Global Seabird Conservation: Hoisting The Mast For Hope On A Stormy Sea
A talk by Dr Cleo Small - RSPB and Birdlife International
University of Liverpool
3rd September 2018
6 p.m.
Free tickets available by email: seabirdconference@liverpool.ac.uk
Most seabird populations and species are declining, many to globally threatened levels. At sea, commercial fisheries and pollution are taking their toll; on land, alien invasive predators and habitat disturbance and destruction are impacting many colonies. Climate change may cause (or exacerbate) problems in both domains. However, the last two decades have also seen notable successes in eradicating alien predators (mainly on uninhabited islands) and in finding solutions to seabird bycatch in longline and trawl fisheries.
Dr Small will present the view from BirdLife International on whether there are reasons to be optimistic for the future of the world’s seabirds, by reviewing some current and prospective global initiatives, including the development of new research and monitoring techniques, as well as pioneering collaborations involving governments, non-governmental organisations, scientists and civil society.
