One of the world’s largest programs to eradicate multiple predators and pests has started to restore the island and its once vast nesting colonies to their former glory.
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It’s hard work saving birds from extinction, but we have the evidence of successful interventions to show we can avoid further losses.
The Australian government has at last produced a serious plan to control an introduced predator that is a big reason this country has one of the world’s worst records for species extinctions.
The Kangaroo Island dunnart was listed as critically endangered before fires ripped through 95% of its habitat. Those that survived the fires now face the threat of feral cats.
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Senior Research Fellow in Antarctic and island conservation science, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct associate, Charles Darwin University
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Research Associate, Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Tasmania
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
