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Inhabited Territory restoration: completing preparations for a rodent-free Pitcairn Islands

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Darwin Plus
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£249,999
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands

Summary

The Pitcairn Islands are an environmental hotspot with a natural World Heritage Site and vast marine reserve. Introduced rodents are devastating two of the islands’ ecosystems and significantly impacting the community. This project will address outstanding questions around the feasibility of removing Pitcairn’s rodents and provide final technical inputs regarding Henderson. Continuous community consultation, pre-operational mapping and non-target species mitigation research will empower fully-informed local decisions to proceed with eradication delivery, potentially enabling the first rodent-free inhabited Overseas Territory.
 
Status Current
Reference DPLUS178
Round 10
Start 01/06/2022
End 31/03/2025

Project Leader

Lead Organisation

Project Partners
The Pitcairn Environmental, Conservation & Natural Resources Division

Website

Regions
UKOT

Countries
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands

Documents:
Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS178 HYR2 - 12/02/2024

Download: Annual Report - DPLUS178 AR1 - 06/10/2023

Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS178 HYR1 - 20/07/2023

Download: Application Form - DPLUS178 App - 24/11/2022