CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention, is an environmental treaty of the United Nations that provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory animals and their habitats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Migratory species means a species of animal that has the whole or a part of its population emigrate regularly, periodically or seasonally from a geographical area to another one.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or the Bonn Convention) was signed in Bonn, Germany, on 23 June 1979. It aims to conserve terrestrial, aquatic, and avian migratory species throughout their range.

Detailed explanation-4: -This treaty of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to facilitate close cooperation on the conservation of migratory species between the countries through which these animals travel on their annual journeys.