OK, how many people other than me did not know there was a very small island in the Caribbean Sea to the west of Antigua and northwest of Montserrat? Well, if you did know, I'm impressed. Not to be confused with Redondo Beach, the island is named Redonda. As you might figure, it's the remnant of a volcano.
The story on National Geographic is about how a dedicated effort has managed to partially restore the natural ecology of Redonda Island after getting rid of the feral goats and a lot of rats.
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| Redonda Island |
Ravenous wild goats ruled this island for over a century. Now, it's being reborn.
There's a lesson here, also learnable from how fish populations rebound near marine reserves: left to iteself, nature has remarkable internal restorative powers.
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