Bird

Seabird Species added to the AEWA threatened list

Twenty waterbirds were added to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA).

Seabirds now internationally protected across Africa and Eurasia. A total of twenty migratory waterbird species, including several species of auks, frigate birds, gannets and tropic birds have been added to Annex 2 of the African‐Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA) ‐ an international treaty dedicated to the conservation of migratory waterbirds in Africa and Eurasia.

The birds are: English Name (Species Name)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

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