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The Last Frontier: Protecting the High Seas

A new study tracking migratory seabirds on the high seas highlights threats to New Zealand’s seabird conservation efforts.  Located in areas beyond national jurisdiction, the high seas are fair game for the fishing industry, which can make protecting vulnerable species such as New Zealand’s endangered seabirds, extremely difficult. A recent study published in international journal […]

Written by on May 27, 2021

Preventing Extinctions, It Works

New research finds that since 1993, conservation actions have had a clear impact, preventing extinctions of birds and mammals on a global scale. Over the past two decades, researchers found that the extinction of up to 48 species of bird and mammal species have been prevented as a direct result of conservation interventions. The researchers […]

Written by on September 24, 2020

Press Release: Pursuing Sustainable Development for Island Communities by Removing Invasive Species

Researchers establish explicit connections between invasive vertebrate eradication on islands and socioeconomic and human health benefits to island communities, addressing global sustainable development targets. RELEASED: August 13, 2020 at 9:00 AM PST Media contact: Claudio Uribe, Island Conservation;claudio.uribe@islandconservation.orgResources: Research paper, spokesperson interviews, photographs, infographics, and b-roll available upon request. Researchers identify the benefits that eradication […]

Written by on August 13, 2020

Speaking up for Island Wildlife at the United Nations

Building on decades of proven success, Island Conservation pursues support for invasive species removal in the United Nations Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The 2010s were considered the UN Decade on Biodiversity, a time dedicated to pursuing global biodiversity conservation measures to address the world’s leading crises. While the global conservation community has made dramatic advances […]

Written by on March 1, 2020

The Human Side of the UN IPBES Report

The UN IPBES report demonstrates there are currently one million species at risk of extinction so it couldn’t be a more important time to focus on island restoration. The UN IPBES report laments a frightening statistic: there are one million species on Earth currently at risk of extinction in the coming decades. It has long […]

Written by on May 17, 2019

Finding Hope for the One Million Species at Risk of Extinction

UN report finds one million species worldwide are at risk of extinction, but conservation efforts provide hope for island wildlife. A recent UN report, the IPBES Global Assessment, provides further evidence that we are currently on the verge of Earth’s sixth mass extinction and it is occurring at a more rapid rate than any other mass extinction in human […]

Written by on May 13, 2019

United Nations—Protecting the High Seas and Seabirds

The United Nations negotiates the first-ever high seas conservation treaty to protect marine ecosystems and minimize risk to migrating seabirds including albatross. Only 5% of the world’s oceans are protecting my marine preserves. These reserves are almost all designed to protect near-shore marine environments in territorial waters. The open ocean, on the other hand, is […]

Written by on April 10, 2019

United Nations Announces UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

The United Nations embarks on a decade of ecosystem restoration that will fuel and accelerate current restoration projects throughout the world. Imagine, an entire decade dedicated to the restoration of precious ecosystem health and the resurgence of biodiversity. A project that builds upon ongoing restoration efforts like the Bonn Challenge; a lofty restoration initiative aiming to restore […]

Written by on March 13, 2019