India, Feb. 14 -- Thousands of seabirds are killed every year in the Mediterranean region alone

The 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP14) on February 13 submitted draft decisions on the Atlas on Animal Migration.

The EU had proposed the amendments to the United Nations Environment Programme at the COP14 held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan regarding reporting burdens.

The COP11 had included development of an atlas on animal migration for migratory mammals in the Central Asian region and bird migration in the Eurasian-African region to address the historical changes in migration patterns and intentional killing of birds by humans.

It also included understanding migrat...