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1) Hi
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👋🏽" title="Winkende Hand (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Winkende Hand (mittlerer Hautton)"> I& #39;m Shanna! Conservation efforts typically take decades to show tangible species and habitat recovery. What success can be claimed in a short time? Enter Redondahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛰️" title="Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Berg"> the remote uninhabited Caribbean island that belongs to Antigua & Barbuda, 48km away #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1
I& #39;m Shanna! Conservation efforts typically take decades to show tangible species and habitat recovery. What success can be claimed in a short time? Enter Redondahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛰️" title="Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Berg"> the remote uninhabited Caribbean island that belongs to Antigua & Barbuda, 48km away #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" title="1) Hihttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👋🏽" title="Winkende Hand (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Winkende Hand (mittlerer Hautton)"> I& #39;m Shanna! Conservation efforts typically take decades to show tangible species and habitat recovery. What success can be claimed in a short time? Enter Redondahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛰️" title="Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Berg"> the remote uninhabited Caribbean island that belongs to Antigua & Barbuda, 48km away #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
2) Redonda is designated as a #KBA and #IBA due to its regionally significant nesting seabird colonies. Its remoteness also allowed for unique, endemic species to evolve. One of the #CriticallyEndangered reptileshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦎" title="Eidechse" aria-label="Emoji: Eidechse"> was only discovered in 2009! #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1
was only discovered in 2009! #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" title="2) Redonda is designated as a #KBA and #IBA due to its regionally significant nesting seabird colonies. Its remoteness also allowed for unique, endemic species to evolve. One of the #CriticallyEndangered reptileshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦎" title="Eidechse" aria-label="Emoji: Eidechse"> was only discovered in 2009! #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
3) In the 1800s, guano miners left behind #blackratshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐀" title="Ratte" aria-label="Emoji: Ratte"> and #feralgoatshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐐" title="Ziege" aria-label="Emoji: Ziege"> Together, they devastated native wildlife & vegetation. The island continued to deteriorate and was collapsing into the sea. If we removed #invasivespecies could Redonda even recover? #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1
and #feralgoatshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐐" title="Ziege" aria-label="Emoji: Ziege"> Together, they devastated native wildlife & vegetation. The island continued to deteriorate and was collapsing into the sea. If we removed #invasivespecies could Redonda even recover? #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" title="3) In the 1800s, guano miners left behind #blackratshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐀" title="Ratte" aria-label="Emoji: Ratte"> and #feralgoatshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐐" title="Ziege" aria-label="Emoji: Ziege"> Together, they devastated native wildlife & vegetation. The island continued to deteriorate and was collapsing into the sea. If we removed #invasivespecies could Redonda even recover? #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
4) With our team of volunteers, the population of approx. 6,000 rats https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐀" title="Ratte" aria-label="Emoji: Ratte"> collapsed within 2 weeks! The #RatEradication lasted 2 months and ended April 2017. #GoatRelocation involved fencing, hand-catching of goats https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐐" title="Ziege" aria-label="Emoji: Ziege"> and transport by helicopter to Antigua #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1
collapsed within 2 weeks! The #RatEradication lasted 2 months and ended April 2017. #GoatRelocation involved fencing, hand-catching of goats https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐐" title="Ziege" aria-label="Emoji: Ziege"> and transport by helicopter to Antigua #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" title="4) With our team of volunteers, the population of approx. 6,000 rats https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐀" title="Ratte" aria-label="Emoji: Ratte"> collapsed within 2 weeks! The #RatEradication lasted 2 months and ended April 2017. #GoatRelocation involved fencing, hand-catching of goats https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐐" title="Ziege" aria-label="Emoji: Ziege"> and transport by helicopter to Antigua #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
5) Redonda was declared #ratfree on July 31 2018. Changes seen post-eradication include: 3-fold increase of 2 lizard species, return of landbirds not seen in decades, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> in plant species diversity & seabirds finally breeding in predator-free environment #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1
6) For my dissertation, I will be quantifying the rapid species and ecosystem impacts following invasive mammal removal by analysing wildlife monitoring data collected pre, during and post eradication. Thanks to my supervisor @perilsofbirding & @DICE_Kent #DICECON20 #ConsEffect1
