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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The number of Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus, burrow entrances on North East Island of The Snares, New Zealand, declined from 3288000 (95% CI = 3.1-3.5 million) entrances between 1969 and 1971, to 2 061000 (95% CI = 1.9-2.2 million) between 1996 and 2001. This represents a decline of 37% over 27 years, or 1.72% per year (95% CI = 1.35%-2.12%). It is not known whether burrow occupancy has also declined. Possible reasons for decline include fisheries bycatch, climate change, and losses on other islands to predation by introduced mammals and harvest of chicks (muttonbirding). Reliable population estimates of other Sooty Shearwater populations will be important for establishing baseline estimates against which future population trends can be evaluated. If the decline in burrow numbers represents a similar decline in Sooty Shearwater numbers on The Snares and elsewhere, the decline reported here is substantial and enough to warrant listing of the Sooty Shearwater as a “vulnerable” species, according to criterion A3 designated by the International Union for
Conservaion of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) in 2001.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Published Papers
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
