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  1. In 2017, Antigua and Barbuda removed over 6,000 rats and starving goats from Redonda; by 2019, vegetation rose over 20-fold and ground lizards eightfold

    For years, Redonda looked less like a Caribbean paradise and more l…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Antigua #AU #Australia #departmentofenvironment #environmentalawarenessgroup #protectingredondas #redonda #redondaecosystemreserve #redondas #redondastree #Science #shannachallenger #wildlifemanagementinternational
    newsbeep.com/au/849016/

  2. “The island was in such a dreadful state that everyone thought it was going to need an awfully long time to recover,” Jenny Daltry, Caribbean alliance director for the NGOs Re:wild and Fauna & Flora International, told Mongabay.

    “But we were seeing changes really fast.”

    #rewilding #caribbean #restoration #redonda #AntiguaandBarbuda #conservation #wildlife

    news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from

  3. “The island was in such a dreadful state that everyone thought it was going to need an awfully long time to recover,” Jenny Daltry, Caribbean alliance director for the NGOs Re:wild and Fauna & Flora International, told Mongabay.

    “But we were seeing changes really fast.”

    #rewilding #caribbean #restoration #redonda #AntiguaandBarbuda #conservation #wildlife

    news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from

  4. “The island was in such a dreadful state that everyone thought it was going to need an awfully long time to recover,” Jenny Daltry, Caribbean alliance director for the NGOs Re:wild and Fauna & Flora International, told Mongabay.

    “But we were seeing changes really fast.”

    #rewilding #caribbean #restoration #redonda #AntiguaandBarbuda #conservation #wildlife

    news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from

  5. “The island was in such a dreadful state that everyone thought it was going to need an awfully long time to recover,” Jenny Daltry, Caribbean alliance director for the NGOs Re:wild and Fauna & Flora International, told Mongabay.

    “But we were seeing changes really fast.”

    #rewilding #caribbean #restoration #redonda #AntiguaandBarbuda #conservation #wildlife

    news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from

  6. “The island was in such a dreadful state that everyone thought it was going to need an awfully long time to recover,” Jenny Daltry, Caribbean alliance director for the NGOs Re:wild and Fauna & Flora International, told Mongabay.

    “But we were seeing changes really fast.”

    #rewilding #caribbean #restoration #redonda #AntiguaandBarbuda #conservation #wildlife

    news.mongabay.com/2023/09/from

  7. ↪ are celebrating another impressive feat

    The mile-long spot has been officially designated a protected area by the country's government, ensuring its status as a pivotal nesting site for migrating and a home for species found nowhere else on is preserved for posterity

    The Reserve, which also encompasses surrounding seagrass meadows and a coral reef, spans a colossal 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres)

  8. ↪ are celebrating another impressive feat

    The mile-long spot has been officially designated a protected area by the country's government, ensuring its status as a pivotal nesting site for migrating #birds and a home for species found nowhere else on #Earth is preserved for posterity

    The #Redonda #Ecosystem Reserve, which also encompasses surrounding seagrass meadows and a coral reef, spans a colossal 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres)

  9. 🌳 Today, is bursting with including dozens of threatened species, globally important seabird colonies, and endemic

    The incredible of one tiny island - transformed from desolate rock to verdant haven in just a few years - has captured the imagination of environmentalists worldwide

    Now the tenacious and who led the metamorphosis of the country's little known third isle of Redonda ➡

    bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  10. 🌳 Today, #Redonda is bursting with #biodiversity including dozens of threatened species, globally important seabird colonies, and endemic #lizards

    The incredible #ecorestoration of one tiny #Caribbean island - transformed from desolate rock to verdant #wildlife haven in just a few years - has captured the imagination of environmentalists worldwide

    Now the tenacious #Antiguans and #Barbudans who led the metamorphosis of the country's little known third isle of Redonda ➡

    bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  11. This makes me happy. A good Sunday read. There is so much more we can do as a human race.

    bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

    #redonda #rewilding

  12. This makes me happy. A good Sunday read. There is so much more we can do as a human race.

    bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

    #redonda #rewilding

  13. This makes me happy. A good Sunday read. There is so much more we can do as a human race.

    bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  14. This makes me happy. A good Sunday read. There is so much more we can do as a human race.

    bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

    #redonda #rewilding

  15. Lovely #Rewilding story here from #AntiguaAndBarbuda - whilst I love #goats removing them from the island of #Redonda in 2016 (along with the rats that had been eating birds eggs) was a huge factor in the islands recovery. Incredible how quickly things have changed. bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  16. Lovely #Rewilding story here from #AntiguaAndBarbuda - whilst I love #goats removing them from the island of #Redonda in 2016 (along with the rats that had been eating birds eggs) was a huge factor in the islands recovery. Incredible how quickly things have changed. bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  17. Lovely #Rewilding story here from #AntiguaAndBarbuda - whilst I love #goats removing them from the island of #Redonda in 2016 (along with the rats that had been eating birds eggs) was a huge factor in the islands recovery. Incredible how quickly things have changed. bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  18. Lovely #Rewilding story here from #AntiguaAndBarbuda - whilst I love #goats removing them from the island of #Redonda in 2016 (along with the rats that had been eating birds eggs) was a huge factor in the islands recovery. Incredible how quickly things have changed. bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame

  19. Lovely #Rewilding story here from #AntiguaAndBarbuda - whilst I love #goats removing them from the island of #Redonda in 2016 (along with the rats that had been eating birds eggs) was a huge factor in the islands recovery. Incredible how quickly things have changed. bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-ame