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- Title
Predator-Free New Zealand: Conservation Country.
- Authors
RUSSELL, JAMES C.; INNES, JOHN G.; BROWN, PHILIP H.; BYROM, ANDREA E.
- Abstract
Eradications of invasive species from over 1000 small islands around the world have created conservation arks, but to truly address the threat of invasive species to islands, eradications must be scaled by orders of magnitude. New Zealand has eradicated invasive predators from 10% of its offshore island area and now proposes a vision to eliminate them from the entire country. We review current knowledge of invasive predator ecology and control technologies in New Zealand and the biological research, technological advances, social capacity and enabling policy required. We discuss the economic costs and benefits and conclude with a 50-year strategy for a predator-free New Zealand that is shown to be ecologically obtainable, socially desirable, and economically viable. The proposal includes invasive predator eradication from the two largest offshore islands, mammal-free mainland peninsulas, very large ecosanctuaries, plus thousands of small projects that will together merge eradication and control concepts on landscape scales.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; INTRODUCED species; BIODIVERSITY conservation; ECOLOGY of predatory animals; PEST control; RATTUS rattus; FERRET; ANIMALS
- Publication
BioScience, 2015, Vol 65, Issue 5, p520
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/biosci/biv012