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Iepazīstieties ar AmīrijuDepartment of Conservation
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Sharyn Broni (DOC)
Meet Amīria
Today, on day 163 she weighs in at 8kg.
Big congratulations to Arianna Ponder, we look forward to showing you around. Well done to Lisa Fowler and Lara O'Conner who also submitted this name. Many thanks also to all who submitted and voted on the names.
Plastic Tip Number One: ReducePlastic is everywhere, isn’t it? We cannot escape it. And while plastic is pervasive in today’s world, much of it is willingly used because it is convenient. Plastic is a miracle material in the health sector, for example, where sterility and durability can mean life or death. But not many of us use plastic daily because a life is on the line.
But our convenience is a matter of life and death - just ask the seabirds. If they could talk, they would tell stories of trying to bring healthy food home to their chicks, only to fill their young with shards of plastic. Bottle caps, toothbrushes, and plastic toys. Throwaway
items of little worth to us, but they will likely outlive the youngest child you know.
Our legacy is what we leave behind for future generations. It can be what motivates us in everything we do. The way things are going, our legacy will be long lasting, but it will be plastic.
Not all plastic is bad for seabirds, though. Coloured plastic leg bands help DOC staff identify individual birds from a distance. Early in the nesting season, dummy eggs are swapped with the real thing so measurements can be taken. Many of these dummy eggs have a
realistic shell of hard plastic. A colony-wide sprinkler system comprised mostly of plastic can be activated at the turn of the spigot to offer relief from the summer’s heat. These are just a handful of ways plastics benefit the conservation of the Northern Royal albatross.
It is mostly the convenient, single-use plastic we choose to use every day that harms marine life like our Northern Royals. So, during this Plastic Free July, let’s take the first step toward giving these seabirds a healthy home. Pledge to reduce some of your plastic
use here. Let’s leave a legacy that isn’t plastic.
Here is a link to a very comprehensive page on plastic pollution in the ocean. Reduce, so that there is less plastic going into the ocean.
Labdien!