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Explore the diversity of seabird species, their incredible journeys, and how many have been tracked
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The data submitted to the Seabird Tracking Database have wide-ranging conservation impacts:
>3,000
marine IBAs identified
>1,000
marine IBAs used to describe EBSAs
>200
collaborations facilitated
>2,000
tracks used to identify an MPA in the North-East Atlantic
60%
of Marine IBAs in Europe Covered by Natura 2000 Protected Area network
Seabird bycatch mitigation measures mandatory in all 5 tuna RFMOs
A new open access study published today highlights the remarkable achievements of the BirdLife Seabird Tracking Database (STDB) in marine conservation. Since its launch in 2004, the STDB has become one of the largest marine conservation collaborations in the world and the largest collection
The majority of the world’s albatrosses and large petrels breed on islands in the Southern Ocean. It is well known that they can travel hundreds or thousands of kilometres on foraging trips. Potentially, this gives them access to the Antarctic seasonal sea-ice zone (SIZ),
