Pohnpei rat eradication research and demonstration project, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, 16 January - 7 March 2007

Abstract

Through the Pohnpei Rat Eradication Research and Demonstration Project, The Conservation: Society of Pohnpei (CSP), Island Conservation (IC), and the Pacific Invasives Initiative (PII) are working together to enhance the biosecurity of Pohnpei's island ecosystems, and that of other similar ecosystems throughout the Pacific. This research and demonstration project will help NGO and government conservation organizations develop the capacity to plan. fund, and implement subsequent: rat eradications in threatened island ecosystems. CSP, IC, and PII also partnered with the following organizations to cany out this pioneering conservation project: the Pacific Invasives Learning Network, The Nature Conservancy, the Pohnpei State Government, the Micronesia Conservation Trust, Micronesians in Island Conservation, local government officials, and local landowners.