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AC10 Doc 11 Rev 1 Agenda Item 11.1 AC10 Doc 11 Rev 1 Agenda Item 11.1 Tenth Meeting of the Advisory Committee Wellington, New Zealand, 11 – 15 September 2017 Report of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group Population and Conservation Status Working Group CONTENTS 1. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS ......................................................................................... 3 2. MEMBERSHIP AND INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 3 3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ........................................................................................................ 3 4. PROGRESS REPORTS ................................................................................................................... 3 4.1. Database updates ............................................................................................................................. 3 4.2. Updates and Reviews of ACAP Species Assessments .................................................................... 4 4.3. List of researchers with access to tissues from bycaught birds ........................................................ 4 5. POPULATION STATUS AND TRENDS .......................................................................................... 4 5.1. Current population trends of ACAP species ..................................................................................... 4 6. THREATS AND PRIORITISATION ................................................................................................. 8 6.1. Updates on management of land-based threats ............................................................................... 8 6.2. Overlap of birds and at-sea threats, including fisheries .................................................................. 10 6.3. Effects of climate change and mitigation ........................................................................................ 12 6.4. Review terrestrial threat prioritisation .............................................................................................. 13 6.5. Review of high priority species or populations based on trends and threats .................................. 14 7. DATA GAPS .................................................................................................................................. 15 7.1. Review of key gaps in population data ........................................................................................... 15 7.2. Review of key gaps in tracking data ............................................................................................... 26 8. ACAP PRIORITY POPULATIONS ................................................................................................ 28 9. ACAP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ........................................................................................ 32 9.1. Review the agreed indicators of population status, breeding site condition and tracking data availability ............................................................................................................................. 32 10. BEST-PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES ...................................... 32 10.1 Updates to existing guidelines ....................................................................................................... 32 10.2 New guidelines on mitigating bird strikes from artificial light.......................................................... 33 10.3 New guidelines on microplastic assessment tools ......................................................................... 34 1 AC10 Doc 11 Rev 1 Agenda Item 11.1 11. ACAP FUNDED PROGRAMMES .................................................................................................. 34 11.1 Funding priorities for 2019 – 2021 ................................................................................................. 34 12. LISTING OF SPECIES ON ANNEX 1............................................................................................ 35 12.1 Criteria for listing and delisting of candidate species ..................................................................... 35 12.2 Proposals to list new species in Annex 1 ....................................................................................... 36 13. NEW TECHNOLOGIES ................................................................................................................. 36 13.1. Satellite remote-sensing of albatrosses ........................................................................................ 36 13.2. Monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ..................................................................... 37 13.3. Movement ecology tools ............................................................................................................... 37 13.4. Forensic methods of diet determination ........................................................................................ 38 14. REVIEWS AND INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 39 14.1 ACAP Breeding Site accounts ....................................................................................................... 39 15. FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME ................................................................................................... 39 15.1. Work Programme 2016 - 2018 ...................................................................................................... 39 15.2. Work Programme 2019 - 2021 ...................................................................................................... 39 16. REPORTING TO AC10 .................................................................................................................. 40 17. ANY OTHER BUSINESS ............................................................................................................... 40 18. CLOSING REMARKS .................................................................................................................... 40 ANNEX 1. LIST OF MEETING PARTICIPANTS AND NON-ATTENDING PaCSWG MEMBERS ...... 41 ANNEX 2. ONGOING MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THREATS AT BREEDING SITES OF ACAP-LISTED SPECIES ................................................................................... 44 ANNEX 3. DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF THE MALVINAS ISLANDS ............................................................................................ 56 ANNEX 4. UNITED KINGDOM RESPONSE TO NOTE FROM ARGENTINA CONCERNING VARIOUS DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................................... 57 ANNEX 5. DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA CONCERNING THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE ISLAS MALVINAS Y GEORGIAS DEL SUR, AND THE ANTARCTIC ......................................................................................................................... 58 ANNEX 6. RESPONSE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND CONCERNING THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE ANTARCTIC ........................................................................ 59 2 AC10 Doc 11 Rev 1 Agenda Item 11.1 Fourth Population and Conservation Status Working Group Meeting Wellington, New Zealand, 7 – 8 September 2017 1. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS This report outlines progress during the intersessional period against the Work Programme of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group (hereafter PaCSWG or WG), agreed at the ACAP Advisory Committee (AC) meeting in 2016 (AC9). The report also reflects discussions and advice resulting from the Fourth Meeting of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group (PaCSWG4) held from 7 to 8 September 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand. 2. MEMBERSHIP AND INTRODUCTION The Convenors of the PaCSWG, Richard Phillips, and Rosemary Gales, and Vice-convenor Patricia Pereira Serafini, thanked WG members and observers for attending the meeting, and presented apologies from Flavio Quintana (Vice-convenor). They also welcomed a new member to the WG, Verónica López from Oikonos, Chile. Current PaCSWG membership and PaCSWG4 meeting participants are listed in ANNEX 1. The Convenors of the Working Group brought guidance concerning potential conflicts of interest to the attention of participants for their consideration and action. There were no conflicts of interest disclosed by any participants. 3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The WG accepted the proposed agenda and meeting documents (PaCSWG4 Doc 01 Rev 1 and PaCSWG4 Doc 02 Rev 1). In relation to document PaCSWG4 Doc 02 Rev 1, the Argentine Republic expressed objections, in the terms indicated in ANNEX 3 of this report. The United Kingdom replied to this as indicated in ANNEX 4 of this report. 4. PROGRESS REPORTS 4.1. Database updates The Science Officer thanked all data contributors for their commitment to keeping the ACAP database up to date and advised that there have been no major developments of its underlying structure since PaCSWG3. The interface and functionality of the existing model 3 AC10 Doc 11 Rev 1 Agenda Item 11.1 continue to be improved to meet the needs of the WG. WG members and other users of the database were encouraged to provide feedback to the Secretariat on their experience with the data portal or suggestions for enhancements at any time. 4.2. Updates and Reviews of ACAP Species Assessments The species assessments summarise current knowledge of biology
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