National Recovery Plan for the Abbott’s Booby (Papasula abbotti)
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The most critical conservation problem facing Abbott’s booby is habitat loss and degradation. Actions to remedy this problem will benefit a whole range of the island’s fauna and flora, threatened and otherwise. Many of the actions relating to this (actions 1-3) are actions prescribed in the Christmas Island National Park Management Plan. There is also scope for the involvement of volunteers, residents and tourists, in forest regeneration and weeding projects.
Monitoring of the population is a necessary action to gauge and guide the recovery effort. Ideally this work should be carried out by a member of Parks North staff dedicated to seabird monitoring programs on the island. A cost-effective sampling program should be designed with the aid of a statistician. Economies of scale can be achieved by ensuring that the needs of the various monitoring actions recommended (actions 3.5, 4.1 and 7.1) are catered for in the routine Abbott’s booby monitoring program (action 6.1).