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Eradication of Black Rats from Curieuse Island, Seychelles
Grantee Name: 
Indian Ocean Tortoise Alliance
HOTSPOT
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands II
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$149,928
DATES
Dec 2023
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Nov 2025
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands II
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$149,928
DATES
Dec 2023
-
Nov 2025

Eradicate all black rats (Rattus rattus) from Curieuse Island in Curieuse Marine National Park using an array of self-resetting traps, camera traps, a detector dog and thermal imaging drone in a dynamic rat-free mainland island approach, with associated monitoring, permanent biosecurity and significant educational component for park rangers and the local population.

Strategic Direction: 1 Empower communities and civil society to implement actions to improve the resilience of species, ecosystems, and human populations to climate change in priority KBAs