Island Conservation
Island Conservation has always been committed to protecting our world’s biodiversity by removing a primary threat: invasive species on islands. Islands are home to a plethora of unique and ecologically important plants and animals. Invasive species pose the biggest threat to these fragile ecosystems. Island Conservation removes invasive species from islands to restore biodiversity and benefit […]
The groundbreaking hybrid drone aircraft is expected to greatly advance island restoration for wildlife, oceans and people in places never before possible Calif., US–Island Conservation, a leading global nonprofit organization that restores and protects island-ocean ecosystems by removing destructive invasive species, has announced a strategic partnership with Parallel Flight Technologies, a California-based company specializing in […]
Island Conservation is releasing a request for information from companies that can supply aerial application services for the removal of invasive rats from Savana Island, U.S. Virgin Islands Resources: Request for Information Savana Island, U.S. Virgin Islands is one of the few islands within the Puerto Rico Geographic Bank that can serve as a refuge […]
This article is a reprint from CNN which includes an interview with Island Conservation’s Head of Innovation David Will. How Lenovo’s Work For Humankind project and a nature conservation group created a one-of-a-kind edge-computing experiment at the edge of the world. It’s an age-old question: If you were stranded on a remote island, what would you […]
What happens when one of the most remote places on Earth connects with the rest of the world? Island Conservation partnered with Lenovo and the community of Robinson Crusoe for the incredible Work for Humankind project to find out! And now Lenovo has produced an incredible, award-winning documentary to showcase this first-of-its-kind collaboration. Work for […]
Polynesian community members partnered with local and international nonprofits to protect the island ecosystem by removing invasive rats Persistence, courage and frequent improvisation lay at the heart of a pioneering island restoration project on Kamaka Island, French Polynesia. The operation used innovative drone technology as part of an ongoing initiative by global nonprofit Island Conservation […]
Island Conservation’s Head of Innovation David Will was recently interviewed by Wired’s Matt Simon for his article Rats are Invasive Menaces. These Cameras Spy on Them. Will discusses new technologies being explored and implemented across the globe to protect island ecosystems from invasive species. The article focuses on Santa Cruz Island, where Island Conservation has […]
Island Conservation and Envico Technologies officially joined forces this year to adapt, modify and perfect drone models used in multiple island restoration projects. Together we hope to democratize drones so that island communities have easy access to the technology.
In March and April of 2022 Island Conservation and Envico Technologies successfully completed a rat eradication on Ngerkeklau Island. The team tested two different drone baiting platforms and made huge progress in the development, planning and implementation of drones for aerial baiting on tropical islands. The operation was a huge success thanks to a massive […]
Our ongoing island restoration project on Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile was accelerated by a new partnership with Lenovo Technologies. Using Edge Computing technology, this collaboration has seen a dramatic increase in efficiency in terms of detection, tracking and cost.