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The purpose of the Waved Albatross Plan of Action developed over the course of 2007 and 2008 by the Governments of Ecuador and Peru in collaboration with the Albatross and Petrel Agreement is to provide managers, scientists and stakeholders with a summary of the biology, status and threats, together with actions needed, to improve the conservation status of this Critically Endangered species.  The Plan of Action was adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee, held in Cape Town, South Africa in 2009.

At the Sixth Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee, to be held in Ecuador at the end of next month, consideration will be given to progress so far achieved in the implementation of the Waved Albatross Plan of Action. The Advisory Committee will also produce advice for next year's Fourth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to ACAP on mechanisms to be followed for a review and efficient implementation of the Plan of Action.

One way this will be achieved is by the establishment of a Steering Committee to guide the process.  It is intended the Steering Committee will be composed of representatives of the Governments of Ecuador and Peru, as well as of those NGOs already involved in the implementation of the POA.

To obtain further information consult AC6 Doc. 29 (Implementation of the ACAP Waved Albatross Plan of Action) and the Plan of Action itself  (AC4 Doc. 50 rev.4).

Click here to access the ACAP Species Assessment for the Waved Albatross.

ACAP's Information Officer will be visiting the Waved Albatross breeding colony on Española Island in the Galapagos next month, so realizing a long-held ambition.  Watch ACAP Latest News for a photo gallery on the species in due course!

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 23 July 2011