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Around the world, countries from Canada to Germany and India are holding activities to contribute to International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) which takes place on 1 September 2012.

France and the the Slovak Republic signed the CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU). The Signing Ceremonies took place during the 5th Meeting of Parties of the UNEP African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), which is being held this week in La Rochelle, France.

The Interim Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MoU and the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) Aquitaine co-organized a special 'Bird Migration Watch' day at the Pointe de Grave in South West France on World Migratory Bird Day. LPO was also celebrating its 100th anniversary!

On 13 May 2012, as part of the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), a day for discovering bird migration will take place on the study site of Pointe de Grave at Le Verdon sur Mer in Gironde.

The 1st Pan African Vulture Summit (PAVS) was convened in the Masai Mara, Kenya on 16-20 April 2012 and invited input from a wide range of Vulture specialists, researchers and Government wildlife representatives from across the continent. The objective was to gather information from both local and regional perspectives and to devise and promote the implementation of a Pan-African Vulture Conservation Plan.

The UNEP/CMS Office - Abu Dhabi is holding the inaugural meeting of the Saker Falcon Task Force in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), today, 29 March 2012. It is expected to welcome almost 30 participants from 18 different countries, including Government officials and representatives from international and non-Governmental organizations.

Programme Officer, Nick P. Williams, reports back on his first 100 days in office.

The Saker Falcon Task Force (STF) was established by Resolution 10.28, adopted at the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to CMS, held in Bergen, Norway, in November 2011.

The Interim Coordinating Unit for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia welcomed a new Programme Officer this week as Mr Nick P. Williams joined the UNEP/CMS Office in Abu Dhabi.