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PRESS RELEASE: Nature flourishing on Ngerkeklau, Palau after first-ever successful drone-based eradication in Micronesia

Island community partners with international organizations to restore biodiversity and build climate resiliency by removing invasive rats  Native plants and animals are recovering and thriving on Ngerkeklau, which forms part of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean, thanks to the first successful drone-based rat eradication in Micronesia. The project, led by global nonprofit Island Conservation […]

Written by on July 19, 2023

Through the Vines and Trees of Kayangel, Palau

Island Conservation Project Manager Tommy Hall tells the tangly tale of forest navigation and wildlife seeking on the island of Kayangel, Palau. By: Tommy Hall Navigating Kayangel’s terrain is no walk in the park. In 2013 Kayangel received a direct hit from a Super-Typhoon that devastated the forest and the village. Many of the trees […]

Written by on January 29, 2018

Nocturnal Fieldwork & Crocodile Hunting in Palau

Island Conservation Project Manager Tommy Hall invites you on a nocturnal search for illicit rodents on Ngarebelas, Palau. By: Tommy Hall Tonight we’re headed over to one Kayangel’s neighboring atolls to search for rodents. The three smaller islands are supposed to be rat free after a successful project to remove them in 2012, but there […]

Written by on January 12, 2018

Meet Joyce Beouch, Island Conservation’s Palau Program Manager

Island Conservation deepens our commitment to on-island, in-country, community-based conservation.  Island Conservation is excited to welcome Joyce Beouch to the team as the new Palau Program Manager. Joyce comes to Island Conservation from Palau Conservation Society (PCS), the leading non-profit conservation organization within Palau, an archipelago of over 500 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. While […]

Written by on January 26, 2017