Restoring Islands for Seabirds and Other Native Species - Why, where, how and what happens afterwards

When: Thursday, Jan. 23, 7pm - 9pm

Where: ZOOM link for NSBS Meetings
Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 812 8604 4266
Passcode: 319144

Speaker: Elizabeth (Biz) Bell, Managing Director, Wildlife Management International

Elizabeth (Biz) Bell from Wildlife Management International Ltd. will be presenting on the process of restoring islands for seabirds starting from the understanding the impacts faced by seabirds on islands, assessing the feasibility of a restoration project, implementation of management actions specifically eradication of invasive species and seabird monitoring and long-term results of this type of project.

Biz will use a number of examples of islands where she has directed restoration projects to protect and enhance seabirds such as Atlantic puffins and Manx shearwaters to answer the why, where, how and what happens questions of restoration.

Bio: Elizabeth (Biz) Bell - Managing Director, Wildlife Management International

Biz is a seabird and island restoration specialist working a range of ecological and conservation projects throughout New Zealand and around the world. As Managing Director of WMIL, Biz directs a team of passionate ecologists completing a variety of seabird and shorebird conservation projects for government and non-government agencies across New Zealand and island restoration projects (eradication of invasive mammalian species) for conservation agencies and governments around the globe.

Biz has undertaken long-term seabird and shorebird research projects over the past 30 years, including a 29-year project on tākoketai/black petrels (Procellaria parkinsoni). Biz is an invasive species eradication and control expert, having eradicated pest species from over a dozen islands around the world, and undertaken and directed long-term predator control operations in New Zealand.

Biz provides technical advice to a number of Predator Free NZ projects across the country, and sees the involvement of communities as vital for the long-term legacy of these, and other, conservation projects.

https://wmil.co.nz