South African research on ACAP-listed species is primarily carried out at two island groups, South Africa's Prince Edward Islands in the southern Indian Ocean and the United Kingdom's Tristan da Cunha Group in the South Atlantic. At the former research...
NASA Earth Observer 1 ALI satellite photograph Prince Edward Island is the smaller of the two Prince Edward Islands, South African property in the southern Indian Ocean. Unlike its larger neighbour with its year-round weather and research station,...
Last month ACAP Latest News reported that New Zealand invasive species expert John Parkes was to undertake a feasibility study for the eradication of House Mice Mus musculus on South Africa’s Marion Island in the southern Indian Ocean during the annual...
Ben Dilley and colleagues ( Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology , DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa) report in the journal Antarctic Science on attacks on albatross chicks by introduced House...
BirdLife South Africa has published a study in its new Occasional Report Series that considers the feasibility of eradicating introduced House Mice Mus musculus on South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Marion Island . Marion’s mice are now known to be attacking...
In 1991, South Africa eradicated feral cats Felis catus on its sub-Antarctic Marion Island , still the largest island in the world, at 290 km², where such has been achieved. Attention then turned to Marion’s remaining introduced mammal, the House Mouse...
The Mouse Free Marion restoration project of BirdLife South Africa aims to raise 30 million South African Rands to help the South African Department of Environmental Affairs eradicate introduced House Mice Mus musculus from sub-Antarctic Marion Island...
At this week's meeting of ACAP's Population and Conservation Study Group ( PaCSWG5 ) in Floreanópolis, Brazil, South Africa reported yesterday on progress with plans to eradicate introduced House Mice Mus musculus in 2021 on its sub-Antarctic Marion...
BirdLife South Africa is fund raising for a long-term conservation project to eradicate introduced House Mice Mus musculus that attack and kill albatrosses and petrels on sub-Antarctic Marion Island ( click here ). Expressions of interest are required...
BirdLife South Africa is a 5000-member environmental NGO that is the country’s partner of BirdLife International. Its mission is to strive to conserve birds, their habitats and biodiversity through scientifically-based programmes, through supporting...
