Island Conservation
Cielo Figuerola, Especialista en Restauración de Island Conservation, explica cómo los Pinos Australianos invasores en la Isla de Mona dañan a las iguanas nativas y, nos comparte cómo es que Island Conservation piensa restaurar las áreas de anidación críticas de las especies en peligro de extinción. Por: Cielo Figuerola Me dirijo a la isla de […]
Scientists and conservationists drew from lessons learned from an unsuccessful project to remove invasive rats from Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico in 2012 to carry out a successful implementation in 2016. An international conference focused on the impacts and management of invasive alien species on islands is taking place at University of Dundee, Scotland July […]
Luego de más de una década de intervención para conservar el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Desecheo, este está a salvo nuevamente para las aves marinas nativas, el cactus Higo Chumbo clasificado por el gobierno federal como amenazado, y los lagartos endémicos que solo se encuentran en la isla. A solo un año después de […]
Marina Films, Inc. teams up with local and international experts to highlight the rich biodiversity and threatened species of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. By: Cielo Figuerola The temperature was close to 90 °F as we hiked through spiny shrubs and cacti on a sunny, beautiful day. We were trying to reach one of the most important […]
A paper published in the journal Antiquity outlines the insight into indigenous and European relations, spirituality, and identity gleaned from cave drawings on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Isla Mona, (Mona Island), a Caribbean island between La Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, is a biodiversity hotspot that is home to rare and endemic species. Island Conservation is […]