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 two pest ant species have huge impacts on the areas they invade. The fire ants can even kill people. Unfortunately, these ants will be hard to eliminate.
Millions of dollars are being spent on trying to eradicate fire ants from Australia. But that might not be the only way to deal with the invasive pest.
Invasive pest ants cause billions of dollars worth of damage to crops, and threaten some of Australia’s World Heritage rainforests. The federal budget has pledged nearly $30m on wiping them out – but how?
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Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate, Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow in Antarctic and island conservation science, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
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Adjunct Research Associate, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, James Cook University