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Press Release: Historic Project to Protect Palau’s Iconic Species Declared Successful

Free from invasive rats, native plants and animals on Ngeanges are on a path to recovery. Native plants and animals on Ngeanges can now thrive following the successful removal of non-native, damaging (invasive) rats from the island in 2017. This historic conservation victory is the result of a multi-stakeholder partnership led Koror State Department of […]

Written by on December 11, 2018

International Team Removes Invasive Rats to Protect Food Supplies, Livelihoods, and Native Wildlife on Tropical Pacific Island

If successful, this will be the first inhabited island within Palau to be cleared of rats. For Release May 8, 2018 Contact: Sally Esposito, Island Conservation, Director of Communications and Marketing, +1 706-969-2783, sally.esposito@islandconservation.org Shaun Hurrell, BirdLife International, Communications, +44 1223 747555, shaun.hurrell@birdlife.org Resources: Interviews, Photos, B-roll Residents of Kayangel Atoll in the Pacific nation […]

Written by on May 8, 2018

The Approach to Climate Change Resilience You Hadn’t Thought Of

There’s a powerful way to support wildlife and communities facing climate change impacts, but not many people are talking about it yet. By: Ray Nias Island residents and native species are on the frontlines of climate change impacts, and this conservation intervention can be life-changing for today’s most vulnerable communities and ecosystems. You’re likely familiar […]

Written by on December 18, 2017

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