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Agreement to conserve migratory birds of prey signed in Abu Dhabi
A deal to conserve migratory birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia was signed on Wednesday.
- By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter
- Published: 17:22 October 22, 2008
Abu Dhabi: A deal to conserve migratory birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia was signed on Wednesday.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on the last day of a meeting organized by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), along with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and UK's Department of Food and Agriculture.
The MoU, which was finalized during the three-day meeting attended by delegates from 50 countries, include measures to conserve migratory birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia.
Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad, UAE Minister of Environment and Water, signed the agreement on behalf of the UAE government. The signing ceremony was attended by the Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment, Dr Abdul Rahman Al Eryani who signed on behalf of Republic of Yemen, and Alain Azouaou, the Ambassador of France to the UAE.
Countries signed on the MoU include Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Gambia, Angola, Mali, Madagascar, Djibouti, D R Congo, Republic of Congo, Burundi, Togo, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Armenia, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, UK, Mongolia, Hungary, Pakistan, France Yemen and UAE. The first convention in this regard was held in UK last year and it is a great achievement that a MoU was signed within one year, the head of the UK delegation told Gulf News. Ötherwise it takes four or five years to reach an agreement on conservation, said John Clorley, the Head of Wildlife Crime, Enforcement and Management at Defra (UK's Department for Environment, food and Agriculture).
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