Notification 2016-147

Dear Madam/Sir, I would like to draw your attention to a notification issued by the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), requesting Parties to provide information on measures adopted to promote ecologically sustainable boat-based marine wildlife watching, as requested in CMS Resolution 11.29. Parties are invited to return the questionnaire contained in Annex 1 of notification 2016/038 to the CMS Secretariat by 15 February 2017. The questionnaire is annexed to this notification. Countries that are not a Party to CMS but wish to contribute such information are invited to send their submission to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity so that it can be transmitted to the CMS Secretariat. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points