Nature Knows No Borders: Inside the Convention on Migratory Species

24/10/2025 36 min Episodio 165
Nature Knows No Borders: Inside the Convention on Migratory Species

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), discusses the Convention’s first State of the World’s Migratory Species report, the urgent threats facing migratory animals, and the need for international cooperation and ecological connectivity to protect them.
The conversation covers key findings from the report, main threats such as habitat loss and over-exploitation, successful cross-border conservation efforts, and practical ways governments, communities, scientists and industry can work together to safeguard migratory species.
 
Resources: Ask a Librarian!
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
 State of the World's Migratory Species Report:
https://www.cms.int/publication/state-worlds-migratory-species
Central Asian Mammals Initiative: https://cami.cms.int/about-cami
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 Content   
Guest: Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary, Convention on Migratory Species
Host, production and editing: Amy Smith, UN Library & Archives Geneva
Recorded online & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva 

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