UN Convention on Migratory Species

Elephants bathing in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
© Eric Ganz

Ten new migratory species protected under global wildlife agreement

22 February 2020
SDGs

Asian elephants, jaguars and great Indian bustards were among 10 new species added to a global wildlife agreement on Saturday. 

Each autumn, millions of Monarch butterflies make their 3,000 mile journey from the United States and Canada to winter in several locations, including biosphere reserves, in Mexico.
World Bank/Curt Carnemark

Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world

17 February 2020
Climate and Environment

Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in search of food or breeding grounds. How best to protect them in a rapidly changing world is the focus of a major UN wildlife meeting which opened in Gandhinagar, India, on Monday. 

Plastic pollution is harmful to the Albatross bird. Many of them accidentally eat plastic and other marine debris floating in the ocean, mistaking it for food.
NOAA CREP

World Migratory Bird Day highlights deadly risks of plastic pollution

12 October 2019
Climate and Environment

Saturday marks World Migratory Bird Day which, this year, is raising awareness about the serious threats that plastic pollution poses to bird life, with a call for urgent measures to end the problem. 

White Pelican.
UNEP/AEWA/Sergey Dereliev

Populations of migratory birds are “collapsing”: UN avian expert

10 May 2017
General News

The population of migratory birds worldwide is in danger of collapsing unless their habitats are taken better care of and climate change is addressed.

That’s the view of Borja Heredia, head of the avian unit at the UN Convention on Migratory Species.

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