Locals on Union Island are trained to ensure a diminutive reptile does not get wiped out by poachers.
St John's, Antigua
The Union Island gecko is the size of a paperclip, critically endangered and facing an insidious enemy - poachers. Their work, carried out in sync with the government's forestry department and international conservationists including Fauna and Flora International , has been credited with an 80% increase in population. A recent survey indicated numbers of the gecko soared from 10,000 in 2018 to around 18,000 now - outnumbering the island's human population six-fold."A lot of people didn't even know the gecko existed," Mr Gaymes says.
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