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BLACK SEA SEABIRDS PROJECT LAYMAN'S REPORT

2014    Doğa Derneği

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The Project « Preparing the basis for an Inventory of Marine Important Bird Areas along the Southern Black Sea Coast » is implemented by Doğa Derneği (DD) in collaboration with Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS), Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR), in Southern Black Sea during the period from 16/04/2012 to 16/04/2014 with a total duration of 24 months. The Black Sea Seabirds Project aims to create the basis for an inventory of Marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs) for two seabird species: Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) and Mediterranean Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii). The Black Sea Project also aims to train staff and volunteers from Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey on seabird research and conservation methods

Throughout its two years of implementation (2012 – 2014), the Black Sea Project has focused on conservation work to eliminate threats, scientific research to discover unknown aspects about the life cycle of the Yelkouan Shearwater and Mediterian shag and an information campaign to increase awareness about the sea birds.