New Evidence for Invasive Coconut Removal on Palmyra Atoll
Researchers on Palmyra Atoll have discovered the best methods for removing invasive coconut palms and restoring native plants!
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Researchers on Palmyra Atoll have discovered the best methods for removing invasive coconut palms and restoring native plants!
Written by Island Conservation on February 21, 2024
On October 21, 2021, field staff and volunteers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Island Conservation and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) reached the halfway point in efforts to control introduced coconut palms on the atoll to allow for recovery of native rainforest. “The bulk of the credit for this accomplishment goes to […]
Written by claudio on October 22, 2021
New research seeks to determine the role management of invasive coconut palms should play in island restoration. Historically, the conversion of land on islands into coconut palm plantations—in many cases a non-native species, has outcompeted native plants and became an invasive—degrading habitat for many seabird populations. Today, these impoverished ecosystems still pose a very real […]
Written by jade on July 13, 2021
To restore Palmyra Atoll, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Island Conservation shift our focus to invasive coconut palms and the restoration of native trees. Restoring an island from rainforest to reef is a complex endeavor, one that The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Island Conservation started more […]
Written by jade on February 24, 2021
Successes in conservation are worth celebrating on Earth Day and every day—here are six stories of extinctions prevented and the species we can save if we act now. 1. Anacapa Island, California Channel Islands, USA Island Conservation’s first US-based project restored nesting habitat for native Scripps’s Murrelets and helped prevent their Endangered listing. 2. Hawadax […]
Written by Island Conservation on April 22, 2019
The Santa Cruz Sentinel features the history and impact of Island Conservation on islands around the world. By: Ross Clark Habitat restoration involves the removal of human landform changes and non-native plant and animal species that have led to a loss of natural habitats and native species. The process of restoration is often slow, challenged […]
Written by Island Conservation on January 4, 2019
Scientists assess existing research on invasive species, identify key unknowns, and point toward what’s next in the management of this global crisis. By: Dylan Meek The term “invasive species” draws a general consensus when brought up amongst conservationists—namely, that they are a significant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. But why? To what extent do […]
Written by Dylan Meek on August 8, 2017
Research finds important ecological linkages between the terrestrial and marine environments of the Line Islands. The Line Islands are positioned approximately 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, which also serves as the nearest land mass. With notable contrast to the surrounding barren open ocean, the modest sprinkling of isolated atolls is bursting with life. Though remote, the islands and […]
Written by Sara on November 23, 2016
The Atoll Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus coralensis) is endemic to the islands of French Polynesia. This bird species is listed as Near Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature due to low population sizes in areas with introduced predators. This is the only species of dove in the Tropical Pacific that is adapted exclusively to low […]
Written by Emily Heber on October 26, 2016
Island Conservation’s Conservation Biologist Dena Spatz shares her observations from the field on Palmyra Atoll, U.S. Pacific Territory. I am 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii and over 3,000 miles to the closest continent. I fall asleep to the squeaks of Brown Noddy and White Tern chicks and I wake up to the blow of the trade […]
Written by Dena on September 20, 2016