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Marine Conservation Organizations - MarineBio.org
Antarctica from environmental damage. Sub-Antarctic Islands SubAntarcticIslands.com: an online educational resource for information about the habitats and species of the sub-antarctic islands. The mission of the website is: to stimulate student interest in the study of these fascinating islands, to provide photographs for ...
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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Antarctic here includes the area within the Antarctic Convergence, including the Antarctic continent, the Southern Ocean, and the sub-Antarctic islands. The Arctic can be described as a frozen ocean surrounded by land, and the Antarctic ...
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Seal Conservation Society: 1997 News Digest
October 1997) Scottish grey seal islands nominated for special status - The islands of Faray and Holm of Faray, part of the Orkney Islands, have been proposed by the ... Islands submitted for World Heritage status - New Zealand has proposed to UNESCO that its sub-Antarctic islands be given World Heritage status. The islands, including the Campbell, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Snares islands ...
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Natureandco.com - The National Parks of New Zealand
(Maori tribe) issues by 30 June 2000), - to establish World Heritage status for the sub-antarctic islands, by 30 June 2000, Also, the possibility to grant national park status to all or ...
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Welcome to Forest and Bird
New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands are home to more species of breeding albatross than any other country. New Zealand is ...
www.forestandbird.org.nz

GEO-2000: Chapter Two: The State of the Environment - The polar regions
Sellafield reprocessing plant. Many sub-Antarctic islands bear the distinctive imprint of human modification, particularly ... Antarctic, the Polar Front or Antarctic Convergence provides an oceanographically- and biologically-useful natural boundary. The Antarctic is thus defined as the area south of the Antarctic Convergence, unless otherwise specified. The Antarctic ...
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Hoiho Fact Sheet
Antarctic and Antarctic seas, where most species of penguin live. There are 15 species of penguins ... be found on the south-east coast of New Zealand's South Island and some sub-Antarctic islands. According to palaentological knowledge, the hoiho is possibly the most ancient species of penguin. Palaentology ...
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National Parks
Forest and Bird led campaign.) 1990 - Tongariro National Park 1998 - New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Would you like to know more about New Zealand’s World Heritage Sites? ... includes national parks and forest parks, reserves, river margins, some coastline and many offshore islands. Active conservation management is undertaken including pest, weed and predator control, eco-system restoration ...
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Save the Albatross
The sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand are home to 12 species of albatross. The area is ... Overseas Territories of Tristan da Cunha, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (see separate entry above), South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory.Tristan albatross, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross ...
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Save the Albatross
Where do they breed?: Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Chile with small numbers on sub-Antarctic Islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Wingspan: 210-250 cm Length ... Breeding pairs remaining in the world*: 437,000 Where do they breed?: North-west Hawaiian islands (>90%), islands off Japan and Mexico (North Pacific) Wingspan: 195-203 cm Length (beak to tail ...
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