Resolutions from the XX ICBP World Conference

Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7

Resolutions from the XX ICBP World Conference

@ HATHAM ISLANDS: The conference recognised the plight of birds on the Chatham Islands, where 10 endangered species have populations less than 300, by passing a resolution calling on the NZ Government to put additional staff and financial resources into conservation on the Chathams. It called also for greater effort on forest restoration and predator eradication, especially on Pitt Island. We are pleased to record that Conservation Minister Denis Marshall agreed with the resolution. SEABIRDS KILLED IN FISHERIES: The conference passed a series of resolutions addressing the problems of seabirds killed in fisheries around the world (see Forest & Bird November 1990). New Zealand delegates played a leading part in the seabird workshop that proposed resolutions that: * supported the United Nations and South Pacific treaties to end drift netting. * proposed controls on gill netting. * recommended a prohibition on net monitor cables on trawlers (which are killing large numbers of albatrosses). * fishers and governments adopt methods for reducing the number of seabirds caught on longlines. * fisheries observers be trained to record bycatches of seabird species.