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Press Release: Pursuing Sustainable Development for Island Communities by Removing Invasive Species

Researchers establish explicit connections between invasive vertebrate eradication on islands and socioeconomic and human health benefits to island communities, addressing global sustainable development targets. RELEASED: August 13, 2020 at 9:00 AM PST Media contact: Claudio Uribe, Island Conservation;claudio.uribe@islandconservation.orgResources: Research paper, spokesperson interviews, photographs, infographics, and b-roll available upon request. Researchers identify the benefits that eradication […]

Written by on August 13, 2020

The Call of the Wild: Using Sound to Help Imperiled Species and Ecosystems

Island Conservation’s partners at Pacific Rim Conservation help restore Hawaii’s imperiled seabird colonies using social attraction and translocation techniques. Published by: The RevelatorWritten by: Lorraine Boissoneault Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats? It’s a quiet May morning on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. […]

Written by on March 5, 2020

First Translocated Laysan Albatross Chick Returns as an Adult

Conservationists around the world are celebrating as V106 is the first of 46 translocated Laysan Albatross chicks to return to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. By: Lindsay Young She may not have a name, but her number is significant – V106. She is the first of 46 chicks that were translocated from Kauai to […]

Written by on May 2, 2018

Relocation Staves off Extinction for Hawaiian Seabirds

Efforts by the Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project to protect two of Hawai’i’s most endangered seabirds are paying off. After three years of conservation efforts 75 Endangered Newell’s Shearwaters and Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrels have fledged due to a relocation process aimed at protecting the these threatened seabirds from invasive predators. These, like many other native Hawaiian […]

Written by on December 15, 2017

Sharp Decline in Hawaiian Petrel & Newell’s Shearwater Populations

Hawaiian Seabirds at Risk: Research reveals alarming decline in Hawaiian Petrel and Newell’s Shearwater populations. For immediate release Contact: Heath Packard, heath.packard@islandconservation.org, +1 360.584.3051 Resources: Interviews, photos, peer-reviewed publication Two native Hawaiian seabird species, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red-listed Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrel and Endangered Newell’s Shearwater, are experiencing steep decline according to a […]

Written by on June 8, 2017

Black-footed Albatross Move to O’ahu

Conservationists move 15 Black-footed Albatross chicks to O’ahu to protect the species from sea level rise. The James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge in O’ahu, Hawaii has welcomed 15 Black-footed Albatross chicks (Phoebastria nigripes) to their new home this month. The chicks were born about three weeks prior on Midway Atoll, where approximately 90% of their […]

Written by on March 24, 2017