Restoration
Island Habitat Restoration
Turks & Caicos · 2021
Removing invasives and rebuilding native habitat across a private cay.
Challenge
A small cay overrun by Australian pine and casuarina, with songbird populations collapsing.
Approach
Phased invasive removal, on-site native nursery for sea grape and gumbo limbo, and a five-year monitoring plan.
Outcome
Native canopy has returned to 70% of the island and seabird nesting has resumed on the windward edge.
Ecological impact
- Invasives removed
- 60 acres
- Native plants installed
- 8,400
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