Dates: 05 Nov 2018 09:00 to 08 Nov 2018 18:00
Registration Deadline
Organizer: CMS and CITES Secretariats
CMS Instrument African Carnivores Initiative, CMS, Lions
Type: Workshop
Status: Confirmed
Languages: English
French
Country: Germany
City: Bonn
Venue: UN Campus
The 1st Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) brings together the Range States and invited experts to define the way forward for the Initiative, in line with the mandate provided by Decisions 12.55-60. Decisions 12.55-60 were adopted by the 12th Conference of the Parties to CMS in 2017 in Manila (COP12) at the same time as the historic listing of the Lion and Leopard under Appendix II of CMS, and urge Range States to work through the ACI to implement CMS and CITES Resolutions and Decisions relating to the targeted species, as a way to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the actions being undertaken.
The first Range State meeting aims to map a way forward for implementing these Decisions with respect to each target species of the ACI, and to identify the next steps for the fulfilment of the relevant Resolutions and Decisions.
The meeting will engender discussions on whether and how to integrate all Decisions into one document, to form the basis of giving more cohesion and autonomy to the Initiative.
The meeting outcomes may also feed into both CMS COP13, and CITES COP18, with the drafting of a Resolution to be adopted at both COPs to consolidate all the Decision and Resolutions that currently make up the ACI.
A Lion Conservation Framework is in the process of being drafted and will be shared with the Range States before the meeting. There will also be documents relating to the Leopard, as well as for Cheetah and African Wild Dog (considered jointly).
The joint CITES-CMS meeting will follow up on the Joint CMS-CITES African Lion Range State Meeting held in Entebbe, Uganda in 2016.
This meeting is made possible with the kind support of Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland.
Documents and communications here: https://www.cms.int/en/meeting/first-ra ... ative-aci1
First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI1)
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Re: First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI1)
African States Make Long-term Commitment to Conserve Their Largest Carnivores
Type:
News item
Species:
Acinonyx jubatus
Lycaon pictus
Panthera leo
Panthera pardus
Species group:
Terrestrial mammals
Attachments:
PDF icon Communiqué African Carnivore Initiative - English
PDF icon Communiqué African Carnivore Initiative - French
Cheetah © Jim Zuckerman; African Wild Dog © John Birch; Leopard and Lion © Jacques-Andre Dupont
PRESS RELEASE
Bonn, 14 November 2018 – More than 30 countries hosting African Wild Dog, Cheetah, Leopard and Lion met in Bonn from 5 to 8 November 2018 to establish the African Carnivore Initiative. The initiative constitutes the first Africa-wide commitment towards saving African Wild Dog, Cheetah, Leopard and Lion.
Habitat loss and fragmentation, prey depletion, retaliatory killing of carnivores by owners of livestock and increasing trade in lion specimens and live cheetah are the main reasons for these animals’ rapid decline across most of Africa.
Currently, the Red List Assessments of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are showing that the African Wild Dog inhabits six per cent of its historic range, while it is nine per cent for Cheetah, 51 per cent for Leopard and 17 per cent for Lion.
Supported by experts of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group, Range States agreed in Bonn on establishing a work programme to guide their conservation actions over the next coming years.
“Although the history, biology and the threats to the Lion, Cheetah, African Wild Dog and Leopard differ, their challenges overlap considerably and if institutions and countries involved in their conservation cooperate closely and according to common concepts, we can be much more efficient – and save both time and resources.”
Urs Breitenmoser, Co-Chair of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group
Range States agreed on the following priority measures: developing and implementing conservation strategies for each of the four species; creating and maintaining a network of healthy ecosystems to address the threat of increasingly fragmented habitats and finding solutions to human-animal conflicts and facilitating coexistence.
This includes sustainable economic and livelihood benefits to communities and reducing the costs of living alongside wildlife. Improving education and awareness of the plight of African carnivores is necessary to ensure long-term success of conservation actions.
A new network should be established to provide technical support, training and mentoring to national coordinators as well as a platform for regular meetings. Continuous information exchange will facilitate transboundary collaboration.
Closing knowledge gaps by using monitoring protocols for large carnivore populations is required to provide sufficient information to decision makers. This entails developing the capacity of Range States to monitor populations of the four species.
The African Carnivores Initiative is a unique collaboration between the only two global treaties whose mandate is to conserve endangered species. The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) focuses on broad conservation measures, such as habitat protection, establishment of ecological corridors and mitigation of human-wildlife conflict. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) regulates international trade and seeks to stop illegal trade. By working together, CMS and CITES can tackle the conservation of the four carnivores from two different angles.
CMS Executive Secretary Bradnee Chambers said: “In joining forces, CMS and CITES are pooling resources and expertise that will allow Range States to conserve flagship African carnivores in a holistic manner.”
At the end of their four-day meeting, the Range States adopted a communiqué, setting out the priorities and their commitment and calling upon the international community to support them in their undertaking. The meeting was generously financed by the Governments of Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
COMMUNIQUÉ
Type:
News item
Species:
Acinonyx jubatus
Lycaon pictus
Panthera leo
Panthera pardus
Species group:
Terrestrial mammals
Attachments:
PDF icon Communiqué African Carnivore Initiative - English
PDF icon Communiqué African Carnivore Initiative - French
Cheetah © Jim Zuckerman; African Wild Dog © John Birch; Leopard and Lion © Jacques-Andre Dupont
PRESS RELEASE
Bonn, 14 November 2018 – More than 30 countries hosting African Wild Dog, Cheetah, Leopard and Lion met in Bonn from 5 to 8 November 2018 to establish the African Carnivore Initiative. The initiative constitutes the first Africa-wide commitment towards saving African Wild Dog, Cheetah, Leopard and Lion.
Habitat loss and fragmentation, prey depletion, retaliatory killing of carnivores by owners of livestock and increasing trade in lion specimens and live cheetah are the main reasons for these animals’ rapid decline across most of Africa.
Currently, the Red List Assessments of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are showing that the African Wild Dog inhabits six per cent of its historic range, while it is nine per cent for Cheetah, 51 per cent for Leopard and 17 per cent for Lion.
Supported by experts of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group, Range States agreed in Bonn on establishing a work programme to guide their conservation actions over the next coming years.
“Although the history, biology and the threats to the Lion, Cheetah, African Wild Dog and Leopard differ, their challenges overlap considerably and if institutions and countries involved in their conservation cooperate closely and according to common concepts, we can be much more efficient – and save both time and resources.”
Urs Breitenmoser, Co-Chair of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group
Range States agreed on the following priority measures: developing and implementing conservation strategies for each of the four species; creating and maintaining a network of healthy ecosystems to address the threat of increasingly fragmented habitats and finding solutions to human-animal conflicts and facilitating coexistence.
This includes sustainable economic and livelihood benefits to communities and reducing the costs of living alongside wildlife. Improving education and awareness of the plight of African carnivores is necessary to ensure long-term success of conservation actions.
A new network should be established to provide technical support, training and mentoring to national coordinators as well as a platform for regular meetings. Continuous information exchange will facilitate transboundary collaboration.
Closing knowledge gaps by using monitoring protocols for large carnivore populations is required to provide sufficient information to decision makers. This entails developing the capacity of Range States to monitor populations of the four species.
The African Carnivores Initiative is a unique collaboration between the only two global treaties whose mandate is to conserve endangered species. The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) focuses on broad conservation measures, such as habitat protection, establishment of ecological corridors and mitigation of human-wildlife conflict. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) regulates international trade and seeks to stop illegal trade. By working together, CMS and CITES can tackle the conservation of the four carnivores from two different angles.
CMS Executive Secretary Bradnee Chambers said: “In joining forces, CMS and CITES are pooling resources and expertise that will allow Range States to conserve flagship African carnivores in a holistic manner.”
At the end of their four-day meeting, the Range States adopted a communiqué, setting out the priorities and their commitment and calling upon the international community to support them in their undertaking. The meeting was generously financed by the Governments of Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
COMMUNIQUÉ
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge