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The Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) has recently released the minutes of its meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1 August 2010 (click here for an earlier report of the meeting).  The meeting was attended by 20 participants from eight countries.

Discussions included developments with the Expert Group's web site, which is planned to host the following:

Database on publications dealing with top predators from the Southern Ocean;

Database on tracking data of top predators; and

Database of EG-BAMM members aimed at facilitating networking within the community.

The Chief Officer of EG-BAMM is Mark Hindell (Australia) and its Secretary is Jan Ropert-Coudert (France) who together work with nine members from seven other countries.  EG-BAMM was established by amalgamating the former SCAR Groups of Experts on Birds and on Seals.

Requests to receive the minutes (which are not available on-line) should be sent to Yan Ropert-Coudert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 1 April 2011