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NEWS |
2023 - reintroductions recommence after a 4-year gap with the largest release ever, a total of over 5,000 snails. New approaches and new collaborations are developed; the programme enters a new phase. 2022 - surveys and monitoring recommence, carried out by the Direction de l'environnement 2021 - in December Partula programme field biologist Trevor Coote dies from Covid-19. This is a major blow to the programme. 2020 - plans for a second attemp to re-establish Raiatean species are cancelled due to the pandemic 2019 - further releases take place on Tahiti and Moorea 2018 - further releases take place on Tahiti and Moorea 2017 - surveys of the islands particularly focus on the New Guinea flatworm problem. Releases take place on Tahiti and Moorea. 2016 - "Icons of Evoltuion - tree snails of the family Partulidae" published, including new species descriptions. Several reintroductions take place on Tahiti (P. affinis, P. nodosa, P. hyalina) and on Moorea (P. mooreana, P. suturalis, P. taeniata, P. tohiveana), on Raiatea (P. navigatoria, P. hebe, P. garrettii) and Huahine (P. rosea, P. varia). Releases on Raiatea and Huahine fail due to major invasions of the invasive predatory New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari A report on the releases is published in 2017: "Ten endemic species of Partula reintroduced onto three of the Society Islands" A new genus and species described from Palau - Sphendone insolita by John Slapcinsky and Fred Kraus 21st February 2016 - the last Partula faba dies; another species is extinct 2015 - First reintroduction of Partula species to Tahiti in July (P. affinis, P. nodosa, P. hyalina)
July 2014 - Partula faba down to 11 individuals.
Publication of "Snailing round the South Seas - the Partula story" - an account of the history of Partulaand the people involved with the snails, from the 18th century explorers and adventurers to the conservationists of the present day
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Major events in Partula conservation and research over the past decade