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Press Release: Invasive Rodents No Longer Threaten Wildlife on Seymour Norte Island and Mosquera Islet

Media contact: Claudio Uribe – claudio.uribe@islandconservation.org Photos available Two years after implementing the rodent eradication program on Seymour Norte and Mosquera, the Galapagos National Park Directorate and Island Conservation determine the islands are free of invasive rodents. The Galapagos National Park Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water, together with the not-for-profit organization Island […]

Written by on June 3, 2021

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 […]

Written by on July 1, 2020

WIRED Features Island Conservation and the First Drone-powered Invasive Rat Removal

WIRED speaks with Island Conservation’s Chad Hanson about the world’s first drone-powered invasive vertebrate removal. Read the WIRED article here. The Directorate of the Galápagos National Park (Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos – DPNG) and Island Conservation have completed a world first by using drones to rid two Galápagos Islands of invasive rats. Island Conservation […]

Written by on January 31, 2019

Press Release: Ecological Restoration of North Seymour Island Underway Thanks to Rat Removal

Contact: Claudio Uribe, Island Conservation, Director of Communications:claudio.uribe@islandconservation.orgResources: Photo, B-Roll, Interviews Puerto Ayora, January 24, 2019 The Ministry of Environment through the Directorate of the Galápagos National Park (Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos – DPNG) together with the NGO Island Conservation started eradicating invasive rodents from North Seymour Island and the Mosquera Islet in January […]

Written by on January 24, 2019