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Seabird conservation effort now nesting in Hobart

Posted December 3, 2008 13:00:00
Updated December 3, 2008 13:05:00

A Hobart based international effort to save seabirds has been formally established.

Albatrosses and petrels are among the most threatened group of birds, with 19 of the world's 22 species endangered.

The Secretariat for the Agreement on the Conservation of albatrosses and petrels is now permanently based in Hobart.

Andrew Jackson from the Australian Antarctic Division says 13 countries are signatories to the agreement.

"This means that Tasmania and Hobart now has another important international secretariat supporting our interests in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean in the international business of conserving animals," Mr Jackson said.

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