The ambitious programme to eradicate the introduced rats and mice on South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* in the South Atlantic is continuing well on track. The latest issue ( No. 11 ) of the habitat restoration project 's newsletter for July...
Andy Clarke ( British Antarctic Survey ) and colleagues, writing in the journal British Birds , have described South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* as an Important Bird Area ( IBA ). "The function of the BirdLife Important Bird Area (IBA) Programme...
This month six men will start to walk the last 97 miles to the South Pole that Ernest Shackleton failed to cover on his epic journey in 1909. The team is to include three wounded soldiers from Captain Oates' Regiment, now the Royal Dragoon Guards, who...
South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* in the South Atlantic supports introduced populations of three mammals: Reindeer Rangifer tarandus , Norwegian Rat Rattus norvegicus and House Mouse Mus musculus . Efforts to eradicate all three species commenced...
A personal challenge in 2012 has been to post a daily news item to ACAP Latest News . This story is the 365th of the year so the self-imposed daily streak* has been achieved. Now is a good time then to look back at the highlights of a years' worth of...
Yesterday, ACAP Latest News looked back on highlights in albatross and petrel conservation during 2012 - and also reported on what ACAP has been doing and achieving over the year. Today, befitting the start of a new year we look forward to what can be...
"The South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) is undertaking the world's largest rodent eradication on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia [Islas Georgias del Sur*]. Commencing with aerial baiting of about 12,800 hectares in 2011, the second phase...
