Saving species
while climate change negotiations hogged media reports in international environmental negotiations, another global meeting in the same month quietly held its own and bore many fruitful results for its participants. On its 20th anniversary, the sixth conference of parties ( cop -6) to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( cms ) held in Cape Town, South Africa, from November 10-16, participants discussed ways to maintain cms ' sudden spurt in activities. Not only have the number of agreements under the convention increased, but membership has also grown. The convention currently has 65 members.
During the course of the discussions, delegates drafted a wildlife conservation plan, which has four key objectives
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