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Mapping Ascension Islands Terrestrial Ecosystem

 

Key Facts

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FUNDING SCHEME
Darwin Plus
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VALUE
£39,835
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St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Summary

The project will produce the first terrestrial habitat map of Ascension Island as a base layer for maodelling current species distributions, predicting future ecosystem change and planning conservation action.
 
Status Current
Reference DPLUS038
Round 3
Start 01/04/2015
End 31/07/2016
Project Leader
Dr Nicola&Sam Weber
Lead Organisation
Gov of Ascension - AIGCD
Regions
UKOT
Biomes
ISLAND BIODIVERSITY
Threats To Biodiversity
INVASIVE SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
Specific Tools
MONITORING, RESEARCH, RESEARCH TRAINING
Countries
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Related Projects
Tracking marine megafauna at Ascension Island: towards evidence-based ‘blue belts’, Ascension Island Marine Sustainability (AIMS) – a fisheries and marine biodiversity project

Documents:
Download: Final Report - DPLUS038 FR - 16/02/2017

Download: Half Year Report - DPLUS038 HR1 - 22/09/2020

Download: Application Form - DPLUS038 App - 21/07/2015