Building capacity to make Montserrat a mountain chicken refuge
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £265,923
WHERE Montserrat
Summary
The amphibian disease, chytridiomycosis, arrived on Dominica and Montserrat in 2002 and 2009 respectively, decimating populations of the islands’ endemic mountain chicken frog. In response, we have established a European captive breeding programme and built a world’s first semi-wild enclosure to test whether habitat manipulation can mitigate chytridiomycosis. To ensure long-term success, this project will significantly increase Montserratian conservation capacity and public engagement, develop a five-year conservation plan for this Critically Endangered species and facilitate knowledge sharing to enable replicability.
Bristol Zoological Society, WildDominique, Montserrat Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Chester Zoo, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Montserrat Department of Environment, Montserrat National Trust
