{"id":348597,"date":"2025-10-24T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348597"},"modified":"2025-10-25T13:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T08:11:42","slug":"central-asian-mammals-initiative-cami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/central-asian-mammals-initiative-cami\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> In <strong>October 2025<\/strong>, representatives from several Central Asian countries endorsed a <strong>six-year work programme<\/strong> under the <strong>Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI)<\/strong> to strengthen <strong>transboundary conservation<\/strong> efforts for <strong>17 iconic mammal species<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348661\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-348661\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CMS.png?resize=341%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CMS.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CMS.png?resize=1024%2C772&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CMS.png?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-CMS.png?w=1028&amp;ssl=1 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Launch: <\/strong>CAMI was launched in <strong>2014<\/strong> during the <strong>11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11)<\/strong> to the <strong>Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Aim: <\/strong>To provide a <strong>common regional framework<\/strong> for conserving <strong>migratory mammal species<\/strong> across <strong>Central Asia<\/strong>, addressing key threats such as <strong>poaching<\/strong>, <strong>habitat fragmentation<\/strong>, <strong>climate change<\/strong>, and <strong>barriers to migration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Species Covered: <\/strong>CAMI focuses on <strong>17 key mammal species<\/strong>, including: <strong>Saiga Antelope, <\/strong><strong>Bukhara Deer, <\/strong><strong>Asiatic Cheetah, <\/strong><strong>Snow Leopard, <\/strong><strong>Persian Leopard, <\/strong><strong>Argali Sheep, <\/strong><strong>Asiatic Wild Ass, <\/strong><strong>Gobi Bear, <\/strong><strong>Goitered Gazelle, <\/strong><strong>Kiang, <\/strong><strong>Mongolian Gazelle. <\/strong><strong>Pallas\u2019s Cat, <\/strong><strong>Przewalski\u2019s Horse, <\/strong><strong>Urial, <\/strong><strong>Wild Camel, <\/strong><strong>Wild Yak and <\/strong><strong>Eurasian Lynx.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Key Focus Areas:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strengthening transboundary cooperation<\/strong> among range states.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitigating threats<\/strong> from illegal hunting and habitat degradation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoting coordinated research<\/strong>, monitoring, and habitat connectivity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhancing awareness<\/strong> and engagement of local communities and stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Significance: <\/strong>CAMI underscores the idea that <strong>wildlife conservation transcends borders<\/strong>, promoting a <strong>unified regional approach<\/strong> to protect Central Asia\u2019s shared natural heritage and migratory mammals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: In October 2025, representatives from several Central Asian countries endorsed a six-year work programme under the Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI) to strengthen transboundary conservation efforts for 17 iconic mammal species. About Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI) Launch: CAMI was launched in 2014 during the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/central-asian-mammals-initiative-cami\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-348597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}