eradication of rats

Following the successful eradication of rats on Raoul Island, the palm has greatly extended its range.

However, the eradication of rats and mongooses on Great Bird Island led to a population explosion, with the number of racers on the island doubling in two years.

After the eradication of rats the snipe began to recolonise the rest of the group, with a small breeding population discovered in 2005 on southern Campbell Island opposite Jacquemart.

By 2001 the rats on Campbell Island had been eradicated (the largest eradication of rats as a conservation effort in the world) and it was hoped that the snipe would naturally return to their original home.

Achievements include the eradication of rats on North island, Seychelles, Conception Island and major islands of Cosmoledo Atoll, together with the transfer of several rare and threatened species to create new populations.