Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

The wildfire on Amsterdam Island is out and its Endangered albatrosses have survived

Water bombing the remaining hotspots on Amsterdam Island, April 2025, photograph by Elliott Bars, TAAF ACAP Latest News has been reporting on the wildfire that burnt much of France’s Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean earlier this year,...
Watch a 15-minute video (in French) on the wildfire on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean

Amsterdam Island before the fire, photograph by Thierry Micol ACAP Latest News has previously reported on the January wildfire that caused the evacuation of the personnel manning France’s Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean. More information...
Amsterdam Island gets an inspection after the wildfire and so far, the albatrosses seem to have been spared

Amsterdam Island with the French surveillance frigate, Floréal, photograph by the Marine nationale ACAP Latest News has previously reported on the January wildfire that caused the evacuation of the personnel manning France’s Amsterdam Island in the...
UPDATED. Sub-Antarctic Amsterdam Island is evacuated following a fire

Martin-de-Viviès Station on Amsterdam Island, photograph by Antoine Lamielle UPDATE Here is the latest news on the fire on Amsterdam, translated from a TAAF media release dated 29 January 2025. “The fire on the island of Amsterdam remains active and...
Featuring ACAP-listed species and their photographers: the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross by Karine Delord

An Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross broods its chick on the tussock slopes of the Entrecasteaux cliffs, Amsterdam Island NOTE: This post continues an occasional series that features photographs of the 31 ACAP-listed species, along with information from...
ACAP Breeding Sites

Introduction In February 2013, ACAP Latest News commenced posting a series of brief accounts describing breeding sites of ACAP-listed species. In considering what constitutes a breeding site, differences in conservation management procedures have been...
ACAP Breeding Site No. 35. île Amsterdam, only home of the Amsterdam Albatross

île Amsterdam from the air. Photograph by Thierry Micol île Amsterdam is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises - TAAF). It is an old volcano situated in subtropical waters in the southern...

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The wildfire on Amsterdam Island is out and its Endangered albatrosses have survived

Watch a 15-minute video (in French) on the wildfire on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean

Amsterdam Island gets an inspection after the wildfire and so far, the albatrosses seem to have been spared

UPDATED. Sub-Antarctic Amsterdam Island is evacuated following a fire

Featuring ACAP-listed species and their photographers: the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross by Karine Delord

ACAP Breeding Sites

ACAP Breeding Site No. 35. île Amsterdam, only home of the Amsterdam Albatross

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The wildfire on Amsterdam Island is out and its Endangered albatrosses have survived

Watch a 15-minute video (in French) on the wildfire on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean

Amsterdam Island gets an inspection after the wildfire and so far, the albatrosses seem to have been spared

UPDATED. Sub-Antarctic Amsterdam Island is evacuated following a fire

Featuring ACAP-listed species and their photographers: the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross by Karine Delord

ACAP Breeding Sites

ACAP Breeding Site No. 35. île Amsterdam, only home of the Amsterdam Albatross

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels