Big trouble for small populations: saving Anguilla’s Critically Endangered iguanas
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £438,790
WHERE Anguilla
Summary
Over the past approximately 30 years, Critically Endangered Lesser Antillean iguanas (Iguana delicatissima) have disappeared from over 80% of their range. Only about 100 remain in Anguilla, most of them on a small offshore island. To enable species recovery in Anguilla, this project adopts an evidence-based approach to species conservation, identifying how individuals should be translocated to increase genetic viability and resilience and, through regional collaboration, reintroducing this ecological keystone species to the main island of Anguilla.
