State of the World’s Migratory Species – 2024

• UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) report on “State of the World’s Migratory Species” was launched recently.
• The inaugural State of the World’s Migratory Species – 2024 report was launched by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
• It provides the first comprehensive global assessment on the conservation status and threats facing migratory animals.

MAJOR FINDINGS

• Nearly half of CMS-listed species are showing population declines
• More than one-in-five species are threatened with extinction
• 97% of CMS-listed fish are threatened
• Extinction risk is growing for both CMS listed species and all migratory species.
• Around 400 global migratory species (threatened or near TwE) are not currently listed under CMS.
• The 2 major threats to migratory species are –
  • Habitat loss,degradation and fragmentation;
  • overexploitation

OTHER DETAILS

• The Fourteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
• Theme/slogan- Nature Knows No Borders

ABOUT CMS

• Signed in 1979, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention; CMS) is an environmental treaty under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme.
• It provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats.
• CMS Appendices
  • Appendix I: Migratory species that have been assessed as being in danger of extinction.
  • Appendix II: Migratory species which require international agreements for their conservation.