In August last year I covered a paper my colleagues (Navjot Sodhi and Barry Brook) and I had in press in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment entitled Tropical turmoil – a biodiversity tragedy in progress. The paper is now available in the March 2009 issue of the journal (click here to access). We were also fortunate enough to grab the front cover (shown here) and have a dedicated podcast that you can listen to by clicking here about the paper and its findings. I encourage ConservationBytes.com readers to have a listen if they’re interested in learning more about the woeful state of tropical biotas worldwide, and maybe some ways to rectify the problems. The intro to the podcast can be viewed by clicking here.
World’s largest successful island-wide eradication of invasive pigs
Just over two years ago I reported the ‘likely’ eradication of feral pigs from Australia’s third-largest (4,405 km2) island — Kangaroo Island. I indicated ‘likely’ because the program still required the proof-of-eradication phase to be completed before an official declaration could be made. Yesterday I had the immense honour to take part in the official…
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