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Award-winning illustrator, Owen Davey, creates a poster for World Albatross Day 2020
which is helping increase awareness of the day and of the conservation crisis albatrosses are facing. Michelle made contact with Owen Davey through his agent and obtained his agreement to produce an albatross poster for next year’s inaugural World...
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The World Seabird Union joins other NGOs in lending its support to next year’s World Albatross Day
was signed in 2004. In order to increase awareness of and gain support for next year’s inauguration, ACAP has been contacting various non-governmental organizations and bodies around the world which are involved with issues relating to the conservation...
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Studying albatross behaviour around fishing vessels with radar
(ARS) and if so, have specific ARS behaviours, when attending boats. As much as 78.5% of locations with a radar detection (contact with boat) during a trip occurred within ARS: 36.8% of all large-scale ARS (n = 212) and 14.7% of all small-scale ARS (n =...
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Chile makes seabird mitigation measures in its trawling fisheries mandatory
ACAP Advisory Committee, and Karin Mundnich, Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales, Subsecretaria de Pesca and ACAP National Contact for Chile. Reference: [Chile 2007]. Plan de Acción Nacional para Reducir la Capturas Incidentales de Aves en las Pesquerías...
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Call for 2019 ACAP Small Grants Applications announced
making a substantive contribution to the Agreement’s objective will also be considered. Applicants are encouraged to contact the relevant Working Group Convenors or the Advisory Committee Chair to discuss the development and relevance of their...
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ACAP announces its 2019 call for applications to undertake a secondment
applicant has received in-principle agreement from the host organisation to host this work. Applicants are encouraged to contact the relevant Working Group Convenor, the Advisory Committee Chair, Vice-chair, or the Secretariat to discuss their proposal....
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¿Habla español? ACAP’s Executive Secretary makes a liaison visit to Peru, Ecuador and Chile
are Spanish-speaking this facility greatly aids communication between the ACAP’s Secretariat in Australia and ACAP National Contact Points and Advisory Committee Members (as well as others) in South America, where five of the six Parties have Spanish as...
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Help save albatrosses from a gruesome death: web developer required for South Africa’s Mouse Free Marion crowd-funding website
Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town To apply submit a short motivation, CV and quoted rates with contactable references to Nini van der Merwe by 16h00 GMT+2 on Wednesday 31 July. Consideration will be given to consultants from...
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Links with ACAP as South Africa revises its National Plan of Action – Seabirds
Ryan), as well as ACAP’s Information Officer. The Meeting was co-chaired by Azwianewi Makhado (South Africa's ACAP National Contact Point) and Herman Oosthuizen, both from DEFF. At the meeting it was decided to co-opt Anton Wolfaardt, a Co-convenor of...
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Feeling strong? The Gough Island Restoration Programme needs 20 bait loaders to help eradicate mice next year
cleaning and assisting with cooking. Read more details of requirements to be a bait loader and how to apply here or contact Pete McClelland. If you have avicultural experience and are interested in a role with the Aviculture Team contact Richard...
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