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Incredible!

 

 

Phillip Island, South Pacific

 

The amazing story of the birth and
rebirth of a natural treasure

 

 

 

Australia’s most spectacular restoration project.  Devastated by feral animals but recovering dramatically since rabbit eradication in 1986.

 

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1981

 

2008

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At left: a view of Norfolk Island showing how Phillip Island probably looked in 1788.

At right: three landscapes of Phillip Island in 1981 showing the extreme effects of feral grazing animals.

 

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Table of contents

Feral animals

 

 

Wildlife

Rabbit eradication

 

 

Before and after

Landscapes

 

 

Maps

 

 

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