Day Two of ‘WADWEEK2026’. Translocated Black-footed Albatrosses are breeding in Hawaii’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refugehttps://acap.aq/latest-news/day-two-of-wadweek2026-translocated-black-footed-albatrosses-are-breeding-in-hawaiis-james-campbell-national-wildlife-refuge

14 June 2026 Day on 19 June is Habitat Restoration, which covers a suite of activities including creating new breeding colonies by translocation efforts and improving the breeding success of ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels. The environmental NGO, Pacific Rim...

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Creating an albatross colony with help from a bowling pin and a shaggy carpethttps://acap.aq/latest-news/creating-an-albatross-colony-with-help-from-a-bowling-pin-and-a-shaggy-carpet

16 April 2026 2026 is “Habitat Restoration”, which includes the establishment of new breeding colonies by attraction techniques and translocations of eggs and chicks. At a number of translocation sites, adult decoys have been placed to attract passing adult...

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The 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland in September 2026https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-4th-international-conservation-translocation-conference-will-be-held-in-edinburgh-scotland-in-september-2026

07 January 2026 “We are pleased to announce that the 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference (ICTC) will be held in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th September 2026. The conference is being...

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The Live Ocean Foundation helps fund 49 trackers for the ACAP-listed Black Petrelhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/the-live-ocean-foundation-is-working-to-help-conserve-the-acap-listed-black-petrel-2

06 January 2026 partnerships across the Pacific Flyway, Live Ocean and its partners aim to rebuild the population to enable future translocation into historic habitats.” Biz Bell of Wildlife Management International writes “The ultimate goal is to chart a course for...

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The Live Ocean Foundation is working to help conserve the ACAP-listed Black Petrelhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/the-live-ocean-foundation-is-working-to-help-conserve-the-acap-listed-black-petrel

11 December 2025 partnerships across the Pacific Flyway, Live Ocean and its partners aim to rebuild the population to enable future translocation into historic habitats.” Biz Bell of Wildlife Management International writes “The ultimate goal is to chart a course for...

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The U.S. State of the Birds Report for 2025 expresses concerns but has a positive albatross storyhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/the-u-s-state-of-the-birds-report-for-2025-expresses-concerns-but-has-a-positive-albatross-story

13 September 2025 extract: “One promising strategy for protecting seabird populations from sea-level rise and storm-surge events has been translocation—moving seabird breeding colonies to higher ground. A project in Hawaii—conducted by the nonprofit group Pacific Rim...

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Reviewing seabird restoration priorities for the U.S. Pacific Islands – the Black-footed Albatross is most in needhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/reviewing-seabird-restoration-priorities-for-the-u-s-pacific-islands-the-black-footed-albatross-is-most-in-need

01 July 2025 (Pterodroma hypoleuca), and Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata). Respondents also identified 21 source colonies for translocation and 107 receptor sites for colony restoration. Our collaborative approach presented a unique opportunity to gain a...

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A translocated Black-footed Albatross pair fledges a chick on the Hawaiian island of Oahuhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/a-translocated-black-footed-albatross-pair-fledges-a-chick-on-the-hawaiian-island-of-oahu

26 May 2025 sea-level rise and storm water surges threatening the albatrosses of Hawaii’s low-lying atolls, comes the news that a translocation project run by the environmental NGO Pacific Rim Conservation has led to Black-footed Albatrosses Phoebastria nigripes...

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Welcome home V917! A translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahuhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/welcome-home-v917-a-translocated-black-footed-albatross-returns-to-the-james-campbell-national-wildlife-refuge-on-the-hawaiian-island-of-oahu

30 April 2025 recorded back in the James Campbell NWR (click here), with courting and mutual displays observed. Read more about the translocation of Black-footed Albatrosses and three other seabird species within the refuge by Pacific Rim Conserrvation here....

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Hutton’s Shearwaters – how well are they doing in their translocation colony?https://acap.aq/latest-news/huttons-shearwaters-how-well-are-they-doing-in-their-translocation-colony

21 March 2025 A Hutton’s Shearwater incubates its egg in an artificial burrow in the Te Rae o Atiu colony, photograph from the Hutton's Shearwater Charitable Trust The Endangered Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni breeds naturally only in two colonies high up in...

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