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Island Conservation’s Major Gifts Officer, Heath Packard, spoke with Santa Cruz Works’, Eric Johnson, about the threat of invasive species and the development of new technology in the field. Eric: You are participating in next week’s Get Biotech event, which Santa Cruz Works is hosting. [Info at the bottom.] Can you give us a little […]
Freelance writer and conservationist Ted Williams delves into the impacts of invasive species removal on Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico. By: Ted Williams Good news is scarce in Puerto Rico these days. But if you look 13 miles to the west, on a 358-acre island called Desecheo, you’ll find a mother lode. Desecheo, once […]
Island Conservation staff restructure to enhance partnerships and conservation impact. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sara Kaiser, Island Conservation, sara.kaiser@islandconservation.org Resources: Photos; Interviews October 24, 2017 Organization readying itself to receive and run with new strategic plan. Island Conservation CEO Dr. Karen Poiani (appointed June 2016), has launched the organization’s 2018-2025 strategic planning process and is […]
YaleEnvironment360 covers the unknowns and opportunities presented by genetic engineering in the field of conservation. Gene drive opens up new opportunities in many different fields. In a recent article in YaleEnvironment360, award-winning writer Richard Conniff delves into a potential application of gene drive for conservation. Gene drive could help conservationists prevent extinctions of seabirds and island […]
New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 project garners attention as conservationists watch to see how developing technology will support island restoration. New Zealand has one of the highest proportions of threatened species to non-threatened species in the world and is a hotspot for invasive species. Although the island nation has been dealing with invasive predators for […]
Some of world’s rarest birds rebound on Pacific islands cleared of invasive predators Five remote Pacific islands are once again safe havens for four of our world’s rarest bird species following the success of one of the most ambitious island restoration projects ever implemented. Just two years after ambitious efforts by a team of international […]
Heath Packard, Director de Marketing y Comunicaciones de Island Conservation, comparte la historia de IC, los beneficios de la remoción de especies invasoras en islas y el futuro de las erradicaciones, en una entrevista con Michael Olson en Ag Update. Transcripción en español: Rosemary: 44 minutos después de las 8 am, es un lunes por […]
Heath Packard, Island Conservation’s Director of Marketing and Communications, shares the history of IC, the benefits of invasive species removal on islands, and the future of eradication efforts in an interview with Michael Olson on Ag Update. Transcription: Rosemary: 44 minutes past 8am, it’s a Monday morning and that means we are going to talk agriculture with Michael […]