Discovery of New Plant Species Demonstrates Need to Protect Biodiverse Island Ecosystems
A new plant species has been described–showing just how important islands are for global plant biodiversity!
Tag: Mohotani
Searching Mohotani Island for the Marquesan Monarch
Field staff and local Marquesan community members venture to Mohotani Island to find and study the Marquesan Monarch in preparation for the restoration of the island. In French Polynesia, roughly 1500 kilometers from Tahiti and 5000 km from the nearest continent sits the Marquesas Archipelago: a group of mostly volcanic islands, with high, rugged mountain […]
Surveying the Marquesas Islands
Marquesas: Part Three. By: Jason Zito Kaoha nui/Bonjour/Hi from the Marquesas everyone! I’m writing this from paradisiacal Fatu-hiva, the southern-most island in the Marquesas group. It’s been quite a busy (and at times wet and wild) ride since Richards’s last update. We parted ways with Richard and Fred Jacq on Nuku Hiva and our motley crew […]
Exploring the Marquesas Islands
Marquesas: Part Two. By: Richard Griffiths Kaoha nui! The team recently spent three days on Eiao and Hatuta’a, Marquesas Islands. They are fascinating places to visit. Eiao, where Steve, David and I spent my time, is 5,600ha and probably one of the largest uninhabited islands of the Pacific. Yet, the island has been extensively modified […]