Medmaravis is an international non-governmental association dealing with the study and conservation of coastal habitats and marine avifauna thoughout the Mediterranean region.

The 13th Medmaravis Pan-Mediterranean Symposium will be held in Alghero, Sardinia from 14-17 October 2011.  The overall theme of the conference is "Mediterranean Seabird Ecology and Conservation: Update and Progress".

Information on the conference, including the call for abstracts (deadline 15 May), may be found at http://www.medmaravis.org/13th%20Medmara%20Symposium.html.

Although the Mediterranean Sea is only very rarely visited by ACAP-listed species as vagrants (click here), several shearwaters that breed within the region have been proposed for listing within the Agreement, including the Mediterranean-endemic Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus (click here).  Ecology and migration of shearwaters forms one of the 2011 meeting themes.

Similar to previous Medmaravis conferences, it is intended to publish a proceedings made up of accepted papers presented at the symposium.  Click here to view a list of Medmaravis publications since 1986, including proceedings of its previous conferences.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 21 January 2011