Darwin Initiative: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

(asked on 4th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental projects have been funded through Darwin Plus in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands since 2019.


Answered by
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 11th March 2024

Since 2019, Darwin Plus has funded 21 environmental projects of benefit to South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. These are listed in the table below.

Please visit the Darwin Plus website at https://darwinplus.org.uk/ for full details of funded projects.

Project reference

Project title

UK Overseas Territories involved

DPLUS146

Red Listing can protect OT marine biodiversity

British Antarctic Territory, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS166

Improving identification of fish bycatch in the Antarctic krill fishery

British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS092

Seabird sentinels: mapping potential bycatch risk using bird-borne radar

Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS175

Enhancing monitoring and prevention of invasive non-native species across UKOTs

Gibraltar, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (on Cyprus), South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bermuda, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands

DPLUS174

A cross-UKOT camera network to enhance marine predator conservation

Montserrat, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS089

Integrating genetic approaches into sub-Antarctic deep sea research and management

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS093

HOT: Hadal zones of our Overseas Territories

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS109

Initiating monitoring support for the SGSSI-MPA Research and Monitoring Plan

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS120

Spatial segregation and bycatch risk of seabirds at South Georgia

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS122

Biodiversity discovery and the future of South Georgia’s seaweed habitats

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS143

What goes thump at night: managing bird-strike in South Georgia

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS144

Protecting South Georgia’s terrestrial communities from climate change-invasion synergies

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS149

Resolving ecosystem effects of the South Georgia winter krill fishery

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS179

Characterising pelagic biodiversity at South Georgia through novel sampling methods

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS186

Evidence-based conservation of biodiversity in the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS187

Using satellite technology to monitor seabird populations at South Georgia

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS188

Hungry humpbacks: measuring seasonal foraging intensity at South Georgia

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPLUS189

Evaluating climate change risks to Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

DPL00019

Mapping South Georgia's Plant Biodiversity

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI)

DPL00039

Assessing Terrestrial Climate Change Impacts on a sub-Antarctic Archipelago

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI)

DPLUS132

Monitoring albatrosses using very high resolution satellites and citizen science

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Reticulating Splines