Establishing a robust evidence-base to inform conservation planning for giant rats across Biak-Supiori.

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Project aims

  • Gather data on the distribution and ecology of the Biak Giant Rat and Emma’s Giant Rat, using combined social-science and ecological survey approaches.

  • Identify the extent to which local communities hunt giant rats in communities across Biak-Supiori, both inside and outside protected areas

  • Collect associated data on the dynamics of this hunting pressure (drivers, patterns, specificity, scale), to provide a baseline against which to evaluate the potential impact of hunting on surviving giant rat populations

Results

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AT A GLANCE

 

Organisation: Animal Science Labortory, Universitas Papua

Country: Indonesia

Year project started: 2024

Species: Biak Giant Rat, Emma’s Giant Rat

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