Seventh Meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Energy Task Force (ETF).




Organizer: The BirdLife International, the BTO British Trust for Ornithology, the East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) United Nations Biodiversity and the World Bank.

Meeting: Seventh Meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Energy Task Force (ETF) - 24 to 26 APRIL 2024 in Madrid, Spain.





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