Phoenix Islands Restoration Projects
The endangered Pacific Storm-petrel died out on all but one of the eight Phoenix Islands because of rat invasions. However, three islands have been restored by Ray and his team and they are now free of invasive species.
1.Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) Projects
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The Phoenix Islands of Kiribati comprise one of the largest World Heritage areas and are home to endangered and internationally important populations of seabirds like the Phoenix Petrel. Since 2006 I have led 5 expeditions to these uninhabited islands, supported by Kiribati and many partners, with the objective of restoring island ecosystems. Eradication programs for rats and rabbits took place in 2008 and 2011 and follow-up outcome monitoring in 2009 and 2013 respectively. Ongoing support work for Kiribati managers includes capacity building for biosecurity, plus monitoring and surveillance of the islands, and further pest eradication planning. |
Phoenix Petrel
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Part of a colony of 11,000 pairs of lesser frigatebirds
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Biosecurity surveillance - here Tiare from Kiribati Agriculture checking noni trees on Kanton for possible yellow crazy ants
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Phoenix Islands Publications & Reports
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A Conservation Action Plan for Two Endangered Seabirds - Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba) and Polynesian Storm-petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa), 2020-2025
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Rotjan, R, et al 2014. Establishment, Management, and Maintenance of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Advances in Marine Biology, Vol 69
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Pierce RJ. 2013. Birds and Invaders. Chapter 4 In Stone et al (eds) 2013. Underwater Eden: The Phoenix Islands. [LINK]
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Pierce RJ and Teroroko T. 2011. Enhancing biosecurity at the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), Kiribati. In Veitch, C. R.; Clout, M. N. and Towns, D. R. (eds.). 2011. Island invasives: eradication and management. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
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Pierce R and Brown D. 2011. Summary of restoration work undertaken on the Phoenix Islands atolls, Kiribati in July 2011 Eco Oceania Pty Ltd Report for Government of Kiribati, CI - CEPF, and Packard Foundation.
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Pierce RJ 2011. Biosecurity guidelines for the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati. Conservation International Lessons Learned Technical Series. 8: 1-78.
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Pierce RJ, Antara N, Coulston G, Gardiner C, Shilton L, Taabu K, Wragg G. 2011. Atoll restoration in Phoenix Islands, Kiribati: survey results November-December 2009. Conservation International Lessons Learned Technical Series. 7: 1-85.
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Pierce et al 2008: Operational work undertaken to eradicate mammalian pests in the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, May-June 2008. Eco Oceania Ltd report for Government of Kiribati and NZAID. [LINK]
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Brown D and Pierce RJ 2008. Report on Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) training workshop held at Kiritimati in April 2008. Eco Oceania Ltd report for NZAID.
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Pierce RJ, Etei T, Kerr V, Saul E, Teatata A, Thorsen M, Wragg G. 2006. Phoenix Islands Conservation Survey April-May 2006: a feasibility study for the ecological restoration of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati. Eco Oceania Ltd Contract Report for Conservation International, Samoa, and the Invasive Species Specialist Group c/- Auckland University, Auckland. [LINK]