Using satellite technology to monitor seabird populations at South Georgia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £489,579
WHERE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Summary
Globally-important populations of seabirds breed at South Georgia, but because of the size and remoteness of these islands, monitoring is limited to few locations. This project will assess the feasibility of using satellite imagery to monitor the status of seabirds across the island group, provide baselines to showcase the recovery of burrowing petrels following the eradication of rodents and reindeer in the mid-2010s, and develop methods that could replace expensive and logistically challenging ground surveys across numerous remote islands worldwide.
