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A first assessment of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins in Subarea 48.1 (Antarctic Peninsula, and South Shetland Islands) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Islands)

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Numéro du document:
WG-EMM-16/20
Auteur(s):
K. Lorenz, C. Harris, B. Lascelles, M. Dias and P. Trathan
Soumis par:
Chris Darby
Approuvé par:
Chris Darby
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Point(s) de l'ordre du jour
WG-EMM-16 - 2.3.3 - Ecosystem interactions: predators
Résumé

  • First attempt to systematically identify marine IBAs in the Antarctic

  • Assessed all available penguin tracking data for Subarea 48.1 (Antarctic Peninsula, and South Shetland Islands) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Islands)

  • Developed new protocols for determining candidate IBAs based on penguin tracking data

  • Identified 6 candidate marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)

  • Outlines future work for developing a more complete IBA network