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 ⓘ
adoptionDate 2001-06-19 ⓘ
adoptionPlace Cape Town ⓘ
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 ⓘ
category biodiversity conservation agreement ⓘ
conservationStatusFocus threatened albatross species ⓘ
threatened petrel species ⓘ
coversSpeciesType albatross ⓘ
petrel ⓘ
shearwater ⓘ
coversTaxonomicGroup Diomedeidae ⓘ
Hydrobatidae ⓘ
Procellariidae ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate 2004-02-01 ⓘ
establishesBody Advisory Committee ⓘ
Meeting of the Parties ⓘ
Secretariat ⓘ
fullName Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ⓘ
geographicScope Southern Hemisphere oceans ⓘ
breeding islands of albatrosses and petrels ⓘ
high seas ⓘ
hasInstrument Action Plan for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ⓘ
hasSecretariat ACAP Secretariat ⓘ
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 ⓘ
secretariatLocation Hobart ⓘ
shortName ACAP ⓘ
subject albatross conservation ⓘ
petrel conservation ⓘ
seabird conservation ⓘ
underAuspicesOf Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ⓘ
website https://www.acap.aq ⓘ

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Diomedeidae → protectedBy → Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ⓘ
Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels → fullName → Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ⓘ
southern giant petrel → protectedBy → Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ⓘ