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“Reverse the Red” is a global movement that ignites strategic cooperation and action to ensure the survival of wild species and ecosystems and reverse the negative trend of biodiversity loss. Through a strategic initiative, Reverse the Red brings together a diverse coalition of leading scientists, advocates, and partners committed to using a data-driven and science-based approach to assess, plan, and act for species conservation. Reverse the Red provides the tools and expertise to empower governments, partners, and local communities to set and reach biodiversity conservation targets and celebrates and amplifies successful achievements for species.”
Reverse the Red Day, held on 7 February, is an annual celebration of all the conservation work our collective community is doing to reverse trends of biodiversity loss - those shown through negative slides on the Red List of Threatened Species.
Reverse the Red in 2024
The movement welcomes Species Pledges which are designed to showcase and understand which organisations are committed to strategic recovery actions for species in specific countries. The UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is submitting Species Pledges for this year’s Reverse the Red Day for some of its priority species/species groups. One of these is for “Albatrosses at Sea”, including all 15 of the threatened albatross species. It concentrates on the Endangered Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma as a species that represents the major impact bycatch can have on seabird populations and the collaborative global efforts to tackle the threat.
Grey-headed Albatross, photograph by Trevor Hardaker
ACAP has now registered via the RSPB as a "critical partner to successful species recovery" for the Grey-headed Albatross,
Click here to access the ACAP Species Infographic for the Grey-headed Albatross in three languages.
John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 07 February 2025