Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Recovery Following Rodent Eradication

Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Recovery Following Rodent Eradication
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Marina Zhang
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The New South Wales government has announced that Lord Howe Island (LHI), home to over 33 threatened species and many critically endangered species has made a great recovery in biodiversity since the eradication of rodents in 2019.

James Griffin, New South Wales Minister for the Environment said the population of the endangered LHI woodhens has almost tripled to about 565 since the intervention was implemented in 2019.
Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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