International Team Partners with UN to Launch Global Initiative to Map Ungulate Migrations

A team of 92 international scientists and conservationists is working to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations. This exciting new work was published in the leading journal Science on May 6th, 2021. New detailed maps of the seasonal movements of ungulate herds worldwide would help governments, Indigenous people and local communities, planners, and wildlife managers identify current and future threats to migrations, and advance conservation measures to sustain them in the face of climate change and an expanding human footprint. To organize and support the mapping effort, the team has partnered with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), UN treaty, to create the Global Initiative for Ungulate Migration. Migratory ungulates are an essential part of natural ecosystems and provide much of the prey for the world’s carnivores. These often-lengthy migrations also contribute to local and regional economies through harvest a