Understanding Invasive Alien Species Eradication as a Nature-based Solution for Aldabra Island, Seychelles
Grantee Name: Seychelles Islands Foundation
- Hotspot
- Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
- Location
- Seychelles
- Amount
- $301,400
- Dates
- Dec 2023 – Dec 2026
- Keywords
- Capacity building, Climate mitigation, Conservation planning, Habitat conservation and management, Monitoring and evaluation, Protected Areas, Research, Restoration, Species Conservation, Ecosystem resilience, Invasive alien species
Conduct thorough research to inform planning for the eradication of invasive alien species from Aldabra Atoll, a World Heritage Site in Seychelles. Enable this step and promote the Aldabra eradication as the second-largest eradication of rats on a tropical island worldwide and as a critical nature-based solution to boost ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.
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
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