Tagged: invasive predators

Predator Free 2050: What are the target species? - So Shoot Me

Jamie Steer • Jan 14, 2019 •

• eradication,
• invasive mammals,
• invasive predators,
• invasive species,
• island eradications,
• pest eradication,
• possums,
• predator free 2050,
• predator free New Zealand,
• rats,
• stoats

Answer: It’s not clear. Ambiguity over target species is counterproductive, both to the goal itself, and to the public’s ability to understand and monitor progress towards it. On 26 July 2016 the then National Government announced a plan to eradicate all of New Zealand’s rats, stoats and possums by 2050. The decision – including the species to be … Read More

NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 06, 2018 •

• Biodiversity,
• conservation,
• deforestation,
• invasive predators,
• land use change,
• native birds

Robert McLachlan, Massey University and Steven Alexander Trewick, Massey University The recently released 2018 Living Planet report is among the most comprehensive global analyses of biodiversity yet. It is based on published data on 4,000 out of the 70,000 known species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Rather than listing species that have gone … Read More