Emergency Response to Introduced Green Iguanas in Fiji
Grantee Name: Fiji Nature Conservation Trust
- Hotspot
- Polynesia-Micronesia
- Location
- Fiji
- Amount
- $17,377
- Dates
- Jun 2010 – Dec 2011
- Keywords
- Awareness, Capacity building, Invasive alien species
Promote public awareness and outreach on the negative impacts of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Fiji, and train island coordinators on site to understand the ecology and behavior of this invasive species. Develop methodology to pilot the removal of individual green iguanas from the two known sites, and to assess the abundance and extent of the spread of the species in other suspected nearby islands.
1 Prevent, control, and eradicate invasive species in key biodiversity areas
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