The South Atlantic Invasive Species Project is a three year project (December 2006 - December 2009) funded under the European Union EDF 9. The purpose of the project is to increase the capacity of the UK's South Atlantic Overseas Territories to deal with invasive species issues. The territories involved are St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands and Ascension Island. The project is managed by t...
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The South Atlantic Invasive Species Project is a three year project (December 2006 - December 2009) funded under the European Union EDF 9. The purpose of the project is to increase the capacity of the UK's South Atlantic Overseas Territories to deal with invasive species issues. The territories involved are St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands and Ascension Island. The project is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) on behalf of the partner governments. In addition to the partner governments, two NGOs: Falklands Conservation, St Helena National Trust are key stakeholders.
The project started with the appointment of two project officers, Andrew Darlow, for St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Brian Summers for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
During the course of the project, Dr Phil Lambdon discovered a living example of a type of sedge on St Helena, Bulbostylis...
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