Japan–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
The Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA) is a treaty between Australia and Japan to minimise harm to the major areas used by birds which migrate between the two countries. JAMBA was first developed on February 6, 1974 and came into force on April 30, 1981.
JAMBA provides for cooperation between Japan and Australia on measures for the management and protection of migratory birds, birds in danger of extinction, and the management and protection of their environments, and requires each country to take appropriate measures to preserve and enhance the environment of birds protected under the provisions of the agreement.[1]
Listed species
The treaty lists 66 species of birds, as per the table below.
| No. | Common name | Species |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Streaked shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas |
| 2 | Wedge-tailed shearwater | Puffinus pacificus |
| 3 | Flesh-footed shearwater | Puffinus carneipes |
| 4 | Sooty shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| 5 | Short-tailed shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris |
| 6 | Wilson's storm petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
| 7 | Leach's storm petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| 8 | White-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| 9 | Brown booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 10 | Masked booby | Sula dactylatra |
| 11 | Red-footed booby | Sula sula |
| 12 | Greater frigatebird | Fregata minor |
| 13 | Lesser frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
| 14 | Western cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 15 | White egret / Great egret | Egretta alba |
| 16 | Garganey teal / Garganey | Anas querquedula |
| 17 | Ringed plover / Common ringed plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 18 | Mongolian sand-dotterel / Lesser sand plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| 19 | Large sand-dotterel / Greater sand plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| 20 | Oriental dotterel / Caspian plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
| 21 | Eastern golden plover / American golden plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| 22 | Grey plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 23 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 24 | Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| 25 | Long-toed stint & Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla (including Calidris subminuta) |
| 26 | Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| 27 | Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| 28 | Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| 29 | Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 30 | Knot / Red knot | Calidris canutus |
| 31 | Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 32 | Sanderling | Crocethia alba |
| 33 | Ruff (Reeve) | Philomachus pugnax |
| 34 | Buff-breasted sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis |
| 35 | Broad-billed sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| 36 | Little greenshank / Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 37 | Greenshank / Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 38 | Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 39 | Grey-tailed tattler | Tringa brevipes |
| 40 | Wandering tattler | Tringa incana |
| 41 | Common sandpiper | Tringa hypoleucos |
| 42 | Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| 43 | Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 44 | Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 45 | Far Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 46 | Whimbrel / Eurasian whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 47 | Little whimbrel / Little curlew | Numenius minutus |
| 48 | Pin-tailed snipe / Swinhoe's snipe | Gallinago megala |
| 49 | Japanese snipe / Latham's snipe | Gallinago hardwickii |
| 50 | Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 51 | Oriental pratincole / Collared pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| 52 | South-polar skua / Great skua | Stercorarius skua |
| 53 | Pomarine skua / Pomarine jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| 54 | Arctic skua / Parasitic jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| 55 | White-winged black tern / White-winged tern | Chlidonias leucoptera |
| 56 | Greater crested tern | Sterna bergii |
| 57 | Asiatic common tern / Common tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 58 | Black-naped tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 59 | Bridled tern | Sterna anaethetus |
| 60 | Little tern | Sterna albifrons |
| 61 | Brown noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 62 | Oriental cuckoo / Himalayan cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 63 | Spine-tailed swift / White-throated needletail | Chaetura caudacuta (Hirundapus caudacutus) |
| 64 | Fork-tailed swift / Pacific swift | Apus pacificus |
| 65 | Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 66 | Western yellow wagtail | Motacilla flava |
See also
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- List of international environmental agreements
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
- Republic of Korea–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
- Bonn Convention
- East Asian – Australasian Flyway
References
- ^ "Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment [1981] ATS 6". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
External links
- JAMBA text - Austlii