Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
People have deliberately or accidentally introduced animals to many sub-Antarctic islands over the past 250 years. Environmental changes as a consequence of these introductions can be inferred from observations made directly before or following eradication. Broad options for managing invasive animals include prevention, eradication, sustained control or no control, circumstances usually dictating the best option. Examples of successful management of invasive animals in the sub-Antarctic region include Enderby and Campbell islands. Key challenges in furthering management of invasive animals in the region include improving biosecurity to prevent pests reaching new locations (including islands from which they may have been eradicated) and increasing the scale of islands on which eradication of rodents is attempted. Success with the Macquarie Island rabbit eradication project will greatly increase understanding and confidence in what can be done.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Published Papers
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
