Convention on Migratory Species
United Nations Environment Programme
International Workshop on Sustainable
Wildlife Management in Central Asia
A new framework for action:
Central Asian Mammals Initiative
(CAMI)
Natalya Yakusheva
CAMI Coordinator, CMS Secretariat
Role and objectives of CMS
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International biodiversity treaty concluded under the aegis of UNEP, with its
Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany
Aim: conservation of wildlife beyond national borders
Global scope, 121 Parties
Primary legal tools: species listings (Appendix I, II), global/regional
Agreements, Action Plans and Guidelines
Stakeholders engaged in CMS
• Grass-roots level:
Local people, scientists and NGOs
 socio-economic aspects, focus on rural
communities
• National governments and management
authorities
• International legal instruments:
CMS & CITES
Benefits of CMS to Parties
• Opportunity for international
leadership
• Maximises impact of scarce human
and financial resources
• CMS Small Grants Programme
• Projects have received GEF and
other donor fundraising
• Eligible Parties supported to attend
CMS meetings
• Review process through electronic
national reporting
• Modest annual membership
contribution
© Olga Pereladova, WWF Russia
CMS instruments relevant for Central Asia
MOUs
Agreements
Wadden
Sea Seals
ACAP
ASCOBANS
EUROBATS
Gorilla
Aquatic
Warbler
Bukhara
Deer
Dugong
Great
Bustard
Pacific
Cetaceans
Raptors
Ruddy
Headed
Goose
Saiga
Antelope
Sharks
Siberian
Crane
Slenderbilled
Curlew
West African
Aquatic
Mammals
IOSEA
Mediterranea
n Monk Seal
ACCOBAMS
AEWA
Special Species Initiatives
High
Andean
Flamingo
SSA
CAMI
Argali
Marine
Turtles
Africa
CAF
West African
Elephants
Grassland Birds
of South America
Huemul
Central Asia: priority region for CMS
• Largest global expanse of grassland
and mountain ranges
• Low levels of fragmentation → need to
protect now
• Remarkable diversity of ecosystems
• One of the world’s last migration hotspots
© Thomas Mueller
New legal framework for
Central Asia: CAMI
• COP11 (Res.11.24) adopted CAMI
(Central Asian Mammals Initiative)
• CAMI Coordinator based at CMS
Secretariat since 2015
14 CAMI Range States
Central Asian Mammals Initiative
(CAMI)
Single species MOUs/Action Plans/Guidelines
Threats & Conservation Needs
Barriers to migration
Wildlife crime
Habitat
degradation
Species designated for Concerted & Cooperative Action
Extractives
Coherent framework for coordinated conservation action on
migratory mammals in Central Asia
Climate change
CAMI Overview
• CMS provides umbrella for
international cooperation
• Strengthened synergies
• Open to all stakeholders
• Raise wildlife concerns up the
international agenda
© German Commission for UNESCO / Kolja Matzke
Key figures
• 15 species; 13 ungulates, 2 big cats
• Programme of Work 2014 – 2020
(see www.cms.int/cami)
Central Asia: key threats to target to 2017
Wildlife-friendly
infrastructure
Antipoaching
Illegal trade
Joint CITES-CMS Work Programme
2015-2020
• Adopted at both treaty’s Standing
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Committees
Species of particular joint attention:
– Argali sheep
– Saiga antelope
– Snow leopard
– Saker falcon
CMS: focus on population management
and domestic trade
CITES: focus on international trade
New Programme Officer to strengthen
implementation of Work Programme
based at CMS Secretariat since July
2015, funded by Germany until 2017
Future development of CAMI
• Designation of species focal points - maintain
information exchange with experts
• Consolidate resources and undertake joint
fundraising for projects
• 2015: activities include infrastructure workshop in
Mongolia just last week
Solutions for wildlife-friendly
infrastructure: long-standing expertise
• Since 1970s, barriers to migration have
been high on CMS agenda
• Ongoing analysis and debate by CMS
Scientific Council and Parties
• Several guidelines adopted: power lines,
border fences and linear infrastructure in
general
Examples of CMS infrastructure guidelines:
border fences, power grid design
Scientific Council: case study on the
effect of infrastructure in 2011
• CMS Scientific Councillor for Mongolia has been
leading debate on advancing CMS policy on wildlifefriendly infrastructure, with a focus on Central Asia
• Case study includes:
– Current barrier effect for ungulates
– Mapping extractives exploration with species distributions
– Impacts of planned transcontinental train and road network
Railway and ungulate distributions
Areas licensed for mining
CMS Linear Infrastructure Guidelines, 2014
Mitigation
Planning and design
Assessments
Construction standards &
solutions
Monitoring and Evaluation
Amend construction?
International Single Species Action
Plan for Conservation of Argali, 2014
• COP10: Argali listed on
CMS Appendix II
• Workshops on sustainable
wildlife management in
Central Asia (2011 and
2012, Vilm, Germany)
• Workshop for development
of the Argali AP, Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan, 2012
• Stakeholder meeting to
finalise AP and CAMI
resolution, Bishkek, 2014
• Argali AP: framework for
action, 2014-2024
Upcoming meeting in Central Asia:
Saiga MOS3 (Tashkent, 26-29 Oct 2015)
• Saiga MOU has been in
force since 2006, signed by
all five saiga Range States
plus co-operating
organizations
• Review progress under
Medium-Term International
Work Programme (MTIWP),
2010-2015
• Outputs include: MTIWP for
2016-2020, wildlife health
measures, agreement on
border fence amendment
New initiative for sustainable use
and management of waterbirds
• AEWA promotes sustainable use and management of
migratory waterbirds across Africa/Eurasia
• AEWA Management Plan for the Pink-footed Goose, 2012;
APs for Taiga Bean Goose, Long-tailed Duck and Eurasian
Curlew (to be adopted later in 2015)
• Revised Sustainable Harvest guidelines under development –
possible to develop platform for wider wildlife management
• Aim to establish Sustainable Harvest Initiative for Central Asia
Join the campaign for migratory birds!
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India
Thank you and sag bol!
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