The Protect Our Islands programme focuses on helping countries to strengthen national and inter-island biosecurity to prevent invasive species from arriving and establishing in new areas. This programme is helping Pacific Island countries to introduce measures at main international entry points that are needed to detect the arrival and prevent the establishment and spread of invasive species. It is also helping Pacific Island countries to introduce biosecurity measures needed to prevent the reintroduction of invasive species following successful predator eradication projects.
After an invasive species arrives in a new place, it needs to survive and reproduce, establish a population, and spread, before impacts are noticed. By the time impacts are obvious, the control or eradication of invasive species can be difficult and expensive or sometimes impossible. The purpose of this programme is to prevent or detect the arrival of invasive species and stop their establishment, spread and impacts.
The clean boats, clean ports framework guides the programme. The framework defines actions needed to detect the arrival and prevent the establishment and spread of invasive species within Pacific island countries and territories.
Leading Technical Partners
SPREP
SPREP is the technical lead for the Protect Our Islands Programme with support from the Pacific Community (SPC).
The collaboration between SPREP and SPC, two CROP agencies, with mandates covering biodiversity and international biosecurity respectively, offers Pacific countries a full suite of solutions to prevent the establishment of invasive species.
Battler Series
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Clean boats, clean ports framework to guide the Protect Our Islands programme in terms of defining actions needed to detect the arrival and prevent the establishment and spread of invasive species.
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Battler Series to protect our islands with biosecurity because many invasive plants are successful by producing large numbers of seeds easily transported by wind, water and animals.
For more information please visit the Battler Resource Base (BRB)
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Battler Series for Catch it Early: Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response. Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) systems are the first line of defence against invasive species once they have penetrated national or inter-island biosecurity systems.
For more information please visit the Battler Resource Base (BRB)
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Battler Series to Manage marine biosecurity in the Pacific. Invasive marine species are organisms that are introduced to parts of the world where they do not naturally occur and which have negative impacts on people, the environment, or resources.
For more information please visit the Battler Resource Base (BRB)
Toolkit
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to develop an EDRR programme for a single species or many species, at a single site or countrywide, only for international biosecurity, only for domestic biosecurity, or for both.
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to support the control of invasive marine species in the Pacific, including how to prevent them from arriving, and how to identify them.
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for resources on preventing and controlling invasive ants in the Pacific.
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for resources and information on biosecurity toolkits, travel advice and more in the UK Overseas Territories.
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for resource kits on Predator Eradication and Invasive Plant Management
Do YOU need assistance?
To request technical assistance for the "Protect Our Islands" Regional Programme, please complete the PRISMSS Request Form or email prismss@sprep.org for any queries.
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