Numbers on the up

Good news! A recent report shows a healthy increase in the numbers of black-browed albatrosses breeding in UK Overseas Territory, the Falkland Islands. 

The report, by Dr Anton Wolfaardt, has been submitted to the Environment Committee of the Falkland Islands Government.

The black-browed albatross is currently endangered. With more than two-thirds of the global population breeding in the Falkland Islands, the status of this population has significant bearing on the global conservation status of the species.

Since the formation of the Albatross Task Force in 2005, there have been dramatic reductions in the numbers of albatrosses and other seabirds killed.