The Société d’Ornithologie de Polynésie ‘Manu’ (SOP) is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization. It was founded in 1990 and has 100 members. SOP is managed by a Council elected for two years and has a team of five permanent employees who work full time to carry out bird conservation programs in French Polynesia. Additionally, a network of people is involved in projects on a number of French Polynesian islands (awareness raising, biosecurity, rat eradication/control, logistical support, guides etc.). SOP became a partner of BirdLife in 2010 and it is legally recognized as public interest since 1999. Thanks to the actions of SOP, the critically endangered Ducula galeata was down-listed from critically to endangered birds and the Tahiti and Fatu Hiva monarchs would have been extinct today without SOP. SOP has many other programs like rat eradication projects and marine bird preservation, and notably the rescue of the grounded Tahiti Petrels.