CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES CONSERVATION PRIORITIES FOR CETACEANS

COP14) Recreational In-Water Interaction with Aquatic Mammals, Resolution 12.17 Conservation and Management of Whales and their Habitats in the South Atlantic Region, Resolution 12.20 Management of Marine Debris, Resolution 12.21 (Rev. [...] COP14) Sustainable Tourism and Migratory Species, Resolution 12.24 Promoting Marine Protected Area Networks in the ASEAN Region, Resolution 12.25 Promoting Conservation of Critical Intertidal and Other Coastal Habitats for Migratory Species, Resolution 13.5 (Rev. [...] COP14) Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife, and Resolution 14.16 Ecological Connectivity, Responding to widespread concerns that cetaceans, a large and diverse taxonomic group of over 90 species with many discrete populations that can be found in all the world’s oceans and seas and some large river-systems, and which have a crucial role in marine ecosystems and in the mitigation of climate cha. [...] COP14) Synergies and Partnerships; b) Protect and restore habitats required by CMS-listed cetaceans throughout their life cycles and migratory ranges; c) Utilise the IMMAs database as a key resource for considering the protection of habitats of critical importance for CMS-listed cetaceans, in line with and building on the provisions of Resolution 12.13 Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs); d) Whe. [...] Requests the Scientific Council and the Secretariat to continue and increase collaborative efforts with other relevant international fora, including the International Whaling Commission and its Scientific and Conservation Committees and the IUCN Species Survival Commission Cetacean Specialist Group, with a view to avoiding duplication, increasing synergies and raising the profile of CMS and its ce.