction are listed on Appendix I of the Convention. CMS Parties strive towards strictly protecting these animals, conserving or restoring the places where they live, mitigating obstacles to migration and controlling other factors that might endanger them. Besides establishing obligations for each State joining the Convention, CMS promotes concerted action among the Range States of many of these species.
Migratory species that need or would significantly benefit from international co-operation are listed in Appendix II of the Convention. For this reason, the Convention encourages the Range States to conclude global or regional agreements.
In this respect, CMS acts as a framework Convention. The agreements may range from legally binding treaties (called Agreements) to less formal instruments, such as Memoranda of Understanding, and can be adapted to the requirements of particular regions. The development of models tailored according to the conservation needs throughout the migratory range is a unique capacity to CMS.
Access the text of the Convention on Migratory Species and the Appendices.
Title | Status | Status date | CMS Party number | Region |
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Bolivia | Party | 2003 | 081 | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Party | 2017 | 126 | Europe |
Botswana | Non-Party | Africa | ||
Brazil | Party | 2015 | 122 | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
Brunei Darussalam | Non-Party | Asia | ||
Bulgaria | Party | 1999 | 061 | Europe |
Burkina Faso | Party | 1990 | 030 | Africa |
Burundi | Party | 2011 | 116 | Africa |
Cabo Verde | Party | 2006 | 096 | Africa |
Cambodia | Non-Party | Asia | ||
Cameroon | Party | 1983 | 001 | Africa |
Canada | Non-Party | North America | ||
Central African Republic | Party | 2018 | 128 | Africa |
Chad | Party | 1997 | 051 | Africa |
Chile | Party | 1983 | 001 | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
China | Non-Party | AM | Asia | |
Colombia | Non-Party | AM | South & Central America & The Caribbean | |
Comoros | Non-Party | AM | Africa | |
Congo (Brazzaville) | Party | 2000 | 066 | Africa |
Cook Islands | Party | 2006 | 098 | Oceania |
Instrument name | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
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Languages | English French Spanish |
Depositary | Germany |
Website URL | http://www.cms.int/ |
Other | Summary of the application of CMS to Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions of Parties and of reservations regarding species in the CMS Appendices |
Attachment | Size |
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Convention text (English) | 29.28 KB |
Texte de la Convention (français) | 32.24 KB |
Texto de la Convención (español) | 36.45 KB |
ConventionText (Arabic) نص الاتفاقية | 422.25 KB |
Convention Text (Chinese) 公约文本 | 746.12 KB |
Convention Text (Russian) текст Конвенции | 337.12 KB |
Application of CMS to Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions of Parties & of reservations on species in the CMS Appendices | 143.53 KB |
Scientific name | Common name | Class | Order | Family | Appendix (App. I / App. II) |
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Acipenser schrenckii | Amur Sturgeon | Pisces (Actinopterygii) | Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | - / 1999 |
Brotogeris pyrrhopterus | Grey-Cheeked Parakeet | Aves | Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | 2002 / - |
Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Phalaropus lobatus | Red-Necked Phalarope | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Gyps fulvus | Griffon Vulture | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Aves | Falconiformes | Falconidae | - / 1979 |
Limosa limosa | Black-Tailed Godwit | Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | - / 1979 |
Thalasseus bergii | Great Crested Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Uncia uncia | Snow Leopard | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | 1986 / - |
Geokichla guttata | Spotted Ground Thrush | Aves | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | 2005 / 1979 |
Sternula albifrons | Little Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Rhinolophus euryale | Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Rhinolophidae | - / 1985 |
Sterna hirundo hirundo | Common Tern | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | - / 1994 |
Larus relictus | Relict Gull | Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae | 1979 / - |
Aythya baeri | Baer's Pochard | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | 2008 / 1979 |
Cephalorhynchus commersonii | Commerson's Dolphin | Mammalia | Cetacea | Delphinidae | - / 1991 |
Ardea alba alba | Great Egret, Great White Egret | Aves | Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | - / 1994 |
Plectropterus gambensis | Spur-Winged Goose | Aves | Anseriformes | Anatidae | - / 1979 |
Macronectes halli | Northern Giant Petrel | Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellaridae | - / 1999 |
Myotis blythii | Lesser Mouse-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | - / 1985 |
Milvus lineatus | Black-Eared Kite | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Butastur rufipennis | Grasshopper Buzzard | Aves | Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | - / 1979 |
Balaenoptera bonaerensis | Antarctic Minke Whale | Mammalia | Cetacea | Balaenopteridae | - / 2002 |
Isurus oxyrinchus | Shortfin Mako Shark | Chondrichthyes | Lamniformes | Lamnidae | - / 2008 |
Project | Start date | End date | Implementing Agency | Status | Region |
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Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) Conservation in the Austral Region of Argentina and Chile | Wetlands International-Americas (WI-A); Corporación Nacional Forestal, Chile (CONAF) | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
Slender-billed Curlew Survey of the Gulf coast of Iran | Foundation Working Group International waterbird and wetland Research (Foundation WIWO) | Completed | Asia | ||
Using Satellite Telemetry to Determine Post-Nesting Migratory Corridors and Foraging Grounds of Green Turtles Nesting at Poilão, Guinea Bissau | Marine Turtle Research Group (MTRG) | Completed | Africa | ||
Study: Conservation Priorities for Shark and Ray Species included and proposed for inclusion in Annex 1 to the CMS Sharks MOU | In preparation | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South & Central America & The Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Atlantic, Indian Ocean, North Pacific, South Pacific, South-East Asia, South-West Asia, South-Western Atlantic, West Africa, Western Pacific | |||
Survey for the Slender-billed Curlew and translation of scientific material into Russian | BirdLife International | Completed | Europe | ||
Promote the conservation of Eastern Sarus Crane and the habitats in Cambodia on which they depend | International Crane Foundation (ICF) | Completed | Asia | ||
Threatened migratory grassland birds in Argentina: A preliminary approach to habitat use at local and landscape scales | Aves Argentinas / Asociación Ornitológica del Plata | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
Implementing Priority Actions for the Conservation of the High Andes Flamingos | Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Chile | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF NEAR-SURFACE AND DEEP-SEA FISHING ON ALBATROSS MORTALITY AND THEIR MITIGATION IN URUGUAYAN WATERS | Dirección General de Recursos Naturales. Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca. República Oriental del Uruguay (DGRN) | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean | ||
SURVEYS OF THE MARINE OTTER Lontra felina AND THE HUMBOLDT PENGUIN Spheniscus Humboldti POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN COAST OF PERU | Peruvian Association for Conservation of Nature (APECO) | Completed | South & Central America & The Caribbean |
Document Number | Title | Publish date | CMS Instrument |
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UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.107 | Saudi Arabia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.109 | Serbia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.111 | Slovakia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.043 | Eswatini - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.114 | South Africa - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.006 | Argentina - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.118 | Switzerland - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.033 | Czech Republic - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.119 | Syrian Arab Republic - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.037 | Dominican Republic - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.088 | Netherlands - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.044 | Ethiopia - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.125 | Uganda - National Report COP14 | 26.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.061 | Iraq - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.063 | Israel - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.069 | Latvia - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.008 | Australia - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.017 | Brazil - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.073 | Liechtenstein - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.047 | Finland - National Report COP14 | 24.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.013 | Belgium - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.030 | Croatia - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.108 | Senegal - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.116 | Sri Lanka - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |
UNEP/CMS/COP14/NR.007 | Armenia - National Report COP14 | 22.05.2023 | CMS |