Our new online shop is live!
Island Conservation
For World Nature Conservation Day, Penny Becker Island Conservation’s Regional Executive Director for the U.S. and Pacific shares her thoughts on the impact island restoration has for communtieis, and the potential benefits gene drives could offer conservationists. World Nature Conservation Day is celebrated every year on July 28. The date is a reminder of the value […]
Vote for Island Conservation to help us win a $5000 grant for sea turtle conservation on Loosiep Island, Ulithi Atoll. Island Conservation has been afforded the exciting opportunity of participating in the Island Restoration Network’s Summer Sea Turtle Sustainability contest (vote here). This contest presents Island Conservation with an opportunity to receive a $5,000 grant […]
Island Conservation and our partners have made the difficult decision to postpone the removal of invasive rats and monitor lizards from Loosiep Island for 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic. In consideration of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Island Conservation, along with our partners and leadership from Falalop, have determined it is necessary to delay the […]
Island Conservation and our partners at One People One Reef are working together to remove invasive rats, monitor lizards, and feral pigs from Loosiep Island, Ulithi Atoll with the goal of restoring seabird and sea turtle populations. In 2019, Island Conservation worked with the community to rid Loosiep Island, Ulithi Atoll of feral pigs and planned […]
Conservationists are seeing an increase in the threat that invasive rats pose to sea turtle eggs and hatchlings on Tetiaroa Atoll. Warning: Graphic video. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Sea turtle populations around the world are facing population declines. Six of the seven species of sea turtles are considered threatened and while there are a number […]
Restoration efforts on Ulithi Atoll aim to protect sea turtle nesting habitat and revive traditional community practices. On Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia, the local community, the Ulithi Falalop Community Action Program (UFCAP), Island Conservation, and One People One Reef (OPOR) are coming together to remove invasive monitor lizard and rat populations. The Atoll […]
New funding through the US Department of the Interior aims to protect native island wildlife and marine biodiversity by focusing on the removal and mitigation of invasive species. Islands around the world are losing biodiversity and native wildlife at an alarming rate in large part due to the presence of and predation by invasive species. […]