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<p> </p><p>Joint UK and South Atlantic Overseas Territories funding has supported
a co-ordinating post based in the Falkland Islands since 2008 to, among other things,
help meet obligations arising from the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses
and Petrels (ACAP), a daughter agreement to the Convention on Migratory Species. ACAP
has been extended to the UK's South Atlantic Territories. Defra currently contributes
£20,000 per year.</p><p>ACAP seeks to conserve albatrosses and petrels by co-ordinating
international activity to mitigate known threats. Collectively, the UK's South Atlantic
Overseas Territories are breeding range states for 12 of the 30 species currently
listed by the Agreement. The ACAP co-ordination project was established to ensure
coherence of action between the Territories, assist with the planning and implementation
of albatross and petrel conservation work, take responsibility for the reporting requirements
and lead on critical seabird by-catch mitigation work in international fisheries fora.</p><p>
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