In the aftermath of the Covid19 pandemic, the Convention on Migratory Species of the United Nations renewed their focus on One Health and migratory species. In the wake of this renewal, researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK wrote a review titled "Migratory Species and Health: A Review of Migration and Wildlife Disease Dynamics, and the Health of Migratory Species, Our host Cat Vendl is joined by two of the authors, Dr Marja Kipperman and Dr Ruth Cromie. Ruth and her colleague, Katie Beckmann, presented the review at the 14th Conference of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in February this year.

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Resolution 12.6(Rev.COP14) on Wildlife Health and Migratory Species

Migratory Species and Health Review

Avian Influenza (Resolution 14.18)

Migratory Species and Health Review

Preventing Poisoning of Migratory Birds (Resolution 11.15(Rev.COP14))

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