Day 1 – Seabirds of Malta. Identifying Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and their future protection
Session 1
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas, Ben Lascelles, BirdLife International
Session 2
Seabirds in Malta – History & Discovery, Joe Sultana
Land IBA designations and LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater project, John J. Borg
LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project, Nicholas Barbara, Birdlife Malta
Proposed Marine IBAs, Benjamin Metzger, Birdlife Malta
Marine Protected Areas in Malta, Darrin Stevens, Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Session 3
Fieldwork Methodology Used & Respective Results, Benjamin Metzger, Birdlife Malta
Data Analysis to Identify Potential MPAs, Steffen Oppel, RSPB
Marine IBAs, Marguerite Tarzia, BirdLife International
Session 4
mIBAs in International Waters, Benjamin Metzger, Birdlife Malta
Day 2 – Existing frameworks & initiatives for seabird conservation & current gaps
Session 1
Global Commitments of Relevance to Seabirds & MPAs, Carolina Hazin, BirdLife International
Overview of Barcelona Convention, Seabird Conservation & SPAMIs, Lobna Ben Nakhla, RAC/SPA
Building MPA Networks in European Seas, Vedran Nikolic, European Commission
Session 2
MPAs & Seabird Conservation in Spain, Pep Arcos, SEO
Italian Marine IBAs, Georgia Gaibani, LIPU
Which Seabirds Sites are Priorities for protection, Thierry Micol, LPO
Marine Natura 2000 in Slovenia, Ursa Koce, DOPPS
Croatia Natura Network, Sven Kapelj, BIOM
The Black Sea Seabirds Project, Anna Staneva, BSPB
MIBAs in Greece, Danae Portolou, HOS
Seabirds & MIBAs in Tunisia, Claudia Feltrup-Azafzaf, AAO
Seabirds in Lebanon, Ghassan Ramadan Jaradi, SPNL
Seabird Status & Priorities for Libya, Abdulmaula Hamza, University of Malaysia
Seabirds in Syria, Nabegh Ghaszal Asswad, SSCW
Seabird Bycatch in Spain, Albert Cama, SEO
Bycatch Evaluation in Greece, Karris, Portolou & Frick
Invasive Species in Italy, Francesca Giannini, Tuscan Archipelago National Park
Coastal Development in Greece, Danae Portolou, HOS
Light Pollution in Malta, Paulo Lago Barreiro, Birdlife Malta
Session 3
Species Priorities, Maria Dias & Marguerite Tarzia, BirdLife International
Yelkouan Shearwater, Thierry Micol, LPO
Session 4
SPAs and pSCIs in Croatia, Vlatka Dumbovic Mazal, Croatian Agency for Environment and Nature
French Island Priorities, Mathieu Thevenet, Conservatoire du Littoral
French Marine Hotspots, Boris Daniel, French MPA Agency
Italian mPAs, Nicola Baccetti, ISPRA
Seabird Status & Priorities for Libya, Abdulmaula Hamza, University of Malaysia
Day 3 – Protection of marine IBAs in the Mediterranean, case studies and lessons learnt
Session 1
Maltese Seabirds’ Use of High Sea Areas & International Waters, Benjamin Metzger, Birdlife Malta
Spanish Seabirds Feeding off the Coast of Morocco – Potential for Collaboration, Pep Arcos, SEO
Yelkouan Shearwaters Visiting the Waters of Bulgaria, Romania & Turkey, Anna Staneva, BSPB
Seabirds Sharing Sites between France & Italy, Thierry Micol, LPO
Transboundary IBAs – Slovenia & Italy, Ursa Koce, DOPPS
Session 3
Promotion of Establishing SPAMIs in Open Seas, Daniel Cebrian, RAC/SPA
Protecting Seabirds in the Mediterranean – Pelagos, Fannie Dubois, Pelagos Sanctuary
Life+ Malta Seabird Project 