» CBIRD XVI

 
CBird conducted its 14th meeting in Nuuk, Greenland 8 to 11 February 2008.  The meeting was attended by about 25 seabird specialists and managers representing the nine Arctic countries including the Faroe Islands, and an official observer from Great Britain along with several interested local attendees.

CBird primarily focused its attention on the following issues: Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Circumpolar Seabird Colony Database, Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan, Birds of Arctic Conservation Concern, International Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy, Seabird Information Network, Harvest of Seabirds in the Arctic, and a Circumpolar Black-legged Kittiwake Status and Trends Report. Funding for the Seabird Information Network and Circumpolar Seabird Colony Database was recently obtained and promises to speed the completion of these projects.  CBird has adopted a new logo.

The next year will be busy as always; CBird has four products that are high priority for completion. These include: (1) Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Framework, (2) Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan, (3) International Ivory Gull Conservation Strategy, and (4) Harvest of Seabirds in the Arctic.