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WHMSI is building country capacity to conserve and manage migratory wildlife.  It improves hemispheric communication on conservation issues of common interest, provides training in priority areas, strengthens the exchange of information needed for informed decision-making, and provides a forum to address emerging issues such as new threats to migratory species, or the connections between wildlife disease and human diseases. 

 

 

FEMCIDI I

(2008-2009)

FEMCIDI II

(2009-2010)

FEMCIDI III

(2010-2011)

This hemispheric project encompassing 35 nations addresses issues from several mandates, endorsements and resolutions by the countries in the Western Hemisphere, including the 1940 Western Hemisphere Convention , the 1996 Santa Cruz Sustainable Development Summit and Santa Cruz +10 Ministerial,, and the 2001 Summit of the Americas. One of the main objetives is to conserve and manage migratory wildlife and its habitat, enforce national wildlife laws and meet international obligations.

CONFERENCES

The purpose of these conferences is to develop cooperative strategies for conservation of migratory species and collaboration more broadly on a wide array of wildlife conservation issues among the countries of the Western Hemisphere. More...

  Fourth WHMSI Conference More...

STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS

In summary, all 3 meetings furthered consensus between government wildlife experts and NGOs on a hemispheric strategy to address capacity building and training needs for migratory wildlife conservation in the region. These meetings resulted in a proposal being submitted to the GS/OAS Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI). More...

MOUS (Memoranda of Understanding signed with international organizations active in the field of migratory species conservation)

WHMSI is a partnership among all of the nations of the hemisphere, including governments, non-governmental organizations, and relevant treaties, working to conserve shared migratory species. Its mission is to contribute significantly to the conservation of the migratory species of the Western Hemisphere by strengthening cooperation and communication among nations, international initiatives and civil society, and by expanding constituencies, awareness and political support. More...

BROCHURES

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      July 2010. New WHMSI Brochure on FEMCIDI II. More...

      June 2010. Third Round of WHMSI training projects. More...

The Magazine of the Americas called "AMERICAS". Publicized in its February edition of 2010  an article where the WHMSI project is quoted. Click on the picture to see the complete article

   
Visit the WHMSI Pathway (www.whmsi-pathway.org) and learn about more than 400 projects and resources that are helping to address the priority migratory species conservation needs identified by WHMSI participants.Click on the picture to see the complete information
 

 

 

This page was last updated on Thursday March 24, 2011.