UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM
Virtual Tours: Falkland Islands
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Threats / Problems / Issues

The Falklands are one of the leading Overseas Territories in invasive vertebrate eradication. Rodent eradications from 66 islands have been attempted principally by Falklands Conservation and Island LandCare from 2001, with high degrees of success, along with the removal of Patagonian foxes from two islands. Long-term monitoring is carried out to determine the success of these eradication attempts.

Large numbers of small petrels gather in the evening after feeding at sea before returning safely at night to nest burrows on rat-free islands.


© Dr Mike Pienkowski
(Threats / Problems / Issues, 3 of 6 - Slide ref. 1212)