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On the verge of a biological crisis: the state of invasive species in the Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Cas Vanderwoude

2014
A report prepared by the Invasive Partnership for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, Palau July 2014 as requested by the Micronesian Chief Executives in Resolution 19-01
A Breath of Fresh Air
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rat Destruction in Pacific Islands
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Wilson, E.J.

1971
Climate-resilient islands partnership
Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Carribean Community Climate Change Centre

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Commonwealth Secretariat

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Indian Ocean Commission

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Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environmental Programme

2009
A priority for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is effective planning and financing of actions to address the impacts of climate change. This paper examines the vital role that regional institutions play in sharing SIDS relevant approaches and knowledge, and in delivering specialist skills and knowledge to support national efforts. It goes on to highlight the work of the Climate Resilient Islands Partnership, which links the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Regions, and is working to rapidly scale-up cost-effective services to SIDS through inter-regional cooperation and exchange.
Invasive species and human health
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Mazza, Giuseppe

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Tricarico, Elena

2018
Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity. This book highlights their major impact on human health. This includes not only direct effects through contact with the species via bites, wounds and disease, but also indirect effects caused by changes induced in ecosystems by invasive species, such as more water hyacinth increasing mosquito levels and thereby the potential for malaria. Covering a wide range of case studies from different taxa (animals and plants), and giving an overview of the diverse impacts of invasive species on health in developed and developing countries, the book is a significant contribution that will help in prioritizing approaches to controlling invasive species and mitigating their health effects. It covers invasive plants, marine species, spiders and other arachnids, ticks and dust mites, insects, mosquitos and other diptera, freshwater species (invertebrates and fishes), amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals.
Wetlands of Wallis and Futuna.
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

2017
In 2014, with support from the French Government, Wallis and Futuna informed SPREP of its intention to identify nationally significant wetlands for future designation as wetlands of international importance (Ramsar Sites) under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971).
Black rat eradication on Italian islands: planning forward by looking backward
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Baccetti, N.

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Capizzi, D.

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Gotti, C.

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Pelliccioni, E. Raganella

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Petrassi, F.

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Sozio, G.

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Sposimo, P.

2019
Since 1999, the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been eradicated from 14 Italian islands, and eradication is ongoing on a further five islands. Most projects were funded by the European Union (EU) Life Programme. Over the years, eradication techniques have been improved and adapted to different situations, including aerial bait distribution on islands with large inaccessible areas, which otherwise would have relied on a manual bait distribution. A priority list of eradications on islands, which was compiled ten years ago, has been met to a large extent, as rats have been successfully eradicated from many islands of great importance to breeding seabirds. Despite some cases of re-invasion occurring in early projects, advances in biosecurity measures have allowed for eradications on islands where this was previously considered unfeasible due to a high risk of re-invasion. This paper reports on black rat eradication work performed on Italian Mediterranean islands with small villages. We show biodiversity benefits of these programmes, but also qualitatively address socio-economic and health impacts on local communities. Eradication projects have faced new obstacles, due to recent changes in legislation which complicated the application of rodenticides and made it very difficult to get permission for aerial distribution of bait on some of the priority islands.
Control of house mice preying on adult albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Duhr,M.

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Flanders, B.

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Flint, E.N.

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Howald, G.

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Hunter, S.A.

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Norwood, D.

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Taylor, R.V.

2019
Sand Island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (MANWR), is home to 21% of all nesting black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and 47% of all nesting Laysan albatross (P. immutabilis) worldwide. During the 2015–2016 nesting season predation and disturbance by non-native house mice (Mus musculus), here documented for the first time, resulted in 70 abandoned nests, 42 adult birds killed and 480 wounded. In the following nesting season the affected area increased, resulting in 242 dead adults, 1,218 injured birds and 994 abandoned nests. Mouse predation activities triggered a mouse control response to reduce mouse densities in the affected areas using multi-catch live traps, kill traps, and limited use of anticoagulant rodenticides in bait stations. In 2016–2017 we applied a pelleted cholecalciferol rodenticide, AGRID (Bell Laboratories, Madison, WI), at a rate of 20 kg/ha in all affected areas. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of using AGRID to reduce mouse density and rate of mouse attacks on nesting albatrosses on Sand Island. Mouse attacks decreased and mouse abundance was reduced following rodenticide applications in the plots treated in December but changes in attack rates in the plots treated in January were not detectable and mouse abundance increased subsequent to treatment. The plots in the December treatments were much larger than those used in January and rainfall rate increased after December. A minimum size of treatment area may be necessary to achieve a reduction in injury rates in albatrosses. No deleterious effects were observed in non-target organisms. The casualties resulting from mouse predation (mostly Laysan albatross) represent a small proportion of the 360,000 pairs nesting on Sand Island. However, the risk to adult breeding albatrosses representing such a large fraction of the global population prompted the United States Fish & Wildlife Service to prioritise mouse control efforts.
Persistence, accuracy and timeliness: finding, mapping and managing non-native plant species on the island of South Georgia (South Atlantic)
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Floyd, K.

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Lee, J.

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Myer, B.

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Pass?eld, K.

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Poncet, S.

2019
The South Georgia ecosystem-based habitat restoration project is a major project that began with the eradication of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus) and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), 2011–2017. As part of this restoration programme a non-native plant management strategy was developed and implemented. With only 8% of the whole South Georgia landmass suitable for vascular plants (ca. 283 km²) due to permanent ice and bare rock, there have been 25 indigenous vascular plants and 41 non-native plants recorded from earlier surveys. Following removal of grazing pressure from introduced mammals, surveys were conducted to quantify the current status and distribution of non-native plant populations and enable a non-native plant control strategy to be developed for the island. Due to the vast scale of the island, multiple seasons were required to carry out rapid surveys of key indicators such as species, area of plant coverage in square metres and age class (mature or juvenile). Survey and control data were entered into a spatial database to enable analysis, allow data-informed management decisions and be used for long-term control-based monitoring of outcomes. During this series of surveys, 44 naturalised, non-native plant species were identi?ed and mapped. Of these, 34 species are now being managed at zero density with 56,851 m2 at 184 sites controlled to date; four are managed at speci?c sites with 22,443 m2 controlled to date, three require con?rmation of species and the remaining three species are widely established and receive limited control. Spatially quantifying the distribution and control of non-native plants has enabled the development and implementation of an e?ective management strategy which contributes to the restoration of South Georgia’s native biodiversity.
Protected area targets post - 2020.
Biodiversity Conservation, BRB
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Brooks, T M

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Butchart, S H M

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Langhammer P F

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Marnewick, D

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Vergara, S

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Visconti, P

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Watson, J E M

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Yanosky, A

2020
In 2010, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets, to catalyze national and international conservation efforts and reverse negative biodiversity trends

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