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International Team Removes Invasive Rats to Protect Food Supplies, Livelihoods, and Native Wildlife on Tropical Pacific Island

If successful, this will be the first inhabited island within Palau to be cleared of rats. For Release May 8, 2018 Contact: Sally Esposito, Island Conservation, Director of Communications and Marketing, +1 706-969-2783, sally.esposito@islandconservation.org Shaun Hurrell, BirdLife International, Communications, +44 1223 747555, shaun.hurrell@birdlife.org Resources: Interviews, Photos, B-roll Residents of Kayangel Atoll in the Pacific nation […]

Written by on May 8, 2018

Cousin Island Celebrates after 50 years of Conservation Success

Seychelles Cousin Island has been an important nature reserve for 50 years and has helped save an endemic warbler from extinction. Seychelles Cousin Island is celebrating its 50th year anniversary since its designation as a nature reserve. Cousin Island is a small granitic island lying a little over a mile west of Praslin, which is […]

Written by on February 8, 2018

Successful Conservation Intervention in the Chagos Archipelago

British Indian Ocean Territory, 10 April 2017: Conservationists from the Chagos Conservation Trust announce the first successful removal of invasive black rats in the Chagos Archipelago. Success! Conservationists with the Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) are celebrating the news of a successful restoration mission to remove invasive rats from Ile Vache Marine. The Chagos Archipelago region rests just […]

Written by on May 16, 2017

Mona Island Documentary – Our Treasure in the Caribbean

Marina Films, Inc. teams up with local and international experts to highlight the rich biodiversity and threatened species of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. By: Cielo Figuerola The temperature was close to 90 °F as we hiked through spiny shrubs and cacti on a sunny, beautiful day. We were trying to reach one of the most important […]

Written by on March 28, 2017

Climate Change Accelerating Island Extinctions

Climate change puts islands around the world at risk. These are some of the island species most at risk due to climate change. Climate change is one of many factors contributing to rapid declines of wildlife around the world. On islands, the effects of climate change are especially pronounced. Island wildlife facing the threats of invasive species, […]

Written by on January 30, 2017