Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication plan
The Draft Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Plan provides an overview of the
proposed eradication programme of house mouse and ship rat from
the Lord Howe Island (LHI) Group of islands. The operation aims to eradicate ship rats and house
mice while minimising any adverse impacts on the environment, non-target species, humans,
livestock and pets. The LHI Group is a World Heritage Area with global environmental significance.
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Photo: Sue Bower.
Populations of house mouse and ship rat continue to have
significant adverse impacts on the biodiversity of the island. The ship rat has played a
large part in the extinction of at least five endemic birds, 13 invertebrates and two plant
species. These exotic rodents remain an ongoing threat to at least 13 other bird species, 2
reptiles, 51 plant species, 12 vegetation communities and numerous threatened invertebrates.
You are invited to consider this draft Plan and to provide comments, ideas and
suggestions on what is arguably one of the most significant management actions that can be undertaken
for biodiversity and threatened species conservation in Australia.
Click here to view the draft plan.
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