Species: Small Petrels
Progressing delineations of key biodiversity areas for seabirds, and their application to management of coastal seas
Decision-making products that support effective marine spatial planning are essential for guiding efforts that enable conservation of biodiversity facing increasing pressures. Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are a product recently agreed upon by an international network of organizations for identifying globally important areas. Utilizing the KBA framework, and by developing a conservative protocol to identify sites, we identify globally importants places for breeding seabirds throughout the coastal seas of a national territory. We inform marine spatial planning by evaluating potential activities that may impact species and how a proposed network of Marine Management Areas (MMAs) overlap with important sites.
Small Petrels
Seabird Species Tubular nostrils give these species a strong sense of smell. Small petrels are a group of seabirds that belong to the order Procellariformes. They are globally distributed and pelagic, meaning they catch their prey in the open
NACES MPA: the first high seas MPA identified from tracking data
A major hotspot for foraging seabirds in the North Atlantic estimated to be used by more than 5 million seabirds from 21 species throughout the year, with birds coming from at least 56 colonies in 16 different countries is being considered by the OSPAR Convention for designation as a marine protected area called the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Seamount (NACES) MPA.
Identifying Hotspots of Threats to Marine Megafauna
In newly published research, A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology, Ana P. B. Carneiro et al. present a new framework aiming to tackle challenges of