Invasive
Alien Species
During 2003 The Bahamas
participated in a pilot project funded by the United States Geological
Survey (USGS) and coordinated by the Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network (IABIN) set out to begin exchanging information
on invasive species in the Americas.
The resulting information
collected through the pilot project was subsequently used to develop
a National Invasive Species Strategy (NISS) through funding assistance
from the United Kingdom.
The NISS identified alien
invasives within the islands of the Bahamas and provided pratical
recommendations on methods of eradication and control of these species
throughout the archipelago. The donkeys found within the island
of Great Inagua were imported to assist in the labour involved in
production of solar salt in the early 1900s. Today the population
of these donkeys have grown and they can be found throughout the
island of Great Inagua.
Photo source: Capt. Stephen Fawkes
Further information on
alien invasive species and the Bahamas Invasive Species Strategy
published in March 2003 can be viewed via the link below at the
IABIN Invasive Information Network (I3N) Website at:
http://www.iabin-us.org/projects/i3n/i3n_projects.html
Or view the National
Invasive Species Strategy Document using adobe acrobat reader:
Bahamas
National Invasive Species Strategy
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