Fogo Island hosts regional seminar on seabird monitoring

São Filipe, May 19 (Inforpress) - The island of Fogo and the Rombos islets are the stage, between today and Friday, the 23rd, of the regional seminar on monitoring seabirds, which brings together technicians and specialists from Cabo Verde, Morocco, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

The seminar is organized by the Associação Projecto Vitó, with the support of BirdLife International, and its main objective is to strengthen technical capacity and promote regional cooperation in the conservation of these species of marine biodiversity.

At the opening session of the regional seminar, the coordinator of the Vitó Project's seabird monitoring programme, Evandra Gomes, highlighted the importance of training.

She said that this seminar will be essential to train technicians in monitoring seabirds, controlling threats and strengthening co-operation between West and North African countries.

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