Assessing BVI habitat recovery from soil seedbanks following invasives removal
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £458,225
WHERE British Virgin Islands
Summary
Great and Little Tobago National Parks (British Virgin Islands) are internationally recognised Key Biodiversity Areas. DPLUS196 is removing major threats to their native flora: feral goats and emergent invasive plants. The soil seedbank is an important source of plants during ecosystem recovery. This project will, using molecular methods, provide a baseline of native and non-native plants present in the soil seedbank, thereby enabling enhanced habitat recovery through continued management of non-native plant species and planning of native plant species reintroduction.
