Malta’s Galapagos: Gozo Channel Malta’s first Marine Important Bird Area

[BirdLife International]

Last Friday BirdLife Malta announced that the Malta-Gozo Channel has been confirmed as Malta’s first Marine Important Bird Area (IBA) in recognition of its international importance for two globally and one regionally threatened bird species, putting Malta on the world stage alongside such iconic biodiversity hotspots as the Galapagos and the Azores as a refuge for threatened wildlife.

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