Birdlife launches third EU-funded project

Birdlife today launched its third EU-funded project related to the conservation of seabirds in Malta. Over the past 10 years, the organisation, together with its partners, made various efforts to understand and tackle the main threats causing the decline of protected seabird species breeding in Malta. LIFE Arċipelagu Garnija, the project launched today, will focus on the Yelkouan Shearwater (Garnija) with the main objective being that for improving the conservation status of Puffinus yelkouan populations in the Maltese Islands and safeguarding their breeding colonies in Natura 2000 sites and adjacent areas. This is the third in a series of projects linked to each other, the first of which was the LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater Project (2006-2010). This had focused on the conservation, research and awareness of this seabird with special focus on the largest colony of Yelkouan Shearwater in Malta at Irdum tal-Madonna in Mellieħa. This was followed by the LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project, which is nearing its completion (2011-2016). Through extensive and innovative research, the project identified the most important areas at sea essential for Malta's seabirds and created an inventory of...

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