Data Shows Endangered Palau Ground Doves Swiftly Recovering After Successful Palauan Island Conservation Effort
Astounding evidence of recovery on Ulong Island in Palau after just one year!
Tag: Palau
Restoring Sonsorol: A Community-Led Conservation Effort in Palau
Sonsorol State, Palau is a unique, vibrant group of islands with a rich history. We’re excited to partner with the community to help achieve their vision of a Sonsorol free from harmful invasive species!
The Ebiil Society: Champions of Palau
Ann Singeo, founder of our partner organization the Ebiil Society, shares her vision for a thriving Palau and a flourishing world of indigenous science!
Our Favorite Conservation Photos of 2023
Join us in celebrating the most amazing sights from around the world by checking out these fantastic conservation photos!
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 […]
Conservation and Ecosystem Recovery on Ngeanges Island, Palau
Island Conservation’s Palau Program Manager, Loyola Darius, shares the story of recovery on Ngeanges Island and Kayangel Atoll after the removal of invasive rats. Alice: Palau’s Atolls have been devastated by feral rats, in particular, and cats and pigs too. This has been quite a serious problem because the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon area is […]
Ulong Island: Culture, community and conservation
High above the ocean and carved within limestone cliffs in the north-west of Ulong Island lie ancient caves that contain paintings and pictographs signifying beliefs and activities that far precede colonialization. The Indigenous Peoples of Ulong, an island that forms part of western Palau in the Pacific Ocean, have a proud cultural history – as […]
Successful drone eradication in Palau paves the way for faster island restorations
In March and April of 2022 Island Conservation and Envico Technologies successfully completed a rat eradication on Ngerkeklau Island. The team tested two different drone baiting platforms and made huge progress in the development, planning and implementation of drones for aerial baiting on tropical islands. The operation was a huge success thanks to a massive […]
Press Release: Advancing Drone Technology for People and the Planet
Island Conservation is releasing a request for proposals for a heavy-lift drone with advanced capabilities to improve technology and methodology for the removal of invasive rats from the Ulong Island group in Palau’s Rock Island Southern Lagoon. Media Contact: Emily Heber, Island Conservation, emily.heber@islandconservation.orgResources: Drone Request For Proposals, Photos and B-roll, Interviews available Released: July […]
United Nations—Protecting the High Seas and Seabirds
The United Nations negotiates the first-ever high seas conservation treaty to protect marine ecosystems and minimize risk to migrating seabirds including albatross. Only 5% of the world’s oceans are protecting my marine preserves. These reserves are almost all designed to protect near-shore marine environments in territorial waters. The open ocean, on the other hand, is […]