Migratory Species: Working Together Towards a Vision for 2020, May 16, 2007 Jennifer Wheeler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Birds & Waterbird Conservation for the Americas Seabird Conservation Activities in North America Opportunities and Challenges for Management of At-Sea Threats
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Migratory Species: Working Together Towards a Vision for 2020,
May 16, 2007
Jennifer Wheeler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Birds
& Waterbird Conservation for the Americas
Seabird Conservation Activities in North
America Opportunities and Challenges for Management of At-Sea Threats
• Waterbird Conservation Council is the steering body for the Waterbird Conservation for the Americas initiative
• Scope is seabirds and other aquatic birds in the Western Hemisphere; current membership drawn from nations throughout the Americas as well as initiatives such as BirdLife International, WHSRN, CMS and Ramsar.
• Key outcomes of January 2007 meeting:
–Intensified activities related to seabird conservation, and
–Creation of a task force to develop a strategy for Americas-wide conservation of waterbirds
Waterbird Conservation Council
Seabirds 101• Definitions, characteristics, and natural history• Families: