Island Conservation
A new project in Sonsorol State, Palau aims to improve livelihoods and climate resilience through holistic environmental restoration!
Astounding evidence of recovery on Ulong Island in Palau after just one year!
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!
Ann Singeo, founder of our partner organization the Ebiil Society, shares her vision for a thriving Palau and a flourishing world of indigenous science!
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]