Plastic poses biggest threat to seabirds in New Zealand waters, where more breed than elsewhere
- Written by Stephanie B. Borrelle, Conservation Ecologist, Auckland University of Technology
The Northern Royal Albatross is one of many species of seabird that breed in New Zealand.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA
Plastic pollution has the potential to cause the worst damage to seabirds in the seas around Aotearoa New Zealand, where many of them come to feed and breed.
Aotearoa boasts the greatest diversity of seabirds in the world. Of...