• Introduction
• Benefits of Eradication
• About the Resource Kit
• Resource Kit Principles
• The Project Process Overview
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Biosecurity
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Acknowledgements
• References

• The Project Process Stages
• 1. Project Selection
• 2. Feasibility Study
• 3. Project Design
• 4. Operational Planning
• 5. Implementation
• 6. Sustaining the Project

• Tools
• Templates
• Guidelines
• Further Information
• Glossary
• Download the Kit

Acknowledgements

 

Development of the Resource Kit was a team effort and could not have succeeded without the invaluable contributions from a wide range of people and organisations. Thanks to you all!

Funding
Thank you to The David and Lucile Packard Foundation for funding the Resource Kit and the accompanying training course ‘How to Eradicate Rodents and Cats on Islands’.

Also thank you to the New Zealand Aid Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for providing core PII funding.

We would like to acknowledge the significant support and contribution made by New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC). Throughout the project, DOC provided on-going staff time to advise and contribute to the Resource Kit. They were also generous in providing access to their extensive technical information.

Core development team
The Resource Kit development team was: Souad Boudjelas (PII), Graham Allen (PII), Derek Brown, Keith Broome (DOC), Ray Pierce (Eco Oceania), Sonia Frimmel (Telling the Story), Jo Ritchie (PII), Shelley Chignell, Natasha Doherty (PII), Batiri Hughes (PII), and Glen Coulston (DOC).

Sysdoc assisted in the design and development of the website.

Scoping and design
The high level design and approach for the Resource Kit was produced by the Scoping Team, consisting of: Elenoa Seniloli (BirdLife Fiji Programme), Julien Baudat-Franceschi (Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie), Ratita Bebe (Wildlife Conservation Unit and Quarantine, Kiritimati, Kiribati), Nunia Thomas (NatureFiji-MareqetiViti), Natasha Doherty (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa), Mark Bonin (Pacific Invasives Learning Network), Michele Frank, Shelley Chignell, Keith Broome (DOC), Pam Cromarty (DOC), Alex Wegmann (Island Conservation), Gideon Climo, Souad Boudjelas (PII), Jo Ritchie (PII), Batiri Hughes (PII) and Bill Nagle (PII).

Reference group
A reference group, made up of practitioners from the Pacific, was convened to ensure that the Resource Kit meets the needs of Pacific project managers. Thanks to the members of the Reference Group: Julien Baudat-Franceschi (Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie), Ratita Bebe (Wildlife Conservation Unit and Quarantine, Kiritimati, Kiribati), Elenoa Seniloli (BirdLife Fiji Programme) and Nunia Thomas (NatureFiji-MareqetiViti).

Reviewers
The Resource Kit benefited from extensive reviews from a wide range of people: Pam Cromarty (DOC), Phil Bell (DOC), Grant Harper (DOC), Richard Griffiths (DOC), Rob Chappell (DOC), Ray Pierce (Eco Oceania), Alex Wegmann (Island Conservation), Steve Cranwell (BirdLife Pacific), Clare Stringer (RSPB), Bill Nagle (PII), Marleen Baling (PII), Alejandra Torres (PII) and Carola Warner (University of Auckland).

Training course
The training course ‘How to Eradicate Rodents and Cats on Islands’ was designed and developed by Dave Wallace and Tony Stella (Stella Associates) with contributions from Graham Allen (PII), Derek Brown, Keith Broome (DOC), Richard Griffiths (DOC), Elenoa Seniloli (BirdLife Fiji Programme), Souad Boudjelas (PII) and Natasha Doherty (PII).

The PII team would also like to thank the participants on How to Eradicate Rodents and Cats on Islands Training Course in Fiji April 2011 for participating in the Pilot Training and for providing valuable feedback on the Resource Kit and the training course. Thanks to: Guillaume Albar (Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie), Julie Champeau (Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie), Jone Nuikula (National Trust of Fiji Islands), Julien Baudat-Franceschi (Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie), Ratita Bebe (Wildlife Conservation Unit and Quarantine, Kiritimati, Kiribati), Julika Bourget (Direction de l'environnement de la Province Sud, New Calédonia), Sia Rasalato (BirdLife Fiji Programme) and Posa Skelton (Pacific Invasives Learning Network).

Finally,
A special thank you goes to Keith Broome for championing the idea of the Resource Kit and for his unswerving support from the start to the end of its creation, thanks mate!