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The Predator Free 2050 goal is built on a foundation of strong community conservation efforts [10] with over 2,000 community groups across New Zealand taking part in predator control efforts. Those community efforts are supported by the Predator Free New Zealand Trust , a charity founded in 2013 with express purpose of advocating for community ...
The Trust's primary goal is to connect and energise communities [6] across New Zealand to participate in predator control activities. [7] It emphasises the importance of local involvement in conservation efforts, [8] encouraging individuals and community groups to engage in monitoring, trapping, and educating [9] others about the impacts of invasive species on native wildlife. [10]
The Predator Free 2050 project is a New Zealand government program to eliminate eight invasive mammalian predator species (including rats, short-tailed weasels, and possums) from the country by 2050. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] The project was first announced in 2016 by New Zealand's prime minister John Key and in January 2017 it was announced that gene ...
Alexander and a student are also undertaking pest-control research funded by Predator Free 2050, looking at how understanding genes involved in possum reproduction could help New Zealand meet its predator control targets, and what social licence might be needed for gene drives to be used in predator control in a culturally-informed way. [10] [11]
Predators are becoming prey in the Florida Everglades, as a unique challenge works to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the tropical wilderness. Eight hundred people participated in this year's ...
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have developed a "groundbreaking coating" that could make blood-contacting devices safer. Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu discusses the benefits.
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He chaired the Kiwi Trust, a group dedicated to protecting kiwi from extinction and sat on the board of Predator Free 2050 Ltd, [28] the company overseeing Crown investment pertaining to Predator Free 2050 research and project support. Fenwick undertook conservation efforts specific to his home town of Auckland, New Zealand.