►  The COP Resolution 12.06 on Wildlife Disease and Migratory Species, includes:

Cooperation

26. Invites Parties to contribute voluntarily to the Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER) as an unofficial rapid reporting system for wildlife morbidity and mortality events in collaboration with OIE national delegates and wildlife focal points, taking fully into account the OIE WAHIS, FAO/OIE/WHO GLEWs mechanisms and existing regional information systems, and the need to complement existing communication channels, specifically OIE disease reporting and ProMed-mail;

27. Calls on Parties to collaborate with and share simultaneously information with OIE national delegates and wildlife focal points, OIE WAHIS, the IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group, FAO/OIE/WHO GLEWS mechanisms and existing regional information systems;

28. Also calls on Parties to use and promote the Ramsar Disease Manual together with guidance produced by the Task Force on Wildlife and Ecosystem Health for managing diseases of migratory animals and in cooperation with Veterinary Authorities following global standards adopted by the OIE;

29. Requests the Secretariat, in collaboration with other relevant organizations, to help in dissemination and promotion of Task Force on Wildlife and Ecosystem Health products;

30. Requests the Secretariat in collaboration with, inter alia, Parties, other governments, IGOs and NGOs, subject to the availability of resources, to review existing initiatives to enhance cooperation and collaboration among different conventions through national focal points;

31. Requests the Secretariat in collaboration with, inter alia, Parties, other governments, IGOs NGOs, subject to the availability of resources, to facilitate workshops to enhance cooperation and collaboration among different conventions through national focal points;

 32. Urges Parties and invites other governments and donors such as the GEF to provide adequate financial support for such workshops;

33. Requests the Scientific Task Force on Wildlife and Ecosystem Health, subject to available funding, to work with the OIE Working Group on Wildlife Diseases on the development of an agreed approach to wildlife event reporting, and to communicate regularly on their combined approach to wildlife animal health issues;

34. Encourages Parties to engage in activities of the Task Force on Wildlife and Ecosystem Health including serving as National Associates, linking their organization’s websites, and serving as a conduit for information-sharing;

37. Encourages the Contracting Parties to utilize, as appropriate, in relation to issues for migratory species the guidance available in Ramsar Resolution X.21: guidance on responding to the continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1;

► The CMS Resolution 12.07 (Manila 2017) on The Role of Ecological Networks in the Conservation of Migratory Species includes:

19. Calls upon Parties and invites other Range States and relevant organizations to use tools such as Movebank, ICARUS and other tools to better understand the movements of CMS-listed species, including the selection of those endangered species whose conservation status would most benefit from a better understanding of their movement ecology, while avoiding actions which may enable the unauthorised tracking of individual animals and facilitate poaching;

►    The  CMS COP Resolution 12.19 (Manila 2017)  on Endorsement of the African Elephant Action Plan includes:

1. Endorses the African Elephant Action Plan, contained in the Annex to this Resolution as the principal strategy adopted by the African Elephant Range States under the aegis of CITES for the conservation of African Elephants including on matters relevant to the CMS;

2. Instructs the Secretariat to liaise with the Steering Committee of the African Elephant Fund in order to become an ex officio member, and to:

 a) cooperate with the CITES Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme to promote fundraising for the implementation of the African Elephant Action Plan as part of overall fundraising initiatives;

 b) explore opportunities for partnerships with ongoing projects and programmes of CITES and the United Nations Environment Programme to support the African Elephant Range States in the implementation of the African Elephant Action Plan to achieve CMS objectives;

c) support the implementation of the African Elephant Action Plan through collaboration with African Elephant Range States to achieve CMS objectives;

See Section F for further collaborations of relevance to the indicators for this target.

►    The Programme of Work on Migratory Birds and Flyways (2014-2023), attached as Annex I to Resolution 12.11 includes:

Theme A. Ensuring Migratory Bird Conservation through Flyway/ Ecological Networks and Critical Sites and Habitats and Addressing Key Threats

Objectives: 2. Promote stakeholders’ participation in implementing/supporting collaborative conservation action from within and outside the UN system

Theme F. F. Resourcing implementation of the POW

Objectives 2. Ensure adequate expertise and partnerships to implement the POW