UNOC 3 Position Paper
Read our position paper on The 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) to see why we’re attending and what we aim to accomplish!
Tag: United Nations
Resolution: A Decade of Island Resilience
Our resolution calls for a United Nations sanctioned Decade of Island Resilience. Read the full resolution here!
Concept Proposal: A Decade of Island Resilience
Read our concept proposal for our proposal to the United Nations for to create a Decade of Island Resilience!
CBD Meetings in Geneva acknowledge the value of science and innovation for conservation
Island Conservation participated in recent negotiations on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Our team helped shape the latest draft by raising awareness of the threat invasive species pose to biodiversity, particularly on islands, and the need to develop new tools and innovations to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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