CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES - PREVENTING POISONING OF MIGRATORY BIRDS

Urges Parties, the United Nations Environment Programme and other relevant international organizations, as well as the industry, bilateral and multilateral donors and others, to consider supporting financially the implementation of this Resolution and the Guidelines, including through the coordination provided by the PPWG and the Intergovernmental Task Force on Phasing Out the Use of Lead Ammuniti. [...] Agrees to continue, subject to availability of resources, the Intergovernmental Task Force on Phasing Out the Use of Lead Ammunition and Lead Fishing Weights to take forward the implementation of the Guidelines in its relevant sections, as appropriate, also promoting actions to raise awareness among hunters and anglers on the risk related to the use of lead in ammunition and fishing weights and on. [...] Background and purpose This Working Group was established by Resolution 10.26,2 to assist the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and its associated instruments, relevant Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Conventions to review the causes and consequences of poisoning of migratory birds, and to recommend suitable responses to address the problems. [...] assist in resource mobilization for priority actions, in collaboration and through the creation of synergies with other initiatives such as the Intergovernmental Task Force on Phasing Out the Use of Lead Ammunition and Lead Fishing Weights and the Intergovernmental Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean, the Vulture Working Group, and the Landbirds. [...] The following representatives will also be invited to contribute to the Working Group: • Representatives of CMS Parties; • Representatives of the CMS Scientific Council, the Technical Committee of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), Technical Advisory Group of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and.