Island Sanctuaries is presented by Nicholas Carlile from the Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW).
Different species face very different threats to their survival and on Island Sanctuaries, Nicholas discusses the ingenious solutions developed by this team of dedicated island ecologists.
As Seabird Project Officer in the threatened Fauna Ecology Unit, Nicholas has worked extensively on the development of secure and sustainable habitats for threatened native species. Most of these are on small islands off the NSW coast. Islands – unlike the mainland can be totally cleared of invasive weeds and animal pests and predators. The ground breaking work of Nicholas and his colleagues at DEC is recognised internationally and been successful in helping bring back from the brink of extinction both the world’s rarest insect - the Lord Howe Island Phasmid - and the world's rarest bird - the Bermuda Petrel. Below: Bullers Albatross chick on Solander Island. Photo from Nicholas Carlile.
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