US EditionForty new migratory species win international protection: UN body
- On Sunday, the CMS concluded the COP15 summit in Campo Verde, Brazil, by approving international protection for 40 new species, including the Bubo featured in the Harry Potter saga.
- Representatives from 132 countries and the European Union attended the summit, which serves as one of the world's most important global meetings for wildlife Conservation.
- The new list features land mammals like the Hyaena and aquatic wildlife including the Giant Otter, the Hudsonian, and the Sphyrna now receiving legal protection.
- Signatory nations are now legally obliged to protect these species, restore Habitat, prevent migration obstacles, and cooperate with other range states to ensure survival.
- A report released ahead of the summit warned that 49 percent of all species catalogued by the CMS are declining, with nearly one in four threatened with extinction worldwide.
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At the United Nations Conference on the Conservation of Species in Brazil, the States Parties have decided to provide more stringent protection for more than 40 migratory species, such as cheetahs and hammer sharks, thereby sending a signal against the extinction of species.
In the UN Convention on the Protection of Migratory Wild Animals, countries pledge to do everything possible to protect the animals mentioned and their habitats.
With new rules for the protection of migratory animals, the UN Conference wants to give a signal, as many stocks continue to shrink – especially in the sea.
In the future, the UN will provide special protection for another 40 migratory wildlife species.
Forty migratory species are now receiving international protection from more than 130 countries that have signed a UN convention on the conservation of these increasingly endangered animals.
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