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Press Release: Invasive Rodents No Longer Threaten Wildlife on Seymour Norte Island and Mosquera Islet

Media contact: Claudio Uribe – claudio.uribe@islandconservation.org Photos available Two years after implementing the rodent eradication program on Seymour Norte and Mosquera, the Galapagos National Park Directorate and Island Conservation determine the islands are free of invasive rodents. The Galapagos National Park Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water, together with the not-for-profit organization Island […]

Written by on June 3, 2021

WIRED Features Island Conservation and the First Drone-powered Invasive Rat Removal

WIRED speaks with Island Conservation’s Chad Hanson about the world’s first drone-powered invasive vertebrate removal. Read the WIRED article here. The Directorate of the Galápagos National Park (Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos – DPNG) and Island Conservation have completed a world first by using drones to rid two Galápagos Islands of invasive rats. Island Conservation […]

Written by on January 31, 2019