Funds available to support remote-tracking of albatrosses and petrels

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BirdLife International Global Seabird Programme, supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, invites proposals for funds to purchase remote-tracking devices to track albatrosses and petrels in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans 

US $78,000 funding is available to support the purchase of remote tracking devices (or satellite time) to track albatross and petrel distribution in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.  Preference will be given to studies which:

Track species whose foraging ranges are thought to overlap with tuna and swordfish longline fisheries in the Atlantic or Indian Oceans

Fill data gaps in knowledge on albatross and petrel distribution

Will produce results by 2010/early 2011

Track birds from colonies

Have secured funding to support deployment of devices and analysis of data 

Data ownership and publication rights will reside with the data collector. However, the expectation is that data collected using these devices will be submitted to the Global Procellariiform Tracking Database, and made available for analysis of the overlap between albatross and petrel distribution and tuna and swordfish fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

 To apply for funding, please send a brief (less than one-page) description of the project to Helen Booker (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.), with details of the species covered, likely timetable of data collection and analysis, and funding sought. If necessary, short-listed projects will be invited to submit a fuller (2-4 page) description of the project. 

Closing date: 24 October 2008 

Posted 27 September 2008

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