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title: "World Albatross Day 2020 \"Eradicating Island Pests\" posts"
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# World Albatross Day 2020 "Eradicating Island Pests" posts

**Introduction**

 The first [World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3328-acap-proposes-a-world-albatross-day-to-increase-global-awareness-of-the-conservation-crisis-facing-albatrosses-and-petrels) was celebrated on 19 June 2020.  Following discussion, and consideration of the main threats facing albatrosses identified in a recent review in the scientific journal *[Biological Conservation](https://www.journals.elsevier.com/biological-conservation)*, the theme of [eradicating introduced pests](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3394-world-albatross-day-s-theme-for-its-inaugural-year-of-eradicating-island-pests-receives-support-from-international-restoration-experts?highlight=WyJ0aGVtZSIsMjAxOV0=) at breeding sites of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters was chosen to highlight a continuing, but addressable, problem facing ACAP-listed species, many of which are threatened with extinction unless actions are taken.  Although not all [13 Parties](https://www.acap.aq/en/resources/parties-to-acap) to the Agreement support breeding populations of albatrosses, they are all range states with albatrosses visiting their waters.  Those Parties without breeding populations (including some cooperating non-Party range states) will therefore have an interest in conservation efforts conducted at the breeding sites of species that regularly visit their territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones - where they will be susceptible to interactions with domestic fishing vessels.

  ![Grey headed HAlbatross mice injuries Ben Dilley shrunk](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/G/Grey-headed_HAlbatross_mice-injuries_Ben_Dilley_shrunk.jpg)

 *Scalped!  [Globally Endangered](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-headed-albatross-thalassarche-chrysostoma) Grey-headed Albatrosses*Thalassarche chrysostoma*[attacked at night](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/2839-largest-island-yet-south-africa-starts-planning-to-eradicate-house-mice-on-marion?highlight=WyJncmV5LWhlYWRlZCIsIm1pY2UiLCJtaWNlJ3MiLCJiZW4iLCJiZW4ncyJd) by House Mice on Marion Island, photograph by Ben Dilley*

 **"Eradicating Island Pests"**

 In 2020 attempts were to be made to eradicate introduced House Mice *Mus musculus* on the UK’s [Gough Island](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1322-acap-breeding-sites-no-11-gough-island-south-atlantic-hanging-on-against-the-onslaught-of-its-killer-mice?highlight=WyJnb3VnaCIsImdvdWdoJ3MiLCInZ291Z2gnIiwibm8iLCInbm8iLCJnb3VnaCBubyJd) in the South Atlantic and on the USA’s [Midway Atoll](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1434-acap-breeding-site-no-36-midway-atoll-black-footed-laysan-and-short-tailed-albatrosses-within-a-world-heritage-site?highlight=WyJtaWR3YXkiLCJtaWR3YXkncyIsIm1pZHdheSciLCJubyIsIidubyJd) in the North Pacific*.  At both localities mice have been attacking and killing albatrosses, as has been regularly reported in [ACAP Latest News](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news).  Planning and field work is continuing in 2020 towards eradicating mice on South Africa’s [Marion Island](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1371-acap-breeding-sites-no-27-sub-antarctic-marion-island-a-research-laboratory-for-albatrosses-and-petrels?highlight=WyJtYXJpb24iLCJtYXJpb24ncyIsIm5vIiwiJ25vIiwibWFyaWVubmUiXQ==) and on New Zealand’s [Auckland Island](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2358-acap-breeding-site-no-81-auckland-island-where-albatrosses-are-at-risk-to-feral-pigs?highlight=WyJhdWNrbGFuZCIsIidhdWNrbGFuZCciLCJhdWNrbGFuZCdzIiwibm8iLCInbm8iXQ==) (along with its feral cats and pigs).  These, and other pest eradication projects at breeding sites of ACAP-listed species, have been highlighted in the build up to World Albatross Day on 19 June 2020.

 *Both now postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 **Reference:**

 Dias, M.P., Martin, R., Pearmain, E.J., Burfield, A.J., Small, C., Phillips, R.A., Yates, O., Lascelles, B., Garcia Borboroglu, P. & Croxall, J.P. 2019.  Threats to seabirds: a global assessment.  [*Biological Conservation* doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.06.033.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719307499?via=ihub)

 ***ACAP Latest News* posts on World Albatross Day 2020**

 23-10-20  [Michelle Risi, who first proposed a World Albatross Day, is thanked by ACAP](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3853-michelle-risi-who-first-proposed-a-world-albatross-day-is-thanked-by-acap)

 07-10-20  ["All for One, One for All - Albatross" painted by Kitty Harvill for World Albatross Day accepted for virtual international exhibit](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3839-all-for-one-one-for-all-albatross-painted-by-kitty-harvill-for-world-albatross-day-accepted-for-virtual-international-exhibit)

 11-09-20  [An ‘Evohe Albicake’ baked at sea misses the World Albatross Day Bake Off](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3820-an-albicake-baked-at-sea-misses-the-world-albatross-day-bake-off)

 05-08-20   [World Albatross Day’s Colouring-in Competition results. Part Two: the Runners Up](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3788-world-albatross-day-s-colouring-in-competition-results-part-two-the-runners-up) 03-08-20  [“Petey the Albatross” - Runner up in the Great Albicake Bake Off reveals a budding baker](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3787-petey-the-albatross-runner-up-in-the-great-albicake-bake-off-reveals-a-budding-baker)

 31-07-20  [Marine Sciences learners at South Africa’s Protea Heights Academy celebrated the first World Albatross Day with individual creativity](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3785-marine-sciences-learners-at-south-africa-s-protea-heights-academy-celebrated-the-first-world-albatross-day-with-individual-creativity)

 28-07-20  [The judges have decided: overall and category winners in the Great Albicake Bake Off for World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3784-the-judges-have-decided-overall-and-category-winners-in-the-great-albicake-bake-off-for-world-albatross-day)

 24-07-20  [People’s choice: the five most-liked albicakes in the inaugural World Albatross Day Bake Off](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3781-people-s-choice-the-five-most-liked-albicakes-in-the-inaugural-world-albatross-day-bake-off)

 23-07-20  [World Albatross Day 2020 Photography Competition: Winner and Runners-up chosen](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3780-world-albatross-day-2020-photography-competition-winner-and-runners-up-chosen)

 15-07-20  [World Albatross Day’s Colouring-in Competition results. Part One: the Winners](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3769-world-albatross-day-s-colouring-in-competition-results-part-one-the-winners)

 08-07-20  [Turning the Tide for the Albatross: an RSPB story map in support of World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3750-turning-the-tide-for-the-albatross-an-rspb-story-map-in-support-of-world-albatross-day)

 07-07-20  [And the winner of the World Albatross Day Banner Challenge is … Alex Dodds on Bird Island!](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3751-and-the-winner-of-the-world-albatross-day-banner-challenge-is-alex-dodds-on-bird-island)

 06-07-20  [Susan Dierker makes her children’s book “Albatross of Kaua’i. The Story of Kaloakulua” free online to mark World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3749-susan-dierker-makes-her-children-s-book-albatross-of-kaua-i-the-story-of-kaloakulua-free-online-to-mark-world-albatross-day)

 01-07-20  [Australia raises the threatened status of its endemic Shy Albatross on World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3741-australia-raises-the-threatened-status-of-its-endemic-shy-albatross-on-world-albatross-day)

 23-06-20  [The last World Albatross Day banner for 2020 comes from the Albatross Task Force in Namibia](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3723-the-last-world-albatross-day-banner-for-2020-comes-from-the-albatross-task-force-in-namibia)

 21-06-20  [Antarctica joins the banner challenge on World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3719-antarctica-joins-the-banner-challenge-on-world-albatross-day)

 19-06-20  [BirdLife affiliate Aves Uruguay joins over 50 environmental NGOs in supporting World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3707-birdlife-affiliate-aves-uruguay-joins-over-50-environmental-ngos-in-supporting-world-albatross-day)

 19-06-20  [Day Five of ‘World Albatross Week 2020’. Featuring Artists & Biologists for Nature](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3715-day-five-of-world-albatross-week-2020-featuring-artists-biologists-for-nature-2)

 19-06-20  [Raising the banner for World Albatross Day in Australia as global celebrations get going today](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3716-raising-the-banner-for-world-albatross-day-in-australia-as-global-celebrations-get-going-today)

 18-06-20  [Mexico’s Guadalupe Island gets a World Albatross Day banner](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3702-mexico-s-guadalupe-island-gets-a-world-albatross-day-banner)

 18-06-20  [Day Four of ‘World Albatross Week 2020’. A new World Albatross Day cartoon from Marc Parchow of Qual Albatroz](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3704-day-four-of-world-albatross-week-2020-a-new-world-albatross-day-cartoon-from-marc-parchow-of-qual-albatroz)

 17-06-20  [Nature United in Canada marks the inaugural World Albatross Day this week](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3699-nature-united-in-canada-marks-the-inaugural-world-albatross-day-this-week)

 17-06-20  [Day Three of 'World Albatross Week 2020'. Owen Davey’s poster available for purchase, with donations for albatross conservation](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3701-owen-davey-s-world-albatross-day-poster-is-now-available-for-purchase-with-donations-going-to-albatross-conservation)

 16-06-20  [The Oceanic Society supports albatross conservation – and World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3697-the-oceanic-society-supports-albatross-conservation-and-world-albatross-day)

 16-06-20  [Day Two of ‘World Albatross Week 2020’. The Colouring-in Competition gets off to a slow start - so round up your nieces and nephews](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3700-day-two-of-world-albatross-week-2020-the-colouring-in-competition-gets-off-to-a-slow-start-so-round-up-your-nieces-and-nephews)

 15-06-20  [Wild Bird Society of Japan, BirdLife national partner, offers support for World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3694-wild-bird-society-of-japan-birdlife-national-partner-offers-support-for-world-albatross-day)

 15-06-20  [Day One of ‘World Albatross Week 2020’. Leigh Wolfaardt creates a special artwork in celebration](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3698-day-one-of-world-albatross-week-2020-leigh-wolfaardt-creates-a-special-artwork-in-celebration) 

 14-06-20  [The National Audubon Society looks forward to celebrating World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3691-the-united-states-national-audubon-society-looks-forward-to-celebrating-world-albatross-day)

 14-06-20  [The Hawai‘i Wildlife Center rehabilitates albatrosses - and supports World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3693-the-hawai-i-wildlife-center-rehabilitates-albatrosses-and-supports-world-albatross-day)

 13-06-20  [The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition urges conservation actions on World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3679-the-antarctic-and-southern-ocean-coalition-urges-conservation-actions-on-world-albatross-day)

 13-06-20  [Pronatura, Mexico's BirdLife affiliate, offers its support for World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3683-pronatura-mexico-s-birdlife-affiliate-offers-its-support-for-world-albatross-day)

 12-06-20  [The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds will celebrate the first World Albatross Day next week](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3680-the-southern-african-foundation-for-the-conservation-of-coastal-birds-will-celebrate-the-first-world-albatross-day-this-month)

 12-06-20  [The East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership Seabird Working Group writes in support of next week’s World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3688-the-east-asian-australasian-flyway-partnership-seabird-working-group-writes-in-support-of-next-week-s-world-albatross-day)

 11-06-20  [Last call for entries to World Albatross Day’s Great Albicake Bake Off!](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3689-last-call-for-entries-to-world-albatross-day-s-great-albicake-bake-off) 

 11-06-20  [World Albatross Day Photography Competition “Albatrosses, their World and Threats”](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3690-world-albatross-day-photography-competition-albatrosses-their-world-and-threats)

 10-06-20  [The Nederlandse Zeevogelgroep (Dutch Seabird Group) endorses World Albatross Day on 19 June](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3649-the-nederlandse-zeevogelgroep-dutch-seabird-group-endorses-world-albatross-day-on-19-june)

 10-06-20  [South Africa’s Dyer Island Conservation Trust says World Albatross Day “will highlight these incredible species”](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3687-south-africa-s-dyer-island-conservation-trust-says-world-albatross-day-will-highlight-these-incredible-species)

 09-06-20  [Kauai Humane Society’s Save Our Shearwaters will celebrate World Albatross Day this month](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3672-kauai-humane-society-s-save-our-shearwaters-will-celebrate-world-albatross-day-this-month)

 08-06-20  [Hawaii’s Molokai Land Trust works to create a new Laysan Albatross colony – and offers its support for World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3636-hawaii-s-molokai-land-trust-works-to-create-a-new-laysan-albatross-colony-and-offers-it-support-for-world-albatross-day)

 07-06-20  [The Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust wholeheartedly endorses World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3647-the-hutton-s-shearwater-charitable-trust-wholeheartedly-endorses-world-albatross-day)

 06-06-20  [The World Albatross Day 2020 Banner Challenge: ACAP announces its third competition](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3682-the-world-albatross-day-2020-banner-challenge-acap-announces-its-third-competition)

 04-06-20  [Australia displays World Albatross Day banners on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3681-australia-displays-world-albatross-day-banners-on-sub-antarctic-macquarie-island)

 03-06-20  [Aves y Conservación-Birdlife in Ecuador, supports the celebration of World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3650-aves-y-conservacion-birdlife-in-ecuador-supports-the-celebration-of-world-albatross-day)

 02-06-20  [One for the young: the Albatross Colouring-in Competition will celebrate World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3676-one-for-the-young-the-albatross-colouring-in-competition-will-celebrate-world-albatross-day)

 01-06-20  [Hawaii’s Kure Atoll advertises World Albatross Day with a ‘virtual banner’](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3673-hawaii-s-kure-atoll-advertises-world-albatross-day-with-a-virtual-banner)

 31-05-20  [Pacific Rim Conservation interns practice social distancing to display their World Albatross Day art](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3659-pacific-rim-conservation-interns-practice-social-distancing-to-display-their-world-albatross-day-art)

 30-05-20  [Researching Black-browed Albatrosses on the South Atlantic’s New Island with a World Albatross Day banner](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3674-researching-black-browed-albatrosses-on-the-south-atlantic-s-new-island-with-a-world-albatross-day-banner)

 29-05-20  [A new World Albatross Day banner from Bird Island in the South Atlantic](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3671-a-new-world-albatross-day-banner-for-bird-island-in-the-south-atlantic)

 28-05-20  [CODEFF, BirdLife in Chile, joins with other South American NGOs in offering its support for World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3653-codeff-birdlife-in-chile-joins-with-other-south-american-ngos-in-offering-its-support-for-world-albatross-day-2020)

 27-05-20  [Kauaʻi Endangered Seabird Recovery Project to celebrate World Albatross Day next month](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3652-kaua-i-endangered-seabird-recovery-project-to-celebrate-world-albatross-day-next-month)

 25-05-20  [The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators embraces the arrival of World Albatross Day in 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3644-the-international-association-of-antarctica-tour-operators-embraces-the-arrival-of-world-albatross-day-in-2020)

 24-05-20  [The Pacific Seabird Group joins two other seabird groups in supporting World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3617-the-pacific-seabird-group-joins-two-other-seabird-groups-in-supporting-world-albatross-day-2020)

 22-05-20  [World Albatross Day gets a music video of Gough Island's albatrosses](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3661-world-albatross-day-19-june-2020-gets-a-video-featuring-footage-from-gough-island-s-albatrosses-2)

 20-05-20  [Announcing a World Albatross Day competition: The Great Albicake Bake Off](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3655-announcing-a-world-albatross-day-competition-the-great-albicake-bake-off)

 19-05-20  [COVID-19 gets in the way of the World Albatross Day Banner Challenge at New Zealand’s Pukekura/Taiaroa Head](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3646-covid-19-gets-in-the-way-of-the-world-albatross-day-banner-challenge-at-new-zealand-s-taiaroa-head)

 18-05-20  [Hawaii’s Kaua’i Albatross Network will celebrate World Albatross Day next month](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3628-hawaii-s-kaua-i-albatross-network-will-celebrate-world-albatross-day-next-month)

 16-05-20  [Hawai’i Pacific University’s Pelagicos Lab supports World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3631-hawai-i-pacific-university-s-pelagicos-lab-supports-world-albatross-day-2020)

 14-05-20  [Peru’s Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI) offers its support for World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3641-peru-s-centro-de-ornitologia-y-biodiversidad-corbidi-offers-its-support-for-world-albatross-day)

 12-05-20  [Brazil’s Albatross Task Force takes its World Albatross Day banner to the seashore](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3638-brazil-s-albatross-task-force-takes-its-world-albatross-day-banner-to-the-seashore)

 10-05-20  [Hawaii’s North Shore Community Land Trust supports a breeding colony of Laysan Albatrosses and World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3632-hawaii-s-north-shore-community-land-trust-supports-both-breeding-laysan-albatrosses-and-world-albatross-day)

 08-05-20  [Australia’s Adrift Lab studies seabird pollution – and supports World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3629-australia-s-adrift-lab-studies-seabird-pollution-and-supports-world-albatross-day)

 06-05-20  [Aves Argentinas and its Albatross Task Force work to support World Albatross Day in the face of COVID-19](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3623-aves-argentinas-and-its-albatross-task-force-work-to-support-world-albatross-day-in-the-face-of-covid-19)

 04-05-20  [Wildlife Management International works to conserve ACAP-listed Black Petrels and Chatham Albatrosses – and supports World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3622-wildlife-management-international-works-to-conserve-acap-listed-black-petrels-and-chatham-albatrosses-and-supports-world-albatross-day)

 02-05-20  [The Hawaii Audubon Society joins other Hawaiian NGOs in supporting World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3614-the-hawaii-audubon-society-joins-other-hawaiian-ngos-in-supporting-world-albatross-society)

 30-04-20  [Birds Canada/Oiseaux Canada, BirdLife national partner, welcomes World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3612-birds-canada-oiseaux-canada-birdlife-national-partner-welcomes-world-albatross-day-2020)

 28-04-20   [The Kure Atoll Conservancy supports the inauguration of World Albatross Day on 19 June](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3611-the-kure-atoll-conservancy-supports-the-inauguration-of-world-albatross-day-on-19-june)

 27-04-20  [The USA’s Cornell Lab of Ornithology endorses World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3610-the-usa-s-cornell-lab-of-ornithology-endorses-world-albatross-day-2020)

 25-04-20  [A well-travelled World Albatross Day banner gets to Rosemary Rock, New Zealand's northernmost albatross colony](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3584-new-zealand-s-world-albatross-day-banner-gets-to-rosemary-rock-in-the-three-kings-islands)

 23-04-20  [Torishima, volcanic home of the Short-tailed Albatross, marks World Albatross Day with a banner](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3608-torishima-volcanic-home-of-the-short-tailed-albatross-marks-world-albatross-day-with-a-banner)

 21-04-20   [The Friends of Kauaʻi Wildlife Refuges gets behind World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3601-the-friends-of-kaua-i-wildlife-refuges-gets-behind-world-albatross-day-2020)

 19-04-20  [SAVE Brasil, BirdLife partner, lends its support to this year’s World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3592-save-brasil-birdlife-partner-lends-its-support-to-this-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 17-04-20  [The University of Oxford’s Edward Grey Institute joins other prestigious ornithological institutes in supporting World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3605-the-university-of-oxford-s-edward-grey-institute-joins-other-prestigious-ornithological-institutes-in-supporting-world-albatross-day-2020)

 16-04-20  [Completing a World Heritage Site: New Zealand’s Antipodes Island gets its own World Albatross Banner despite COVID-19](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3582-completing-a-world-heritage-site-new-zealand-s-antipodes-island-gets-its-own-world-albatross-banner-despite-covid-19) 

 14-04-20  [Birds New Zealand supports World Albatross Day as it publishes on the birds of the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3581-birds-new-zealand-supports-world-albatross-day-as-it-publishes-on-the-birds-of-the-sub-antarctic-auckland-islands)

 13-04-20 [Japan’s Yamashina Institute for Ornithology lends it support to World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3568-japan-s-yamashina-institute-for-ornithology-lends-it-support-to-world-albatross-day-2020)

 08-04-20  [Seven World Albatross Day 2020 Posters from Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature are now available electronically for printing](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3583-seven-world-albatross-day-2020-posters-from-artists-biologists-unite-for-nature-are-now-available-electronically-for-printing)

 06-04-20  [New Zealand’s World Albatross Day banner is photographed with Buller’s Albatrosses on the Snares Islands](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3567-new-zealand-s-world-albatross-day-banner-is-photographed-with-buller-s-albatrosses-on-the-snares-islands)

 04-04-20  [The Chinese Wild Bird Federation supports World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3565-the-chinese-wild-bird-federation-supports-world-albatross-day-2020)

 01-04-20   [‘Flight of the Albatross’. A music video by Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature on behalf of World Albatross Day, 19 June 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3564-flight-of-the-albatross-a-music-video-by-artists-biologists-unite-for-nature-on-behalf-of-world-albatross-day-19-june-2020)

 31-03-20   [Japan takes a World Albatross Day banner to the Short-tailed Albatross translocation site on Mukojima](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3561-japan-takes-a-world-albatross-day-banner-to-the-short-tailed-albatross-translocation-site-on-mukojima)

 30-03-20   [Another BirdLife partner, this time Spain, lends its support to World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3539-another-birdlife-partner-this-time-spain-lends-its-support-to-world-albatross-day)

 29-03-20  [Friends of Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge is excited to celebrate the inaugural World Albatross Day!](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3558-friends-of-hawaiian-islands-national-wildlife-refuge-is-excited-to-celebrate-the-inaugural-world-albatross-day)

 26-03-20   [Internationally renowned FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology lends its support to World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3557-internationally-renowned-fitzpatrick-institute-of-african-ornithology-lends-its-support-to-world-albatross-day)

 24-03-20   [The World Albatross Day Banner at Sea Challenge reaches South Africa](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3559-the-world-albatross-day-banner-at-sea-challenge-reaches-south-africa)

 19-03-20  [The conservation team on Midway Atoll helps advertise World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3550-the-conservation-team-on-midway-atoll-helps-advertise-world-albatross-day)

 18-03-20  [“Silent Slaughter”. The Chatham Albatross series for World Albatross Day by Eva-Cherie Artz](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3549-silent-slaughter-the-chatham-albatross-series-for-world-albatross-day-by-eva-cherie-artz)

 12-03-20  [Mary Ingrum, mixed-media artist, creates "PLIGHT of the Albatross" for World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3547-mary-ingrum-mixed-media-artist-creates-plight-of-the-albatross)

 10-03-20  [New Zealand’s well-travelled World Albatross Day banner gets to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3542-new-zealand-s-well-travelled-world-albatross-day-banner-gets-to-the-sub-antarctic-auckland-islands)

 06-03-20  [An exhibition marking World Albatross Day on 19 June is being constructed at the National Museum of Natural History, Mdina – Malta](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3541-an-exhibition-marking-world-albatross-day-on-19-june-is-being-constructed-at-the-national-museum-of-natural-history-mdina-malta)

 01-03-20  [Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile, desert storm petrels and World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3534-red-de-observadores-de-aves-y-vida-silvestre-de-chile-desert-storm-petrels-and-world-albatross-day)

 29-02-20  [Australia’s Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association joins a growing community of environmental organizations supporting World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3526-australia-s-southern-oceans-seabird-study-association-joins-a-growing-community-of-environmental-organizations-supporting-world-albatross-day)

 28-02-20  [The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, the Balearic Shearwater and World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3533-the-portuguese-society-for-the-study-of-birds-the-balearic-shearwater-and-world-albatross-day)

 21-02-20  [The United Kingdom’s Seabird Group will celebrate World Albatross Day with ACAP](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3522-the-united-kingdom-s-seabird-group-will-celebrate-world-albatross-day-with-acap)

 18-02-20  [University interns help the ACAP Secretariat with translations for yet another year; this time in support of World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3523-university-interns-help-the-acap-secretariat-with-translations-for-yet-another-year-this-time-in-support-of-world-albatross-day)

 17-02-20  [The Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge gives its views on World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3521-the-friends-of-midway-atoll-national-wildlife-refuge-gives-its-views-on-world-albatross-day-2020)

 11-02-20  [BirdLife International’s Chief Executive, Patricia Zurita supports World Albatross Day on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3518-birdlife-international-s-chief-executive-patricia-zurita-supports-world-albatross-day-on-the-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science)

 10-02-20  [Mexico’s Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas supports World Albatross Day by helping conserve the most easterly-breeding Laysan Albatrosses](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3516-mexico-s-grupo-de-ecologia-y-conservacion-de-islas-supports-world-albatross-day-by-helping-conserve-the-most-easterly-breeding-laysan-albatrosses)

 03-02-20  [Bird Island in the South Atlantic gets its WAD2020 Banner out again for the summer](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3510-bird-island-in-the-south-atlantic-gets-its-wad2020-banner-out-again-for-the-summer)

 31-01-20  [The United Kingdom’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds joins other BirdLife national partners in supporting World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3509-the-united-kingdom-s-royal-society-for-the-protection-of-birds-joins-five-other-birdlife-national-partners-in-supporting-world-albatross-day-2020)

 29-01-20  [ACAP works towards increasing awareness of the inaugural World Albatross Day on 19 June](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3503-acap-works-towards-increasing-awareness-of-the-inaugural-world-albatross-day-on-19-june)

 27-01-20  [Crossing the Equator: the WAD2020 Banner Challenge reaches Midway Atoll](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3508-crossing-the-equator-the-wad2020-banner-challenge-reaches-midway-atoll)

 23-01-20  [Oikonos talks to ACAP Latest News on its "Winged Ambassadors: Ocean Literacy Through the Eyes of Albatross” programme and World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3495-oikonos-talks-to-acap-latest-news-on-its-winged-ambassadors-ocean-literacy-through-the-eyes-of-albatross-programme-and-world-albatross-day)

 21-01-20  [BirdLife International’s Albatross Task Force in Chile is fully onboard with World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3494-birdlife-international-s-albatross-task-force-in-chile-is-fully-onboard-with-world-albatross-day-2020)

 17-01-20  [Three photographers donate use of their albatross images to support ACAP and World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3493-three-photographers-donate-use-of-their-albatross-images-to-support-acap-and-world-albatross-day)

 15-01-20  [New Zealand’s Forest & Bird will be celebrating this year’s inauguration of World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3492-new-zealand-s-forest-bird-will-be-celebrating-this-year-s-inauguration-of-world-albatross-day)

 13-01-20  [Island Conservation will support World Albatross Day by helping eradicate House Mice on Gough and Midway Islands this year](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3490-island-conservation-will-support-world-albatross-day-by-helping-eradicate-house-mice-on-gough-and-midway-islands-this-year)

 08-01-20  [A WAD2020 banner gets to Grey-headed Albatross Ridge on Marion Island](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3484-a-wad2020-banner-gets-to-grey-headed-albatross-ridge-on-marion-island)

 06-01-20  [Rising to the challenge: Steeple Jason in the South Atlantic gets a World Albatross Day banner](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3485-rising-to-the-challenge-steeple-jason-in-the-south-atlantic-gets-a-world-albatross-day-banner)

 03-01-20  [Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature and ACAP collaborate over this year’s World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3486-artists-biologists-unite-for-nature-and-acap-collaborate-over-this-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 01-01-20  [Gough Island’s embattled birdlife and World Albatross Day, an albatross researcher speaks](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3481-gough-island-s-embattled-birdlife-and-world-albatross-day-an-albatross-researcher-speaks)

 30-12-19  [Racing to save the Antipodean Albatross with Live Ocean](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3479-racing-to-save-the-antipodean-albatross-with-live-ocean)

 25-12-19  [New Zealand’s WAD2020 Banner gets to Campbell Island – but does not come back](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3473-new-zealand-s-wad2020-banner-gets-to-campbell-island-but-does-not-come-back)

 23-12-19  [Humane Society International Australia is a World Albatross Day supporter](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3471-humane-society-international-australia-is-a-world-albatross-day-supporter)

 20-12-19  [New Zealand’s Southern Seabird Solutions Trust writes about World Albatross Day, 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3469-new-zealand-s-southern-seabird-solutions-trust-writes-about-world-albatross-day-2020)

 18-12-19  [World Albatross Day and the Gough Island Restoration Programme](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3468-world-albatross-day-and-the-gough-island-restoration-programme)

 13-12-19  [Brazil’s Projeto Albatroz is helping promote World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3456-brazil-s-projeto-albatroz-is-helping-promote-world-albatross-day)

 11-12-19  [France’s BirdLife partner, LPO, with 55 000 members, writes about World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3463-france-s-birdlife-partner-lpo-with-55-000-members-writes-about-world-albatross-day)

 09-12-19  [Award-winning illustrator, Owen Davey, creates a poster for World Albatross Day 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3464-award-winning-illustrator-owen-davey-creates-a-poster-for-world-albatross-day-2020)

 07-12-19  [France completes the sub-Antarctic hat-trick: a World Albatross Day banner gets displayed on Kerguelen](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3459-france-completes-the-sub-antarctic-hat-trick-a-world-albatross-day-banner-gets-displayed-on-kerguelen)

 06-12-19  [Australia joins other national BirdLife partners in supporting World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3457-australia-joins-other-national-birdlife-partners-in-supporting-world-albatross-day)

 30-11-19  [World Albatross Day gains recognition from Peruvian NGO, ProDelphinus](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3452-world-albatross-day-gains-recognition-from-peruvian-ngo-pro-delphinus)

 25-11-19  [The President and Chief Officers of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research share their thoughts on next year’s inaugural World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3443-the-president-and-chief-officers-of-the-scientific-committee-on-antarctic-research-share-their-thoughts-on-next-year-s-inaugural-world-albatross-day)

 22-11-19  [A South Atlantic NGO lends its support to next year's World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3448-a-south-atlantic-ngo-lends-its-support-to-next-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 20-11-19  [The World Seabird Union joins other NGOs in lending its support to next year’s World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3441-the-world-seabird-union-joins-other-ngos-in-lending-its-support-to-next-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 18-11-19  [World Albatross Day on the Bounty Islands: New Zealand joins the banner challenge](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3447-world-albatross-day-on-the-bounty-islands-new-zealand-joins-the-banner-challenge)

 12-11-19  [In their own words. ACAP’s Working Group Convenors signal their support for next year’s World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3440-in-their-own-words-acap-s-working-group-convenors-signal-their-support-for-next-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 29-10-19  [The Australasian Seabird Group lends its support to World Albatross Day's inauguration in 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3429-the-australasian-seabird-group-lends-its-support-to-world-albatross-day-s-inauguration-in-2020)

 25-10-19  [BirdLife South Africa to celebrate World Albatross Day and its “Eradicating Island Pests” theme in 2020](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3426-birdlife-south-africa-to-celebrate-world-albatross-day-and-its-eradicating-island-pests-theme-in-2020)

 19-10-19  [Qual Albatroz! World Albatross Day cartoons are now available in all three ACAP languages](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3425-qual-albatroz-world-albatross-day-cartoons-are-now-available-in-all-three-acap-languages)

 14-10-19  [Possession and Marion: two more sub-Antarctic islands support next year’s inaugural World Albatross Day with banners](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3415-possession-and-marion-two-more-sub-antarctic-islands-support-next-year-s-inaugural-world-albatross-day-with-banners)

 11-10-19  [World Albatross Day adopts an official logo](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3412-world-albatross-day-adopts-an-official-logo)

 08-10-19  [The American Bird Conservancy will support World Albatross Day activities next year](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3410-the-american-bird-conservancy-will-support-world-albatross-day-activities-next-year)

 04-10-19  [“Albatrosses are magnificent and unique birds”. The Convention on Migratory Species’ Acting Executive Secretary, Amy Fraenkel supports Word Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3401-albatrosses-are-magnificent-and-unique-birds-the-convention-on-migratory-species-acting-executive-secretary-amy-fraenkel-supports-the-inauguration-of-a-word-albatross-day-next-year)

 01-10-19  [In the service of conservation: support for World Albatross Day comes from five wildlife artists](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3396-in-the-service-of-conservation-support-for-world-albatross-day-comes-from-four-wildlife-artists)

 19-09-19  [World Albatross Day’s theme for its inaugural year of Eradicating Island Pests receives support from international restoration experts](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3394-world-albatross-day-s-theme-for-its-inaugural-year-of-eradicating-island-pests-receives-support-from-international-restoration-experts)

 17-09-19  [France's Amsterdam Island joins the Word Albatross Day ‘Banner Challenge’](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3385-france-s-amsterdam-island-joins-the-word-albatross-day-banner-challenge)

 12-09-19  [Four children’s book authors support next year's World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3382-four-children-s-book-authors-support-next-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 09-09-19  [Bird Island responds to the World Albatross Day banner challenge](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3379-bird-island-responds-to-the-world-albatross-day-banner-challenge)

 19-08-19  [Honouring past marine ornithologists on World Albatross Day on 19 June: a call for names](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3362-honouring-past-marine-ornithologists-on-world-albatross-day-on-19-june-a-call-for-names)

 16-08-19  [Marc Parchow's Qual Albatroz cartoons are helping raise awareness of next year's World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3367-qual-albatroz-cartoons-help-raise-sof-next-year-s-world-albatross-day)

 12-07-19  [World Albatross Day issues a banner challenge](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3346-world-albatross-day-issues-a-banner-challenge)

 19-06-19  [ACAP proposes a World Albatross Day to increase global awareness of the conservation crisis facing albatrosses and petrels](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3328-acap-proposes-a-world-albatross-day-to-increase-global-awareness-of-the-conservation-crisis-facing-albatrosses-and-petrels)

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