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Team Rat complete their 2013 baiting target

Team Rat has now reached its 2013 target, baiting a further 580 square kilometres of South Georgia, despite operating in some of the worst weather in a decade. This year's work means that the team has baited 70% of the infested area of the island.

If the £2 million needed to complete the final year of fieldwork can be raised, Team Rat can return in 2015 to bait the remaining 300 square kilometres.

Once all of the rats and mice are removed from South Georgia, scientists estimate a 100 million increase in the island's bird population.

To follow the Team's progress follow SGHT on Facebook or Twitter. Support Team Rat's work by sponsoring a hectare of the island to be cleared of rodents.

Island Foundation donates US$750,000 to Habitat Restoration Project

The announcement of further funding from this key supporter was made at a fundraising luncheon hosted by Royal Patron HRH The Princess Royal at St. James's Palace

Habitat Restoration receives £250,000 of Defra funding

On 8th February 2012, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) awarded SGHT £250,000 of funding towards the South Georgia Habitat Restoration project. Read more on this exciting development here

Friends of South Georgia Island (FOSGI) is awarded 501(c)3 status

The Friends of South Georgia Island organisation (FOSGI) was awarded 501(c) 3 status in December 2011. US donors can make a tax-deductible donation through the website at www.fosgi.org.

Download spectacular South Georgia panoramas from the Centre for Remote Environments

SGHT Habitat Restoration Project: Phase 1 complete

Phase 1 of the Habitat Restoration Project was successfully completed in March 2011 – in just 28 days making this project the largest island rodent eradication operation ever undertaken in the world. This part of South Georgia is now believed to be rat free for the first time in two centuries.

Click here to sponsor a hectare and support the SGHT Habitat Restoration Project.

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The rodent infested areas that we still need your help to clear are:

Barff Peninsula (23,307)

Northwest Area (17,286 ha)

Weddell Area (2,094 ha)

Charlotte Area (2,945 ha)

Gold Harbour (1,996 ha)

Iris Bay (411 ha)

Cooper Bay (5,628 ha)

Greene Peninsula, Thatcher Peninsula, Mercer Bay and Saddle Island were cleared in March 2011, an area totalling 12,800 hectares.

In 2013 Team Rat tackled Nunez, Rosa, Stromness, King Haakon Bay, Cheapman Bay, Demidov, Saddle Island, Antarctic Bay, Salisbury, Blue Whale Bay and they are hoping to complete the final area for 2013, the NorthWest zone. The team have already baited three times the Phase 1 area!

Sponsor a hectare

Sponsor a hectare of South Georgia

You can give a hectare of South Georgia back to its birds for only £90 / USD 145.

You will receive a signed certificate thanking you personally for your donation. Drop us an email at info@sght.org to have the certificate made out to someone else.

Only £90 / USD 145 can clear an entire hectare of the island from invasive rodents, allowing birds to nest safely without their nests and chicks being devastated.

We have now raised £5 million of the £7.5 million cost of the project - but we need your help to clear the rest.

With your support we can declare South Georgia rodent free in 2015!

Or sponsor any number of hectares by donating through Paypal and increase your donation using Gift Aid:

https://www.paypal-donations.co.uk/pp-charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=18784

Sponsor a hectare donors - Leadership gifts and foundation gifts
Dr Paulsen Foundation/ Ferring Pharmaceuticals	The Island Foundation
Bell Laboratories	One Ocean Expeditions
The Garfield Weston Foundation	Forrest E. Mars
The Penzance Foundation	The Schroder Foundation
The Bess Jahres Foundation	The Healthy Planet Foundation
Walter and Jean Kalberer	The Hayden Family Foundation
Antarctic Research Trust	The Rufford Foundation
Ernest Kleinwort Foundation	The Binks Trust
Pelagic Expeditions	DEFRA