CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES - FRESHWATER FISHES OF POTENTIAL INTEREST FOR INCLUSION IN CMS

CONVENTION ON UNEP/CMS/COP14/Inf.27.7.2 MIGRATORY 30 January 2024 SPECIES Original: English 14th MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 12 – 17 February 2024 Agenda Item 27.7.2 FRESHWATER FISHES OF POTENTIAL INTEREST FOR INCLUSION IN CMS (Prepared by IUCN et al.) Briefing document for the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conserva. [...] The aim of this briefing document is to use the recently published global freshwater fish assessment from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species TM (hereafter “IUCN Red List”)5 to highlight freshwater fishes of potential interest for inclusion in CMS and identify patterns in taxonomy, geography, and threat processes amongst the highlighted species. [...] Defining species of conservation concern One way to identify species of conservation concern is based on the assigned IUCN Red List Categories, which indicate the extinction risk of the species. [...] Geographic patterns The table below indicates the region9 each species in the ‘Species List’ and the subset of threatened species in the ‘Species List’ are coded to occur in. [...] Key threatening processes The table below indicates the high-level threats10 each species in the ‘Species List’ and the subset of threatened species in the ‘Species List’ are coded to be facing.