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The global contribution of invasive vertebrate eradication as a key island restoration tool
Nature.com
Islands are global hotspots for biodiversity and extinction, representing ~ 5% of Earth’s land area alongside 40% of globally threatened vertebrates and 61% of global extinctions since the 1500s. Invasive species are the primary driver of native biodiversity loss on islands, though eradication of invasive species from islands has been effective at halting or reversing these trends...
Invasive vertebrate eradications on islands as a tool for implementing global Sustainable Development Goals
Cambridge University Press
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets a framework of universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address challenges to society and the planet. Island invasive species eradications have well-documented benefits that clearly align with biodiversity conservation-related SDGs, yet the value of this conservation action for socioeconomic benefits is less clear...
About Small Island Developing States
United Nations
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of 38 UN Member States and 20 Non-UN Members/Associate Members of United Nations regional commissions that face unique social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. The three geographical regions in which SIDS are located are: the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS)...
Launch of the SIDS Coalition for Nature and Call for Action
Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Several small island developing states (SIDS) have agreed to form the SIDS Coalition for Nature in view of the implementation of the new global biodiversity framework (GBF), which is expected to be adopted in Montreal by CBD COP 15. The coalition, which is being led by Cabo Verde, Samoa, and the Seychelles will advocate for enhanced means of implementing ambitious objectives for nature in SIDS...
B.C. now has strict limits on rodent poisons. But advocates, industry are unsure how effective they'll be
CBC
Four years ago, Deanna Pfeifer had no idea discovering a dead owl in her Saanich, B.C., neighbourhood on Vancouver Island would lead her to become one of the staunchest advocates in the province for banning poisons meant to control rats and mice. Pfeifer, a retired critical care nurse, had seen the owl many times before finding it dead on the ground, below where it often perched...
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