Central Asian Flyway (CAF)

May 6, 2023

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme/ Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) had organized a meeting of Range Countries to strengthen conservation efforts for migratory birds and their habitats in the Central Asian Flyway (CAF) from 2nd to 4th May, 2023 in New Delhi.

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Central Asian Flyway (CAF) covers a large area of Eurasia between the Arctic and Indian Oceans.
This flyway comprises several important migration routes of birds.
Including India, there are 30 countries under the Central Asian Flyway.
At the 13th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), held at Gandhinagar in February, 2020, a resolution (UNEP/CMS/Resolution 12.11 (Rev.COP13) and Decision 13.46 were adopted initer-alia providing for establishing, by COP14, under the umbrella of CMS an institutional framework, under the leadership of India with the aim to agree on conservation action for migratory birds.
With a view to fulfill its commitment, India is organizing two day online meeting on 6th -7th October 2021 with CAF Range Countries, anchored in Wildlife Institute of India.
Approximately one in five of the world's 11,000 bird species migrate, some covering enormous distances.
Conserving migratory birds requires cooperation and coordination along the entire flyway between countries and across national boundaries.

Source : Meeting of Range Countries to strengthen conservation efforts for migratory birds and their habitats in the Central Asian Flyway (CAF)