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Ship rats (rattus rattus) is the only species of rat not found on Atiu.

A Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project is currently being implemented in Niue titled the “Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Pacific Islands”. This is a multicountry project and includes the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, and Samoa. Activities within the framework of this project include the conservation of priority species and ecosystems and the management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS).

A Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project is currently being implemented in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) titled the “Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Pacific Islands”. This is a multicountry project and includes Niue, Federated States of Micronesia, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu. Activities within the framework of this project include the conservation of priority species and ecosystems and the management of invasive alien species (IAS). Please see Table 1 below for list of key deliverables identified by the Government of RMI.

A Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project is currently being implemented in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) titled the “Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Pacific Islands”. This is a multicountry project and includes the Niue, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, Kiribati, Samoa and Vanuatu. Activities within the framework of this project include the conservation of priority species and ecosystems and the management of invasive alien species. Please see Table 1 below for list of key deliverables identified by the Government of the FSM

A Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project is currently being implemented in the Cook Islands titled the “Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Pacific Islands”. This is a multicountry project and includes the Niue, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, and Samoa. Activities within the framework of this project include the conservation of priority species and ecosystems and the management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS).

Poster/flyer for red passionfruit awareness as an invasive alien plant.

Poster/flyer for giant african snail awarness as an invasive orgnanism.

A Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project is currently being implemented in Kiribati titled the "Prevention, Control and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Pacific Islands". This is a multicountry project and includes the Niue, Federated States of Micronesia, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau Tonga and Samoa. Activities within the framework of this project include the conservation of priority species and ecosystems and the management of invasive alien species. Please see Table 1 below for list of key deliverables identified by the Government of Kiribati.

Warning! Chemical spray being used to kill weeds.

Mile-a-minute weed is an invasvie weed that has medicinal use.