CMSCOP13: 3 Indian species in global wildlife agreement for

Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican from India are among the ten wildlife species that were added to the global Wildlife Agreement on the concluding day of the 13th Conference of Parties to the Convention of Migratory Species (CMSCOP 13) here on Saturday.

Another species included in the agreement is the critically endangered jaguar.

Seven species, namely Asian Elephant, Jaguar, Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican, Little Bustard, Antipodean Albatross and the Oceanic White-tip Shark were made part of the appendix one, which provides strictest protection.

The Urial Ship, Smooth Hammerhead Shark and Tope Shark were listed for protection under Appendix II, which covers migratory species that have unfavourable conservation status and would benefit from enhanced international cooperation and conservation actions.

New and extended 'concerted actions' with targeted conservation plans were agreed for another 14 species.

Some of them are the scimitar-horned .