The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) has announced (Notification 2013/027) a funding opportunity within the Wildlife Without Borders Programme of the United States Fish & Wildlife Service International Conservation Funds (which includes the Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund.

The grants promote objectives that are consistent with those of the Convention and its specialized agreements (such as the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – ACAP) and may thus provide a source of funding to assist CMS with the implementation of conservation activities on the ground.  All but one of the current 13 Parties to ACAP are also Parties to the CMS (click here).

“The CMS Secretariat encourages its Parties and partners to propose projects that contribute to the implementation of the Convention and its instruments, in line with any plans, actions or initiatives developed under them, and will strive to support these proposals with letters of endorsement.”

 

Waved Albatross, photographed by John Cooper

For more information on this funding opportunity, contact Monika Thiele, Programme Officer/Focal Point for North America, UNEP/CMS Secretariat (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.) and Laura Cerasi, Associate Partnerships and Fundraising Officer, UNEP/CMS Secretariat (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.).  All CMS notifications can be accessed online.

Click here to read more details on the US programme and of a previous funding round.

The deadline for applications is 1 December

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 09 November 2013