New Zealand to host ACAP’s Eighth Meeting of the Parties next May

The small city of Dunedin (pictured) on New Zealand's South Island will host the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservaiton of Albatrosses and Petrels in May 2025; photograph by Nathan Hughes Hamilton

The Eighth Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MoP8) to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand from Monday, 19 May to Friday, 23 May 2025.  

The Dunedin Leisure Lodge will serve as the venue for the week-long event, with a Heads of Delegation meeting scheduled for Sunday, 18 May 2025, in the late afternoon. 

Dunedin is home to the world's only mainland albatross colony, located only 30km from the city on the Otago Peninsula/Muaūpoko. Visitors are able to witness the magnificent Northern Royal Albatrosses by booking a tour through The Royal Albatross Centre.

Information on location, key dates, applications for observer status, accommodation and the provisional agenda. may be found in MoP8 Meeting Circular 1.  

The circular is available in French and Spanish and also includes a provisional agenda for the MoP.  

The latest Advisory Committee Report (AC14) is available at the ACAP website, here.

21 October 2024