Working with partners the AIG Conservation and Fisheries Directorate (AIGCFD) carry out practical conservation and a number of research projects. Those interested in conducting research on Ascension must have an approved Environmental Research Permit. This can be completed and emailed to AIGCFD for consideration.
Below are some of the recent projects that AIGCFD has undertaken.
Completed: 31 May 2024
This report describes how management actions have been met for year one across Long Beach, North East Bay, and Pan Am Nature Reserves.
Completed: 31 May 2024
This report describes how management actions have been met for year one across Letterbox Nature Reserve.
Completed: 31 May 2024
This report describes how management actions have been met for year one across Mars Bay and Waterside Fairs Nature Reserves.
Completed: 7 July 2023
This note summarises a meeting between Elected Members of the Ascension Island Council and AIG Conservation to discuss the potential release of the Evippe moth as a biocontrol agent for Mexican thorn.
Completed: 20 June 2023
This map shows the proposed designating camp sites, parking areas, tracks and fire pits within Green Mountain National Park.
Completed: 8 June 2023
The document describes the results of a public consultation undertaken by the Ascension Island Government (AIG) on the potential release of the Evippe moth as a biocontrol agent for Mexican thorn on Ascension.
Completed: 22 May 2023
This draft plans describes the management actions that will be taken over the next five years to protect the Mars Bay and Waterside Fairs Nature Reserves.
Completed: 22 May 2023
This plan describes the management actions that will be undertaken over the next five years to protect the Letterbox Nature Reserve and Boatswain Bird Island Sanctuary.
Completed: 22 May 2023
This plan describes the management actions that will be undertaken over the next five years to protect Ascension's Beach Nature Reserves.
Completed: 22 May 2023
This plan sets out how Green Mountain National Park will be managed over the next five years.
Completed: 22 May 2023
This draft policy describes the proposed expansion of Ascension's Protected Area network, including the international drivers for the expansion and the data underpinning the selected sites.
Completed: 31 March 2023
An updated Inshore Fisheries Strategy incorporating responses from the public consultation that ended in February 2023
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