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Our results emphasize the strong effects that a rat eradication can have on tree recruitment with expected long-term effects on canopy composition...Click on the link below to access the full research article.
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By eating seabirds, the rodents weaken the flow of nutrients into the oceans, endangering coral reefs and the fish that live there. Click on the link to read the full article.
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A team working on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean found that invasive rats on the islands are a "big problem" for coral reefs. Click on the link below to read the full article.
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IUCN has published new Guidelines for invasive species planning and management on Islands...Click on the link below for further details
Guidelines for invasive species planning and management on islands
Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which become destructive to the environment or human livelihoods. Islands are particularly vulnerable to invasive species, owing to the evolution of their native animals and plants in isolation from predators and diseases, and the dependence of island peoples on imports, travel and tourism, which lead to high rates of arrival of new pests.
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If successful, this will be the first inhabited island within Palau to be cleared of rats. Click on the link below to read the full article.
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Kayangel Atoll is set to become the first inhabited island in the Pacific nation of Palau to be cleared of rats.
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Pests already cause losses of around $220 billion a year, or around 10 - 16 percent of harvests...Click on the link below to read the full article.
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Helping Pacific islands publish data on alien and invasive species to support invasive species management is at the core of a regional workshop at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) this week.Click on the link below to read the full article.
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Ms Lisa Tokanga Fe"ofa"aki Fanua of Vava"u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) from Tonga was the winner of the first Pacific Invasive Species Battler of the Year Award announced in December last year, making her the very first Battler of the Year.Click on the link below to read the full