Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

  • Management plans for breeding sites of ACAP species

    An alphabetical listing of current, formally adopted management plans for breeding sites of ACAP-listed species is given. For several sites earlier management plans have been published, which are now superseded and so are not listed below. Existing...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/resources/management-plans/1082-a-list-of-management-plans-for-breeding-sites-of-acap-species
  • Conservation plans and Red Data Books

    of eradicating Norway Rats from South Georgia Island . Invercargill: Department of Conservation. 16 pp. South Georgia Heritage Trust 2012. Operational Plan for the Eradication of Rodents from South Georgia: Phase 2. Seventh Draft - 20 Nov 2012 . 60 pp....

    https://www.acap.aq/en/resources/management-plans/1079-conservation-plans-and-red-data-books
  • Recent books on Southern Ocean islands supporting ACAP-listed species

    Islands. 48 pp. ISBN 0 9529008 1 5. Burton, Robert 2013. The Maritime History of South Georgia . Dundee: South Georgia Heritage Trust. 32 pp. ISBN 978-09564546-2-1. www.sght.org . Burton, Robert & Croxall, John P. (Eds). 2012. A Field Guide to the...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/resources/publications-on-acap-species/1089-recent-books-on-southern-ocean-islands-supporting-acap-listed-species
  • ** UPDATE 8 June **: No rats sighted since this year's poison bait drop on a sub-Antarctic island in the South Atlantic

    Issue 7 of Project News , the Newsletter of the Habitat Restoration Project of the South Georgia* Heritage Trust , reveals there have been no reports of rats or rat sign up to the end of May in the vicinity of the buildings at King Edward Point, within...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/24-2011-news-archive/960-rats-are-on-the-way-out-on-a-south-atlantic-albatross-island
  • Non-target mortality not a problem with a South Atlantic rodent eradication

    poison bait over South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* Phootgraph courtesey of Tony Martin A report by the South Georgia Heritage Trust Advisory Panel on Non-target Mortality reveals only 153 birds were found dead after the bait drop, compared to 2190...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/57-2012-news-archive/194-non-target-mortality-not-a-problem-with-a-south-atlantic-rodent-eradication
  • Wounded soldiers aim to finish Shackleton's pole walk to help rid a seabird island of its rats

    island well known and loved by Shackleton ( click here ). The Habitat Restoration Project launched by the South Georgia Heritage Trust is the largest rodent eradication programme ever undertaken. Once South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* is rat-free...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/57-2012-news-archive/1150-wounded-soldiers-aim-to-finish-shackletons-pole-walk-to-help-rid-a-seabird-island-of-its-rats
  • Phase 2 of the World's largest rodent eradication exercise gets underway next month on a South Atlantic island

    "The South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) is undertaking the world's largest rodent eradication on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia [Islas Georgias del Sur*]. Commencing with aerial baiting of about 12,800 hectares in 2011, the second phase...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1212-phase-2-of-the-worlds-largest-rodent-eradication-exercise-gets-underway-next-month-on-a-south-atlantic-island
  • ACAP Breeding Site No. 51. Prion Island, where tourists can view Wandering Albatrosses from a boardwalk

    2012. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia . Princeton: Princeton University Press. WILDGuides & South Georgia Heritage Trust. 200 pp. Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A., Rothery, P. & Wood, A.G. 1998. Population changes in albatrosses at South...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1571-acap-breeding-site-no-51-prion-island-where-tourists-can-view-wandering-albatrosses-from-a-boardwalk
  • ACAP Breeding Site No. 64. Albatross Island, a monitoring site for Wandering Albatrosses and giant petrels in the South Atlantic

    2012. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia . Princeton: Princeton University Press. WILDGuides & South Georgia Heritage Trust. 200 pp. Croxall, J.P., Prince, P.A., Rothery, P. & Wood, A.G. 1998. Population changes in albatrosses at South...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/1669-acap-breeding-site-no-64-albatross-island-a-monitoring-site-for-wandering-albatrosses-and-giant-petrels-in-the-south-atlantic
  • Rodent eradication on a South Atlantic seabird island remains on track and a New Zealand seabird island continues to recover 13 years after its rodent eradication

    del Sur)* remains on track, according to the March 2014 issue (No. 20) of Project News , newsletter of the South Georgia Heritage Trust . South Georgia (Isla Georgias del Sur)* lies behind rodent-free Albatross Island and its Wandering Albatrosses...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/1727-rodent-eradication-on-a-south-atlantic-seabird-island-remains-on-track-and-a-new-zealand-seabird-island-continues-to-recover-13-years-after-its-rodent-eradication
  • At least 21 introduced Reindeer remain on a South Atlantic island, while Team Rat gets a quarter of a million Pounds for its final phase

    Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* , photograph by Kirk Zufelt Meanwhile on the rodent eradication scene the South Georgia Heritage Trust has been awarded a quarter of a million pounds towards the final phase of its Habitat Restoration Project from the...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2022-at-least-21-introduced-reindeer-remain-on-a-south-atlantic-island-while-team-rat-gets-a-quarter-of-a-million-pounds-for-its-final-phase
  • The final phase of rodent eradication on the largest island tackled to date reaches halfway despite the weather

    winds made one of the three helicopters unserviceable so “Team Rat” has had its setbacks. Related news from the South Georgia Heritage Trust is of the finding of the first South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus nest, containing five chicks, in an area...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2048-the-final-phase-of-rodent-eradication-on-the-largest-island-tackled-to-date-reaches-halfway-despite-the-weather
  • The end of rats on South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* may be approaching

    baiting the southern part of South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* as Phase 3 of the ambitious plan by the South Georgia Heritage Trust to eradicate rodents over the whole island moves towards completion. Team Rat’s latest report for 14 March is given...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2069-the-end-of-rats-on-south-georgia-islas-georgias-del-sur-may-be-approaching
  • Rodent eradication programme on South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* completed two days ago after five years of effort by "Team Rat"

    (Islas Georgias del Sur)* in the South Atlantic, last reported in ACAP Latest News to be 80% completed by the South Georgia Heritage Trust ’s “Team Rat” ( click here ), reached 100% coverage two days ago on Monday the 23rd as reported in Project News...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2077-rats-and-reindeer-are-on-the-way-out-on-south-georgia-islas-georgias-del-sur
  • A third Island Invasives Conference is to be held in Scotland in 2017

    the Dalhousie Building , University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland over the week 10-14 July 2017, organized by the South Georgia Heritage Trust and the University of Dundee . This conference will follow on from two previous conferences held in Auckland,...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2359-a-third-island-invasives-conference-is-to-be-held-in-scotland-in-2017
  • Registration opens for the 13th International Seabird Group Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2016

    and ecology will follow, including further plenary talks. Confirmed plenary speakers so far include Tony Martin (South Georgia Heritage Trust/University of Dundee), Emmanuelle Cam (Universite de Toulouse) and Tim Birkhead (University of Sheffield)....

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2393-registration-opens-for-the-13th-international-seabird-group-conference-edinburgh-scotland-on-6-9-september-2016
  • Book review: The defeat of furry invaders on a sub-Antarctic island

    Professor of Animal Conservation at the Centre for Remote Environments , University of Dundee in Scotland. The South Georgia Heritage Trust seeks to undertake projects that will conserve and protect the island’s important natural habitat, such as...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2455-book-review-the-defeat-of-furry-invaders-on-a-sub-antarctic-island
  • Team Rat Leader Tony Martin named Conservationist of the Year

    Dundee University Professor Tony Martin, Project Director at the South Georgia Heritage Trust , has been named Conservationist of the Year by the Zoological Society of London . Tony Martin Professor Martin headed the “Team Rat” project to eradicate...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2507-team-rat-leader-tony-martin-named-conservationist-of-the-year
  • 13th International Seabird Group Conference still open for registration

    on Thursday 2 September. The full programme is now available. It will open with a plenary from Tony Martin (South Georgia Heritage Trust/University of Dundee) and a welcome reception on the evening of 6 September. This will be followed by three days of...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2567-13th-international-seabird-group-conference-still-open-for-registration
  • Third Island Invasives Conference (Dundee, Scotland, July 2017) opens for registration and abstracts

    Dalhousie Building , University of Dundee , Dundee , Scotland over the week of 10-14 July 2017, organized by the South Georgia Heritage Trust and the University of Dundee . The conference will follow on from two previous conferences held in Auckland,...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2611-third-island-invasives-conference-dundee-scotland-july-2017-opens-for-registration-and-abstracts

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