Press Coverage
- Phase 4 2018: Survey and South Georgia declared rodent free!
- Post Phase 3 coverage
- Phase 3 Baiting Operations
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Phase 4 2018: Survey and South Georgia declared rodent free!
The success of the Habitat Restoration project was recently featured in this wonderful news site for young readers:
Read the full article (pdf file) by clicking here or on the images below!
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The Guardian: Rat free South Georgias huge rodent eradication project in pictures (click on image below)
Mike Richardson on BBC World Service:
One of the members of Team Rat has published a super series of photographs of his time with the Habitat Restoration team which culminated in the recent announcement that South Georgia is rat free. Find the photos at the link below…
The Canadian Broadcasting Company Interviewed the Habitat Restoration Project director Dickie Hall.
Read the CBC transcript here, listen to the interview below:
Dickie Hall was also interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 PM program. The interview starts with the song of a South Georgia Pipit!
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FOSGI President Denise Landau featured in Colorado Local News!
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Other TV:
BBC Breakfast
Scottish TV
Other Radio:
BBC Inside Science and World Update
BBC Radio Scotland
Press and articles:
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- National Geographic: Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success
- BBC: Rats driven from South Georgia’s wildlife paradise
- ITV: South Georgia declared free of bird killing invasive rats
- GSGSSI: South Georgia Heritage Trust Declares South Georgia Rodent Free
- The Guardian: South Georgia declared rat free centuries rodent devastation
- The Independent: Rare birds return to remote South Georgia Island after successful rat eradication programme
- The Times: South Georgia’s birds return after rat invaders are killed off
- New Scientist: The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats
- Science Mag: Rat begone: Record eradication effort rids sub-Antarctic island of invasive rodents
- The Oldham Times: South Georgia declared free of bird killing invasive rats
- BT: South Georgia declared free of bird killing invasive rats
- Express: Remote island FREED of infestation
- FT: Victory declared in South Georgia rodent eradication (subscription required)
- Daily Mail: South Georgia declared free bird killing invasive rats
- Bird Guides: South Georgia declared rodent free
- Sky: Rats driven off British Island South Georgia in worlds largest rodent cull
- Press and Journal: South Georgia rid rodents after-mammoth project spearheaded by Dundee charity
- Irish Times: Remote island of South Georgia declared rat free after over 200 years
- Portlincoln Times: Local helps rat purge
- The Scotsman.com: Britain’s biggest bird sanctuary rescued by rat cull
- EcoWatch: South Georgia rodents
- Newsweek: Atlantic island wins war against rats devoured rare bird colonies
- Mongabay: South Georgia declared rat free in largest ever rodent eradication program
- Mercopress: South Georgia declared rat free four year successful program to eradicate invasive rodents
- odt.co.nz: Wanaka pilot helps rid island rodents
- Independent.ie: Wildlife rich South Georgia declared ratfree after centuries of rodent invasion
- RTE: South Georgia
- Gizmodo: South Georgia Island has finally been certified free of rodents
- Express: Rats remote island
- HearaldScotland: Remote island is rat free after 10m charity project
- Mix96: Rats driven off British island South Georgia in worlds largest rodent cull
- Inews: Eradicating rats seabirds survive
- Ozy: e-rat-ication
- Lavanguardia: La primera isla del mundo que consigue erradicar a las ratas y los ratones
- TG24 Sky It: Antartide Isola Georgia liberata da topi
- Kopalniawiedzy: Georgia Poludniowa gryzon szczur mysz trucizna gatunek inwazyjny
- NU: Ratten grootste verdelgingsactie ooit verdreven van zuid Atlantisch eiland
- Levif: Apres 250 ans de ravages les rats ont ete eradiques de Georgie du Sud
- Jurnalul: Insula Georgia de Sud eliberata de rozatoare pentru prima data in ultimii 200 de ani
Post Phase 3 coverage
Reclaiming South Georgia (a book of this name telling the story of the 3 baiting phases is available)
Prof. Tony Martin who was the Habitat Restoration Project Manager during the 3 baiting phases, gave a talk on 22 April 2017 at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative #EarthOptimism Cambridge which was part of a global celebration of successful nature conservation.
Stills from the the Earth Optimism day conference in Cambridge, UK 2017: From left to right: Prof. Tony Martin and two of Sir David Attenborough commenting on Tony’s work on the Habitat restoration project which “warmed my heart”.
See Tony’s talk in the video below starting at time 18mins 16s
Sir David Attenborough’s comments quoted below on the project can be seen at 46min 57s
“Today is Earth Optimism day. Quite right too. We’ve heard marvellous stories of heart warming successes, splendid. And if I may say so Tony Martin, those pictures of South Georgia and what you did with those rats; that warmed my heart.”
Tony Martin named Conservationist of the Year by the Zoological Society of London
BBC Website 12th May 2016 “Dundee University professor named Conservationist of the Year”
Herald News: Scot who headed Georgia rat project named ‘Conservationist of the Year’
Phase 3 Baiting Operations
360° GEO REPORTAGE Documentary featuring our 2015 baiting operations.
“Bird Island – Alone among the penguins”
Shown 12th September 2015
https://www.arte.tv/guide/de/056821-004/360-geo-reportage
BBC 1 Breakfast – repeated mentions throughout the headlines, and a live interview between presenters (from the comfort of their sofa) and Tony (from the deck of the ship!); unfortunately clips are not available via iPlayer due to issues with rights
BBC Radio 4 – From Our Own Correspondent (Begins 23 mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y6vn7
BBC Radio 4 – The Today Programme (Begins 7.22 mins and repeated throughout the headlines)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0501jlv
BBC Radio 2 and 3 – News
BBC World Service – Newshour (Begins 8mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02h3hl9
CBBC Newsround
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30964777
Scotsman (online and in print?)
https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/new-hope-for-bid-to-save-south-georgia-pipit-1-3669371
Herald Scotland (online and in print?)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/songbird-feared-extinct-found-with-brood-of-chicks.116779257
Birdwatch (online)
https://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__15801
BBC news – Science & Environment (online article with video)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30922255
BBC news – Science & Environment (video clip)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30956065
BBC Radio Oxford (interview with Paul Wilkinson begins about 3:07:30)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g53tj
BBC TV South Today (interview with Andy Bloxham and Paul Wilkinson from A2BAero, on demand not available due to rights issues)
KNPR News (Nevada public radio with audio clip)
https://knprnews.org/post/save-birds-send-ship-full-rat-poison
NPR News (National Public Radio with audio clip)
https://www.npr.org/2015/01/25/379756130/to-save-birds-send-a-ship-full-of-rat-poison
Al-Arabiya News (online)
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2015/01/17/UK-scientists-to-start-world-s-biggest-rat-cull.html
The Times – Opinion (page 23, 26 January 2015) Recent Press Coverage
Happy in Antarctica
Our FOSGI President Denise Landau had some fun in Antarctica recently
It’s all about the Pipit
The worlds most southerly song bird has a many fans, “dreaming of the South Georgia Pipit”
