That and sugarcane. Then they brought in mongoose to hunt the rats that ate the sugarcane not thinking beyond that what else the mongoose would eat. Another big factor has been avian malaria and pox. Tourism is creating habitat loss but on a small scale compared to the agricultural impacts over the last 150 years.
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u/fidelityflip Jan 01 '24
That and sugarcane. Then they brought in mongoose to hunt the rats that ate the sugarcane not thinking beyond that what else the mongoose would eat. Another big factor has been avian malaria and pox. Tourism is creating habitat loss but on a small scale compared to the agricultural impacts over the last 150 years.