The New South Wales government has announced that Lord Howe Island (LHI), home to over 33 threatened species and many critically endangered species have made a great recovery in biodiversity since the eradication of rodents in 2019.
James Griffin, New South Wales Minister for the Environment said the population of the endangered LHI woodhens has almost tripled to about 565 since the intervention was implemented in 2019.
“This is good news for the Lord Howe Island woodhen, which was once on the brink of extinction, with the population as low as 22 birds in the 1970s,” he said on April 23.
“It’s also good news for the more than 33 other threatened species of flora and fauna found on magnificent Lord Howe Island.”
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