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Third CMS Pacific Cetaceans MoU meeting to be held 8th September 2012

25 August 2012
Spinner dolphins, Fiji

The Third Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region will be held in Noumea, New Caledonia on the 8th September 2012.

The Third Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region will be held in Noumea, New Caledonia on the 8th September 2012.

The agenda will consider:
1) Progress of Implementation of the MOU Action Plan
2) Progress of the Technical Advisory Group
3) Adoption of the Revised SPREP Whale And Dolphin Action Plan (2013-2017) as the MOU Action Plan
4) Endorsement of the Oceania Humpback Whale Recovery Plan (2013-2017)
5) Pacific Cetaceans MOU Technical Advisory Group Coordination
6) Determining a Reporting Mechanism for the Pacific Cetaceans MOU
7) CMS Resolutions Adopted During the 10th CMS Conference of the Parties Related to Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region
8) The Role of Ecological Networks for Conserving Cetacean Habitat in the Pacific Islands Region
9) Coordinating the Technical Work of CMS and the Pacific Cetaceans MOU
10) Integrating Threatened and Migratory Cetaceans into NBSAPs
11) CMS Small Grants Programme


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