Tag: CMS COP 13

Animal Culture linked to its Conservation at CMS COP 13 for the first time

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Feb 20,2020 Animal culture, the learning of non-human species through socially transmitted behaviours, is being linked to conservation action for the first time at CMS COP13.There have been spearheading efforts to use the knowledge to better protect the endangered wildlife. Highlights: Two proposals one each for the Eastern Tropical Pacific Sperm Whale and the nut-cracking […]

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Asian Elephant, Great Indian Bustard and Bengal Florican classified as “Endangered” Migratory Species at CMS COP 13

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Feb 21,2020 India’s proposal to include great Indian bustard, Asian elephant and Bengal florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on Migratory Species was unanimously accepted on 20,Feb 2020  at the ongoing 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP 13) in Gandhinagar. Highlights Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican […]

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

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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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