The Malta Seabirds Project, funded by EU Life+, was launched this morning by Environment Minister Mario de Marco and BirdLife at the Phoenicia Hotel in Floriana.
The principal aim of the project is to identify areas at sea that are important to the survival and successful breeding of Maltese seabirds.
This will be done through the use of the latest technology available to track birds at sea, including Global Positioning System tags that can collect information about the birds' location thousands of miles from land.
Boat based observations will yield information about important feeding and resting areas at sea. This information will then be collated to identify Important Bird Areas within the 25 nautical mile Maltese Exclusive Fishing Zone.
Dr de Marco congratulated BirdLife and its partners for securing EU Life+ funding for the project, which, alongside three other successful Maltese initiatives was selected from over 700 projects proposed by other EU states last year.
The minister highlighted the importance of the project within the context of the overall challenge of conserving biodiversity, which was under pressure from human activities...
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