--- title: "Papers for ACAP’s Eleventh Advisory Committee meeting in Brazil next month are now available online" --- # Papers for ACAP’s Eleventh Advisory Committee meeting in Brazil next month are now available online The Eleventh Meeting of ACAP’s Advisory Committee ([AC11](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee/ac11)) will be held over 13-17 May 2019 in Florianópolis, Brazil.  Documents and Information Papers, including a draft agenda ([AC11 Doc 01](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee/ac11/ac11-meeting-documents)) for the four-day meeting are now available on this web site from where they may be downloaded and consulted.  Note, however, that some documents are password-protected so only their abstracts are publicly available.  For convenience a meeting document ([AC11 Doc 05](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee/ac11/ac11-meeting-documents)) lists all the papers to be tabled by title and author(s). The meeting will be chaired by Nathan Walker from New Zealand, with Brazil’s Tatiana Neves assisting as Vice-chair. AC11 will follow the [Ninth Meeting](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/seabird-bycatch-working-group/seabird-bycatch-wg-meeting-9) of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group ([SBWG](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/seabird-bycatch-working-group)), and [Fifth Meeting](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/population-and-conservation-status-working-group/population-and-conservation-status-wg-meeting-5) of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group ([PaCSWG](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/population-and-conservation-status-working-group)) in the previous week at the same venue, the [Jurerê Internacional Il Campanario Hotel](http://www.ilcampanario.com.br).  AC11 will hear summary reports of both these working groups. ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Meetings/AC-11-Hotel.png) The Jurerê Internacional Il Campanario Hotel in in Florianópolis: venue for the Advisory Committee's Eleventh Meeting On Thursday 16 May AC11 delegates will be given the opportunity to go on all-day boat-based excursion to the Anhatomirim Environmental Protection Area ([AEPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhatomirim_Environmental_Protection_Area)).  The 4400-ha area, created in 1992, falls within the [IUCN Protected Area Category V](https://www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/about/protected-areas-categories/category-v-protected-landscapeseascape)(protected landscape/seascape).  It aims to protect biological diversity and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources.  Specific goals include protecting the feeding and breeding areas of the resident population of the [globally Endangered](https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/amazon-river-dolphins-now-listed-as-endangered-by-iucn-62425) [Tucuxi *Sotalia fluviatilis*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucuxi), a freshwater dolphin, and protecting remnants of Atlantic Rain Forest and survival of local fishing communities.  [Globally Vulnerable](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17978/123792204) [La Plata River Dolphins or Franciscana *Pontoporia blainvillei*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_dolphin), Common Bottlenose Dolphins *Tursiops truncatus* and Southern Right Whales *Eubalaena australis*,also occur within the AEPA.  Also falling within the AEPA and to be visited on the outing is the 18th-Century [Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim Fortress](http://www.vivendofloripa.com.br/en/site/forts/santa-cruz-de-anhatomirim-fortress) on [Anhatomirim Island](http://www.vivendofloripa.com.br/en/site/praias-do-leste/ilha-de-anhatomirim) which forms a part of a suite of 19 coastal fortresses (“[Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble](https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5997/)”) which was placed on Brazil's Tentative list for [World Heritage](https://whc.unesco.org/) status in 2015. ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Countries/Tucuxi.jpg) Tucuxi breaching ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Meetings/Anhato04002.jpg) AC11 Delegates will visit Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim Fortress on Anhatomirim Island Brazil has previously hosted the Agreement; the Second Meeting of the Advisory Committee ([AC2](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee/ac-2)) was held in Brasilia in June 2006.  This year’s Advisory Committee and working group meetings follow on from [AC10](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee/ac10), held in Wellington, New Zealand in September 2017 and the Sixth Session of the Meeting of Parties ([MoP6](https://www.acap.aq/en/documents/meeting-of-the-parties/mop6)) held in South Africa’s Kruger National Park last year in May.  The Seventh Session (MoP7) is due to be held in 2021 in Australia – when ACAP will be 20 years old. [Florianópolis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florianópolis) is the capital and second largest city of the State of Santa Catarina in the southern region of Brazil.  It is served by an international airport.  A coastal city situated on [Santa Caterina Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Catarina_Island) with a humid subtropical climate, it has a population of roughly half a million.  The island is connected to the Brazilian mainland by bridges and is known for its many tourist beaches. With thanks to Patricia Pereira Serafini, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação das Aves Silvestres, Brazil for information and photographs. *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 23 April 2019*