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Island Conservation
In celebration of 50 years of Earth Day, Unboxals features 50 incredible species including the Pinzon Giant Tortoise and the Juan Fernandez Firecrown. Unboxals creates powerful content to connects kids and families to nature, conservation, and animals. Their goal is to un-box a life-long passion for wildlife and create the next generation of Animal Champions. […]
Successes in conservation are worth celebrating on Earth Day and every day—here are six stories of extinctions prevented and the species we can save if we act now. 1. Anacapa Island, California Channel Islands, USA Island Conservation’s first US-based project restored nesting habitat for native Scripps’s Murrelets and helped prevent their Endangered listing. 2. Hawadax […]
As Earth Day approaches, Island Conservation will share stories of hope and success in conservation. Pinzón Giant Tortoises successfully hatch in the wild for the first time in over 150 years, providing hope for the future of the species. The restoration of Pinzón and Plaza Sur Islands in the Galápagos is one of the most […]
For almost 25 years, Island Conservation’s work has been a bright spot that provides a touch of hope for endangered island wildlife. Islands are home to almost half of the world’s highly threatened species, most of which are threatened in part by invasive species. Luckily, there is hope. Over the past almost 25 years, Island […]
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s proposed “Green List” would shift conversation to encourage the focus on the full recovery of a species–beyond preventing extinctions. A critical intervention was needed in 2012 on Pinzón Island in the Galápagos to save the endemic (found nowhere else on Earth) Pinzón Giant Tortoise from extinction. Captive […]