Management of Avian Ecosystems

The project will assist Seychelles to improve the conservation status of threatened endemic birds, their ecosystem and associated biodiversity through the establishment of a program of species and habitat restoration. Human impacts in Seychelles, as in other island ecosystems, have led to the extinction of many endemic taxa and reduced much of the remaining taxa to endangered relic populations. This project will finance definition and initial implementation of action plans for upland forest, coastal wetlands, and coastal plateau forest habitats through action plans for seven threatened endemic bird taxa and recovery programs, socio-exonomic models for island restoration, assessment of potential islands for translocation of bird populations, restoration of one island, eradication of exotic species and habitat management plan for that island, public awareness and education campaigns, and monitoring and assessment. The project is likely to provide key lessons on habitat restoration, endangered/threatened species management, control of alien species and other issues of importance for threatened species management, control of alien species and other issues of importance for threatened island ecosystems throughout the world.