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Benefits of biocontrol is cost, and they usually do the work for you in the long term. The African tulip was quickly colonizing forests in Rarotonga and would easily outnumber native plants, so bio-control was recommended to be used for the Tulip to be controlled. The gall mite was then introduced in 2016 and in 2021, the black flea beetle and now biocontrol methods are one of the leading ways to Climate Resilience in the Cook Islands

From the Archives of the 1980's - Salvinia molesta entered the mighty Sepik River in Papua New Guinea in the 1970's. The communities nearby relied heavily on the Sepik River for communication, transport and food but soon the Salvinia became a menace and clogged water intakes and fouling propellers of outboard motors. However in 1979, the small black weevil which became the perfect candidate for biological control as it fed only on the Salvinia and in 1982 the weevil was released and became the solution for the Salvinia-infested waters.

ABC, Project Wild visits Tonga to witness the efforts by three ladies, from the Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) to save the Tongan Whistler (an endemic bird to Tonga), by eradicating rats with bait stations and removing other food sources such as the Invasive weed - Lopa.

Project Wild ABC visits Tonga where three young men attempt to restore the native bush called Toloa rainforest that is home to their endangered birds. Weeding out the invasive weeds, conserving and managing the native plants as an act of Climate Resilience.

In July 2022, a Ni-Vanuatu team of scientists from Eco Lifelihood Development Association, Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation DEPC, Department of Forests-Vanuatu, The University of the South Pacific & Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme - SPREP with communications support from Savvy Vanuatu went to west Malekula to conduct a Biological Rapid Assessment (BIORAP) on the plant and animal species found in the area.

In this video, Frazer Alo, Malampa Environment Extension Officer, and Thomas Doro, the Acting Herbarium Curator at the Department of Forestry, explain the process of surveying plants in the field and why this is important.

To improve understanding of the impact of communities on their natural ecosystems, land use surveys conducted in the three Key Biodiveristy Areas (KBA) of West Malekula: Wiawi, Bamboo Bay and Tisiri Lagoon.

Ornithologist Andrew Morris joined the Biological Rapid Assessment (BIORAP) team to Malekula to lead the bird study in Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in July 2022. Bird species were identified by listening to bird calls, audio recordings, visual sighting, and photographs taken with special bird cameras. In the KBAs, the key bird species found include the Vanuatu Kingfisher, Vanuatu Streak Fantail, and Vanuatu White Eye.

This interactive webinar, led by Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research reflects on why it is important to discover where weeds originated from, how this generic work is done, and implications of this work on a number of invasive weeds in the Pacific.

Learn how Pacific communities are protecting globally significant biodiversity areas from threats of invasive species through the GEF 6 Regional Invasive Project (RIP). Strengthening national and regional capacities to reduce the impact of Invasive Alien Species on globally significant biodiversity in the Pacific - GEF 6 RIP commenced in 2019.