Mike Pienkowski

Experimental reintroduction of Montserrat’s Critically Endangered mountain chicken frog Mountain Chicken frog in Centre Hills of Montserrat, before arrival of chytrid. © Dr Mike Pienkowski One of the sites in the Adopt a Home for Wildlife initiative of UKOTCF & Montserrat National Trust is being used also as an experimental location for reintroduction of the …

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Forum News 50 published Forum News 50 (June 2019) has been published and may be read or downloaded from ForumNews50_June2019dl.pdf.  Earlier issues are also available at Forum News. Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn

Isle of Man Virtual Tour added We are pleased to announce that a virtual tours for the Isle of Man now joins the recently new ones for the Cayman Islands, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, and the Cayman Islands and the others already available on the web-site. More follow. See the index and …

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Defra Call for Evidence UK Government’s expected Call for Evidence on its future support for nature in the UKOTs was issued on 10th May 2019 by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Their press release can be seen here. UKOTCF expects to make a detailed submission, based on the information and views …

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UK Parliament inquiry on invasive species The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry looking at invasive species, including across the UK Overseas Territories as well as Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The inquiry will focus on “the impact and management of non-native species that have a detrimental effect on native biodiversity and ecosystems, …

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New Virtual Tours added to the web-site We are pleased to announce that virtual tours for the Cayman Islands, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, and the Cayman Islands have now been added to the others available on the web-site. More follow. See the index and links here. Share on facebook Facebook Share on …

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Parliament publishes report of Inquiry into UK Overseas Territories On 21st February 2019, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) published the report of its Inquiry into Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: Resetting the relationship. In doing so, the Committee said “The British Overseas Territories share a bond with the UK and …

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Apology – update: UKOTCF email and web systems restored Users may be aware that there have been problems with @ukotcf.org email addresses for nearly 4 weeks. We apologise to our network and other users for a failure in part of our communications system. A serious hardware fault occurred in one of our internet service providers, …

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New UKOTCF Wider Caribbean Working Group eBulletin The new issue of the eBulletin of UKOTCF’s Wider Caribbean Working Group is now available here. Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn

Latest Montserrat conservation video released Tim Orton (left) discusses his restoration of tropical dry forest in the UKOTCF/MNT Adopt a Home for Wildlife initiative with Dr Mike Pienkowski. © Ann Pienkowski UKOTCF has released the latest video in its series featuring the Adopt a Home for Wildlife initiative. This forms part of UKOTCF’s joint conservation …

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