Bonn Convention

This article describes the treaty on species protection, the term is also used for the Germany treaty .

Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wildlife
Short title:	Bonn Convention
Title (engl.):	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Abbreviation:	CMS
Date:	June 23, 1979
Come into effect:	November 1, 1983
Reference:	cms.int ; Appendices I , II
Reference (German):	cms.int (pdf; 113 kB)
Contract type:	Multinational
Legal matter:	natural reserve
Signing:	2 countries (as of December 1, 2018)
Ratification :	127 countries (as of December 1, 2018)
Germany:	October 1, 1984
Liechtenstein:	Advice. 1998
Austria:	July 1, 2005
Switzerland:	July 1, 1995
Please note the note on the applicable contract version .

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( english Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals , CMS ) was on 23 June 1979 in Bonn negotiated final and signed and is therefore also known as the Bonn Convention called. The rules came into force on November 1, 1983. The Convention Secretariat is based in Bonn and is supported by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Objectives and instruments of the convention

The convention contains the obligation of the contracting states to take measures for the worldwide protection and conservation of migratory wild animal species, including their sustainable use. This should be achieved in particular on the basis of existing or newly created international law instruments internationally coordinated conservation measures in the entire migration area of ​​the species concerned. Around 1,200 species or regionally demarcated populations that are acutely threatened with extinction or whose populations are exposed to high risk are covered by the scope of protection of the Convention.

For individual species or groups that are endangered but not necessarily threatened with extinction, regional agreements are intended to be drawn up, in which the legally binding protection, conservation and sustainable use of these species are regulated over their entire migration range and the cooperation of the states concerned is coordinated.

Organs of the convention

Conference of the States Parties

The most important decision-making body of the Bonn Convention is the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (VSK), which meets every three years and reviews the developments that the Convention has made since the previous VSK; it sets the priorities for future action and adopts the budget.

Standing Committee

Political and administrative decisions between the meetings of the VSK are made by the Standing Committee of the Convention. This consists of one or two (Africa, Europe) representatives from five global regions, the custodian state of the Federal Republic of Germany and the host of the next conference.

Science Council

The Science Council discusses questions of a scientific nature and a. Recommendations as to which animal species are worth protecting and for which animal species agreements should be drawn up.

office

The UNEP / CMS Secretariat, based in Bonn, is responsible for managing the Convention. This includes the organizational and content-related preparation of meetings of the bodies, contacts with non-contracting states, international governmental and non-governmental organizations, the promotion of the exchange of information and opinions between the contracting states and the promotion of the conclusion of regional agreements.

Regional agreement

The following secretariats are also located in Bonn:

• • Regional Agreement for the Conservation of European Bat Populations ( EUROBATS ) ,
  • Agreement for the Conservation of Small Whales in the North and Baltic Seas, the Northeast Atlantic and the Irish Sea ( ASCOBANS ) ,
  • African-Eurasian Waterfowl Convention ( AEWA ) .

The Secretariat for the is based in Monaco

• • Agreement for the Conservation of Whales in the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas of the Atlantic ( ACCOBAMS ) .

Based in Hobart ( Tasmania , Australia has) the Interim Secretariat for the

• • Agreement for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ( ACAP ) .

Other regional agreements based on the Bonn Convention are the Agreement on the Conservation of Seals in the Wadden Sea and the Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and their Habitat (Gorilla Agreement).

See also

• Animal migration , Biodiversity Convention , Washington Convention on Endangered Species (CITES)

literature

see also

Documents , Publications , cms.int

Web links

• cms.int , website of the Bonn Convention (English)
• Friends of the Bonn Convention / Friends of CMS e. V.
• Information in German
• ECOLEX.org , contract in ECOLEX-the gateway to environmental law (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Germany author =. Retrieved March 5, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Environment and Development. (No longer available online.) In: LLV.li / Government and Administration / Office for Forests, Nature and Landscape / Links. State administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 16, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ European Landscape Convention. In: naturschutz.at> Conventions. Federal Environment Agency, September 7, 2009, accessed on May 16, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Legal basis for protected areas and biotope inventories. In: bafu.admin.ch> Protected Areas & Biotope Inventories. January 8, 2010, accessed May 16, 2011 . 
5. ↑ SR 0.451.4