Day: April 3, 2020

Major UN meeting on wildlife to address critical threats to migratory species due to infrastructural development

April 3, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Feb 17,2020 The Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) opened in Gandhinagar, India today. CMS is the only United Nations treaty that addresses migratory species and their habitats.   The concept of ‘ecological connectivity’ is the top CMS priority […]

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CMS COP13: UN Summit to Discuss Insect Decline & Its Effects For the First Time

April 3, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Feb 17,2020 Insect decline and its cascading effects on migratory species feeding on them will be on the agenda for the first time at a UN summit on migratory species beginning in Gujarat. Significance of CMS COP 13. The 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the .Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP13) […]

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India kicks off “Super Year of Biodiversity” with CMS COP -13

April 3, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

 Feb 17,2020 Despite the climate and biodiversity crises continuing to escalate, environmentalists are calling 2020 a ‘super-year’ for nature because of several upcoming international policy meetings that have the potential to set nature on a path to recovery. Its primary goal being highlighting of 21 Sustaianble Development Goals(SDG) and their targets. India marks the ‘’Super Year of […]

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