May 3, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: MARSHALL ISLANDS INCREASES CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE BY TACKLING INVASIVE SPECIES ON IROOJ ISLAND
Seabirds are once again thriving thanks to the successful removal of invasive rats In its efforts to adapt to climate…
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April 11, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: First Eight Island-Ocean Ecosystems Selected for Global Ridge-to-Reef Rewilding Campaign
Island Conservation, Re:wild, and UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, along with a growing cadre of Island-Ocean Connection Challenge…
March 2, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND COMMUNITIES PRIORITIZE THEIR NATURAL HERITAGE AND BIODIVERSITY WITH INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL
Three years of planning, several weeks of intense field work and more than 500 drone flights were required to complete…
February 7, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: Rare Peruvian Diving-petrels nesting on Chañaral Island following decades of absence
A growing chick demonstrates the success of the project to restore this threatened bird on the largest historical nesting site…
January 25, 2023
Removing Invasive Species from Mona Island, Puerto Rico will help Critically Endangered Iguana thrive again
The Mona Iguana (Cyclura stejnegeri) is a Critically Endangered species of lizard found only on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. It…
December 15, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: Locally extinct birds and geckos reappear on Pinzón and Rábida Islands, Galapagos ten years after rodent removal
Scientists document never-before recorded Galapagos Rails (Pachays) and locally extinct Cactus Finches and geckos thriving in their restored island habitats…
December 5, 2022
Seabirds can now return to Pajaro Uno Island thanks to successful rat removal project
Two years after implementing Chile’s first rat eradication on Pajaro Uno Island, the Chilean Ministry of Environment and Island Conservation…
December 5, 2022
New research co-led by Island Conservation’s Penny Becker shows people, wildlife, and marine environment benefit when island-ocean connections are restored
A research and conservation collaboration highlights rewilding islands and breaking down artificial silos for big marine and terrestrial gains Restoring…
November 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: Drone Technology Aids Conservationists In Physically Demanding Restoration Project On Kamaka Island
Polynesian community members partnered with local and international nonprofits to protect the island ecosystem by removing invasive rats Persistence, courage…
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