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This report assesses the feasibility of eradicating rats from Palmerston Atoll – a small inhabited Atoll located in the Southern Cook Island group. The project was originally requested by the community so has social acceptance and political support.

This document reports on the operational ac􀆟vi􀆟es carried out over the field work delivery period of the Palmerston Atoll rat eradication. The purpose of doing this is to retain and build institutional knowledge and learnings for future operations; a

Eradication of rodents, feral pigs and feral cats from Tokelau would bring many benefits, both to terrestrial and marine biodiversity and to the livelihoods and well-being of the community. The restoration of native biodiversity following the rem

In this video, Steve Cranwell of BirdLife International, PRISMSS technical lead for the Predator Free Pacific (PFP) Programme, demonstrates how to set up rat traps that are common in Pacific communities.

This video dives into what rats are found in the Pacific, their characteristics, their historical distribution and their impacts.

A video depicting the history, distribution and impacts of introduced rats in the region.

Women play an important roles for leading actions to strengthen resilience to disaster and climate-related chocks and stresses, especially at the local level. Such actions create transformational change by challenging existing standards and paradigms

In winter 2016, the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) eradicated mice (Mus musculus) from the Antipodes Islands located at 49°S 178°E, 760 km south-east of New Zealand’s South Island. Mice were the only mammalian pest species present. They

This essay offers a 25-year overview of efforts to remove Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) from the four islands of the Pitcairn group. Following the 1991–1992 discovery that rats were severely reducing breeding success of gadfly petrels (Pterodroma spp

Bense and Little Bense Islands (144 ha total area) have, for over a century, supported populations of three introduced pest mammals: Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus), house mouse (Mus musculus), and European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). An operation