Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels is an international wildlife conservation treaty aimed at protecting albatrosses, petrels, and their habitats through coordinated global action.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf multilateral environmental agreement
wildlife conservation treaty
adoptionCountry South Africa NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 2001-06-19
adoptionPlace Cape Town NERFINISHED
aim to achieve and maintain a favourable conservation status for albatrosses and petrels
to coordinate international action for albatross and petrel conservation
to protect habitats of albatrosses and petrels
alsoKnownAs ACAP Agreement NERFINISHED
category biodiversity conservation agreement
conservationStatusFocus threatened albatross species
threatened petrel species
coversSpeciesType albatross
petrel
shearwater
coversTaxonomicGroup Diomedeidae NERFINISHED
Hydrobatidae NERFINISHED
Procellariidae NERFINISHED
entryIntoForceDate 2004-02-01
establishesBody Advisory Committee NERFINISHED
Meeting of the Parties NERFINISHED
Secretariat NERFINISHED
fullName Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels NERFINISHED
geographicScope Southern Hemisphere oceans
breeding islands of albatrosses and petrels
high seas
hasInstrument Action Plan for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels NERFINISHED
hasSecretariat ACAP Secretariat NERFINISHED
language English
legalStatus binding international treaty
partyType range states of albatrosses and petrels
relatedTo bycatch mitigation in longline fisheries
marine protected areas
threatened seabird species
requires conservation measures for listed species
control and eradication of non-native species at breeding sites
education and public awareness
protection and management of breeding sites
reduction of bycatch in fisheries
research and monitoring of albatross and petrel populations
secretariatCountry Australia NERFINISHED
secretariatLocation Hobart NERFINISHED
shortName ACAP NERFINISHED
subject albatross conservation
petrel conservation
seabird conservation
underAuspicesOf Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals NERFINISHED
website https://www.acap.aq

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Diomedeidae protectedBy Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels