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Ile Vache Marine Rat Eradication Project Result


Field of study
Rat eradication
Vessel(s)
Grampian Frontier
Funder(s)
Chagos Conservation Trust
Start
4/2017
End
/4/2017
Description
Expedition to confirm i) the outcome of the Ile Vache Marine Darwin Plus funded rat eradication project of 2014, ii) testing for rat reinvasion on islands, iii) monitoring whether rats were present on Ile da la Passe, Salomon and Peros Banhos Islands. Expedition also looked at populations of Sulidae (red footed and brown booby) in IUCN designated and proposed Important Bird Areas of Peros Banhos.
Expedition leader
Pete Carr
Expedition leader email
petecarr1@hotmail.com
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