Island Conservation
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 […]
The BBC Newsroom features Dr. Nick Holmes, lead author on a new study which identified 169 islands where the removal of invasive species can help curb the extinction crisis. Listen to the interview with Dr. Nick Holmes on BBC’s The Newsroom at 14:30. Invasive species are one of the leading causes of extinction on islands […]
Novelist and essayist Jonathan Franzen highlights the worldwide decline of seabirds, the threats they face, and how Island Conservation and other organizations are working to prevent extinctions on islands around the world. Some might imagine that seabirds which nest on remote islands and spend the majority of their lifetime at sea would be safe from […]
The National Wildlife Federation outlines threats to American wildlife and identifies opportunities for meaningful conservation impact. A report by the National Wildlife Federation emphasizes the need for conservation action to prevent the loss and support the flourishing of North American native wildlife. American wildlife face a number of threats today, and even those that aren’t […]
Restoration projects aid recovery of island-endemic birds. Birds that are only found on islands are particularly vulnerable to threats posed by invasive species–they cannot simply migrate to a new home, as they are specifically adapted to their insular environment. Birds confined to just a single island or archipelago are some of the most at-risk species in […]
Great news! Thanks to incredible island restoration efforts, including the conservation interventions we helped execute on California’s Channel Islands’ Anacapa Island, the Scripps’s and Guadalupe Murrelets are no longer at risk of being endangered. Learn more from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Featured photo: Anacapa Island. Credit: Island Conservation