The seabird contingent of the Potvin lab has had a great couple of days at the Pacific Seabird Conference in Auckland - lots of learning, networking and reconnecting! Thank you to all the organisers for a fantastic conference! #pacificseabirds #oceaniaseabirds
Welcome slide image for a conference on seabirds in Auckland New Zealand
Downtown Auckland New Zealand with image taken from the perspective of high in a city apartment, but still with a Red-billed gull (circled) flying down at street level
A Samoan speaker delivering an address from a lecture podium
A Cook Islander speaker delivering an address from a lecture podium
A conference in Auckland New Zealand this week brings together Pacific seabird people from research, management and government to speak, listen and have hands-on experiences with regional experts to inspire and encourage connections and commitment for their conservation. #Pacificseabirds #Seabirds🪶
Serah Devi shares the importance of #seabirds to the Solomon Islands, from their role in food webs to ecotourism. One key species is the Solomon Island sea eagle, which is also an important clan totem. #OceaniaSeabirds #PacificSeabirds
Spanning over 5mill km2, there’s a lot of scope for #seabird #conservation in French Polynesia. Fanny Martre & Thomas Ghestemme describe some of the work for rat eradication, acoustic monitoring, and community engagement. #OceaniaSeabirds #PacificSeabirds
Adam Miles shares research projects on #PacificSeabirds from American Samoa incl mapping distributions, surveying on land and at sea, using acoustic monitoring, reducing light pollution and much more to support #conservation of Tahiti petrels & more. #seabirds
