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2ND IPT: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION.
DRAFT PAPER REFERRED TO IN PARA 1(B) OF TUR-
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1. THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS (THE 'BONN CONVENTION', TEXT AT ANNEX A), CONCLUDED IN 1979, PROVIDES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY ANIMALS BASED UPON A RECOGNITION OF THEIR VALUE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL, ECOLOGICAL, GENETIC, AESTHETIC, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW. THE CONVENTION IS CONCERNED WITH SPECIES, A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF WHOSE MEMBERS MIGRATE ACROSS OR OUTSIDE NATIONAL JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES. IT PROVIDES STRICT PROTECTION FOR SPECIES LISTED IN APPENDIX I, WHICH CONSISTS OF MIGRATORY SPECIES IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION THROUGHOUT ALL OR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEIR RANGE, BY REQUIRING CONTRACTING PARTIES TO ENDEAVOUR TO CONSERVE/RESTORE THE HABITATS OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES, TO PREVENT IMPEDIMENTS TO MIGRATION AND TO PREVENT, REDUCE OR CONTROL FACTORS THAT ARE ENDANGERING THE SPECIES (ARTICLE III.4).
THE CONVENTION ALSO SEEKS TO PERSUADE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO CONCLUDE AGREEMENTS' FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MIGRATORY SPECIES SET OUT IN APPENDIX II WHICH EITHER HAVE AN UNFAVOURABLE CONSERVATION STATUS AND REQUIRE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR THEIR CONSERVATION OR HAVE A CONSERVATION STATUS WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT FROM INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
(ARTICLE IV). THE MAIN ELEMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN SUCH AGREEMENTS ARE SET OUT IN ARTICLE V. THEY INCLUDE A PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE SPECIES CONCERNED: THE IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS WHICH MIGHT BE HARMFUL TO THAT STATUS: THE TAKING OF APPROPRIATE ACTION AGAINST HARMFUL FACTORS: CO-ORDINATING CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLANS: THE MAINTENANCE OF A NETWORK OF SUITABLE HABITATS ALONG MIGRATION ROUTES: THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THE CONTENTS AND
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENTS'.
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