Update of the press release
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Federal Environment Ministry and CMS received diplomatic representatives from around three dozen countries in Berlin today. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze underlined the great importance of global species conservation and called on more countries to ratify the convention. The convention is the only UN agreement that deals with the conservation of migratory animals and their habitats around the world, including birds, whales, dolphins, sharks, elephants, antelopes and gorillas.