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Island Conservation
Before removal of invasive species, an estimated 200,000 mice on Antipodes Island were eating their way through between 500 kg and 1000 kg of food per day, depriving native species of crucial resources. How are things looking eighteen months later, following a restoration project? The unique flora and fauna of Antipodes Island are flourishing in their new […]
Two incredible Island Conservation staff members are joining the Million Dollar Mouse Project to save the Antipodes Islands! Island Conservation staff will be working with a team from New Zealand’s Department of Conservation to remove invasive mice which are impacting the invertebrates, vegetation and birds, and destroying the nutrient cycle on the main Antipodes Island. Following removal, the […]
Remote and inhospitable, the Antipodes Islands are located in sub-antarctic waters south of New Zealand. Island Conservation Project Director Richard Griffiths describes his vision of the Antipodes and why he is excited to help protect them. My personal image of the Antipodes Islands, derived from photographs but recolored by my imagination, is a windswept tussock landscape […]
Island Conservation supports the Million Dollar Mouse Campaign as part of our new initiative to restore Sub-Antarctic islands (and their species) The Antipodes Islands are an ecological treasure in the Southern Ocean, some 800km southeast of New Zealand. They are the only home for the Antipodes Island Snipe and the Antipodes Island Parakeet. The islands […]