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It started with a snake! The work of the Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) in Antigua and Barbuda to save the Critically Endangered Antiguan Racer from extinction, through the Offshore Islands Conservation Programme (OICP), is featured in the Caribbean Airlines magazine caribbean-beat/issue-129/Antigua-Barbuda-Environmental-Awareness-Group#axzz3CtVdNcAa In February 2013, CANARI conducted a site visit of EAG’s Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund(CEPF) funded project, designed to support biodiversity monitoring programs on 10 offshore islands, with a focus on the control and eradication of invasive alien species. We got to see how the removal of invasive black rats has had noticeable effects in the rebound of wildlife and some of Antigua and Barbuda’s endemic species, including the Antiguan racer! https://facebook/media/set/?set=a.632231343468937.1073741825.159735514051858&type=3
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:03:29 +0000

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