Corvo Island and Vila Franca do Campo Islet on S. Miguel will be the subject of several actions to improve seabirds’ habitat in order to increase, at medium and long-term, the number of seabirds and the habitat distribution area.
This LIFE project titled “Safe Islands for Seabirds” mainly targets the monitoring and eradication actions to fight against animal and plant exotic invasive species.  
The work is coordinated by the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, in a partnership with the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea, Corvo Town Hall and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The works to eradicate exotic plants on Vila Franca do Campo Islet have already begun, a task in which the field team is taking “every care in order to minimise disturbances on the Islet,” assured the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea.
According to the officials’ intention, this phase of the works should essentially take place during the month of May, thus avoiding interferences in the forthcoming beach season as well as in the calonectris diomedea (Cory's Shearwater) reproduction season, whose laying should take place in late May.
Furthermore, according to the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea, it is possible to observe, as a consequence of the works carried out on the Islet, that calonectris diomedea have already begun to reoccupy several areas on the Islet which had been previously inaccessible to them due to the invasion of arundo donax (common cane). 
This reoccupation of areas allows estimating that there will be a positive effect regarding the number of couples that will nest on the Islet in 2009, said the Secretariat.
The extensive experience of exotic plants removal and anti-erosion actions which were developed in previous projects, such as “LIFE Priolo” (LIFE Azores Bullfinch) in Nordeste, ensure that the works will be carried out with minimal impact on Vila Franca do Campo Islet, being a good example for future actions concerning the fight against the loss of planet’s biodiversity.
Seabirds are one of the world’s most threatened birds’ groups, mainly as a result of the introduction of predators, such as cats, rats and the consequent destruction or degradation of their habitats. 
In turn, the invasion of exotic species such as pittosporum undulatum (Australian Cheesewood), hedychium gardnerianum (Kahili Ginger) and arundo donax (common cane) make the seabirds’ nesting difficult, thus decreasing their number.
Due to their geographical position, being located amidst the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores are an extremely important region regarding seabird preservation.