- Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
- An international treaty signed in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 2, 2001, aimed at protecting albatrosses and petrels.
- Covered albatrosses and petrels
- Any species, subspecies, population, or individual of albatrosses and petrels listed in Annex I of the international Agreement, including their eggs or products.
- Disturb; Disturbance
- Any action that negatively affects the natural behaviors of covered albatrosses and petrels, such as their migration, breeding, feeding, or sheltering, to the point of abandonment or significant change.
- Favorable conservation status
- A state where a species' population is healthy enough to survive long-term, and its habitat is sufficient to support it.
- Habitat
- Any area where covered albatrosses and petrels live, including places where they nest and find food.
- Take
- To harm, harass, hunt, kill, capture, destroy, or possess an albatross or petrel, or their parts, eggs, or nests.
- Range
- All land or water that covered albatrosses and petrels inhabit, visit, or fly over during any part of their lives, including migration, breeding, or feeding.