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Island Conservation
Island Conservation Board Member, Dr. Daniel Simberloff has been awarded Emeritus Board Status after ten years of service to the organization and an entire lifetime as a leader in Invasion Biology. Over the past ten years, Island Conservation has been privileged to have Dr. Daniel Simberloff as a member of our Board of Directors. Simberloff is recognized throughout the […]
Dr. Daniel Simberloff and Dr. Karen Poiani discuss invasive species at the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 2017 Annual Meeting. The Wildlife Society is an international non-profit scientific and educational association dedicated to excellence in wildlife stewardship through science and education. Its mission is to enhance the ability of wildlife professionals and wildlife students to […]
New Zealand’s Predator Free 2050 project garners attention as conservationists watch to see how developing technology will support island restoration. New Zealand has one of the highest proportions of threatened species to non-threatened species in the world and is a hotspot for invasive species. Although the island nation has been dealing with invasive predators for […]
Further research on Ascension Island’s human-engineered ecosystem could generate insight into current environmental challenges. The challenge on Ascension Island is to maintain a balance of the new and the old. A novel ecosystem is an ecosystem engineered by humans. Over the last 150 years, non-native plant species were planted on the remote Island in the Atlantic […]