{"id":15593,"date":"2012-10-16T06:01:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/seabird-atlas-shows-3000-ocean-sites-key-to-conservation\/"},"modified":"2012-10-16T06:01:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T04:01:48","slug":"seabird-atlas-shows-3000-ocean-sites-key-to-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/seabird-atlas-shows-3000-ocean-sites-key-to-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Seabird atlas shows 3,000 ocean sites key to conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Could help guide wind turbines, oil and gas exploration<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Important areas for birds cover 6.2 percent of oceans<\/p>\n

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OSLO<\/span> Oct 16 (Reuters) – A new atlas of the world’s oceans
\nissued on Tuesday shows more than 3,000 sites important to
\nseabirds from albatrosses to penguins as part of a drive to
\nimprove conservation.<\/p>\n

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The free online atlas (www.birdlife.org\/datazone\/marine)
\ncould help governments plan, for instance, where to set up
\nwildlife protection areas at sea or where to permit offshore
\nwind turbines or oil and gas exploration, they said.<\/p>\n

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The atlas, showing areas vital to birds including pelicans,
\nsandpipers, cormorants and skuas, was compiled by BirdLife
\nInternational, drawing on work by 1,000 bird experts, government
\nministries and secretariats of U.N. Conventions.<\/p>\n

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“Seabirds are now the most threatened group of birds. They
\npresent unique conservation problems, since many species travel
\nthousands of kilometres across international waters,” BirdLife
\nInternational said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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It identifies more than 3,000 important bird areas (IBAs)
\nworldwide, such as breeding grounds and migration routes,
\ncovering in total 6.2 percent of the world’s oceans.<\/p>\n

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“Our initial target is to encourage governments to use this
\ntool and use this data in their national planning,” Ben
\nLascelles, BirdLife’s Global Marine IBA Coordinator, told
\nReuters.<\/p>\n

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He said that Japan, for instance, had recently consulted
\nBirdLife about where to site offshore wind farms to avoid damage
\nto migratory birds. The atlas was unveiled at a U.N. conference
\non biological diversity in Hyderabad, India.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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