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Andy Raine has been appointed as Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), effective Monday, 1 June 2026. In his role, Mr. Raine will also serve as the Executive Secretary of the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS).

World Migratory Bird Day 2026 highlights the important role people everywhere can play in protecting migratory birds through observation, monitoring, and shared information.

An urgent, high-impact five-day mission in The Gambia (11-15 November 2025) has successfully strengthened local capacity to respond to wildlife crime and developed a basic national vulture conservation action plan. The training culminated in the GPS-tagging of a Critically Endangered Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)

Chère communauté de la Journée mondiale des oiseaux migrateurs, À mesure que les saisons changent, des millions d'oiseaux migrateurs s'envolent pour un incroyable voyage à travers les plaines, les mers et les montagnes, franchissant plusieurs frontières internationales en cours de route. Ce phénomène naturel nous rassemble pour célébrer la deuxième date importante de la Journée mondiale des oiseaux migrateurs, le samedi 11 octobre.