A check by predator-seeking dogs last week confirmed rats have been removed from the 300-hectare, off the coast of Great Barrier Island, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said. "This is a major milestone because Rakitū is the last DOC administered island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park to b
Environment group Kōrero o te 'Ōrau is calling for the removal of the crown of thorns starfish from reefs around Rarotonga. It could be an early stage of an outbreak, says leader and biologist Dr Teina Rongo.
Fiordland is home to a unique marine environment...Department of Conservation operations director southern South Island Aaron Fleming has described it as a globally significant area. It was high in biodiversity and home to many special species such as black coral and soft corals
U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W.
Island Conservation is releasing a request for proposals for a heavy-lift drone with advanced capabilities to improve technology and methodology for the removal of invasive rats from the Ulong Island group in Palau’s Rock Island Southern Lagoon...Ulong is a chain of 14 limestone islands and islet
Wearing headlamps and muck boots, the band of volunteer conservationists trudges into dark forests in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and surrounding communities, turning over leaves and shining lights on tree trunks. Their quarry is a tiny frog called the coqui.
The Department of Biosecurity (DoB) has brought in tingid, an insect developed as a biocontrol agent against cat's claw creeper, an invasive climbing vine invading forests at several sites on Efate...According to Acting Assistant Plant Health Pathology of the Department of Biosecurity (DoB), Bill
Alarming numbers of threatened species are being smuggled into Japan and “laundered” into the exotic pet trade, a new study has found.
The Raukūmara Forest on New Zealand’s East Cape has been hammered by introduced pests in the past half-century, and experts predict ecological collapse within a decade without an immense scale-up of pest control efforts...Two Māori tribal groups with ancestral claims to the Raukūmaras are campaig
The human population is growing rapidly and making increasing demands on the planet for food, water and natural resources...
