Although not an ACAP-listed species, the Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes scored relatively highly in an assessment conducted by ACAP's Advisory Committee designed to identify procellariiform species whose conservation status might be...
The Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carnepeis along with several shearwaters of the genus Puffinus and Calonectris has been identified by ACAP as a potential candidate for listing within the Agreement (Cooper & Baker 2008, Cooper 2010). There are two...
Australia’s Lord Howe Island is infested with rats and plans have been in place since 2001 to rid the island of them, so as to leave its petrel and shearwater populations (and other wildlife) in peace ( click here ). In 2012 the Australian Federal and...
From time to time ACAP Latest News has reported on progress towards the eradication of introduced rats on Australia’s Lord Howe Island , a World Heritage breeding home to burrowing petrels and shearwaters ( click here ). The Rodent Eradication Program...
UPDATE: The Lord Howe Island Board media release may be read here . “After a comprehensive and rigorous environmental assessment process, and a Human Health Risk Assessment led by the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, the Board has made the decision to...
The eradication of rodents on Australia’s Lord Howe Island, expected to take place this year has been delayed until 2019. The planned eradication will afford the inhabited island’s breeding seabirds, such as Flesh-footed Puffinus carneipes and...
UPDATE : Read of progress here . "Some 28,000 bait stations were filled across farmed and residential areas starting 22 May, and helicopters will scatter baits over more forested and mountainous parts of the island as soon as weather permit[s]."...
The Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project aims to eradicate introduced Ship Rats Rattus rattus and House Mice Mus musculus from Australia’s inhabited and World Heritage Lord Howe Island, inter alia to help protect its breeding populations of...
This year a long-awaited attempt to eradicate Black Rats Rattus rattus and House Mice Mus musculus on Australia’s Lord Howe Island took place, as reported in ACAP Latest News (click here) Following an aerial bait drop coupled with ground baiting...
The first World Albatross Day is set to be celebrated on 19 June next year. Following discussion, and consideration of the main threats facing albatrosses identified in a recent review in the journal Biological Conservation, the theme of eradicating...
