India, Feb. 20 -- New initiatives to address threats of zoonotic diseases, protecting natural areas for migratory species introduced at summit

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14) concluded with a range of decisions, including the addition of 14 species receiving added protection for conservation. The COP14 - first to happen in Central Asia - concluded in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Some of the species included in the CMS Appendices were Eurasian lynx, sand tiger shark, Pallas's cat, magellanic plover, among others. The summit also gave added safeguard to species such as blue shark, chimpanzee and straw-coloured fruit bat through New Concerted Actions adopted by ...