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      Harbor Porpoise © Preben Toft

      Harbor Porpoise © Preben Toft

    • Wadden Sea Day – Celebrating a World Heritage Site Important to Migratory Birds
      Dunlins (Calidris alba) © Sergey Dereliev, www.dereliev-photography.com

      Dunlins (Calidris alba) © Sergey Dereliev, www.dereliev-photography.com

    • Key Environment Body Meets in Bonn
      © Florian Keil

      © Florian Keil

    • Hooked: Bycatch Threatens Species around the Globe
      © Krzysztof Skora/Hel Marine Station

      © Krzysztof Skora/Hel Marine Station

    • Between the Turbines: Consider the Marine Species Affected by Ocean Energy

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    • © Presseamt Bundesstadt Bonn  45th Standing Committee Meeting (StC45) of CMS, 9-11 Nov 2016, Bonn, Germany
    Fact Sheet on CMS Sharks MOU
    Published July 2016
    Central Asian Mammals Initiative - Newsletter 05/2016
    Published June 2016
    Fact Sheet on African Elephants
    Published March 2016
    Up-date of the status and conservation progress in the Atlantic populations (Monachus monachus)
    Published June 2016

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    • 2nd Meeting of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee (Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction) | 26.08.2016
    • 20th International Bat Night | 27.08.2016
    • Regional Shark Conservation and Outreach Workshop (Pew) - Asia, Indian Ocean | 29.08.2016
    • ASCOBANS: 8th Meeting of Parties | 30.08.2016
    • First Regional Capacity Building Workshop for CMS Non-Parties of the Caribbean Region | 31.08.2016
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