Kamaka Q&A: Talking Social Attraction with Coral Wolf
Read Coral Wolf’s interview about the thrilling news of rare birds nesting on Kamaka
Tag: Social Attraction
Endangered Birds Return to Kamaka for First Time in 100+ Years!
Endangered Polynesian storm-petrels returning to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia within one month of social attraction tools being deployed. Polynesian storm-petrels have not been recorded on Kamaka Island for over 100 years due to invasive rats. These seabirds are able to nest on Kamaka Island now thanks to the successful removal of invasive rats in […]
Disappearing Bird Species’ Nesting Debut on Desecheo NWR
Audubon’s Shearwaters are nesting on Desecheo Island for the first time ever! Read about how we used social attraction to bring them home.
Restoring Desecheo: Social Attraction Success for the Audubon’s Shearwater
A new article in Caribbean Ornithology heralds the success of one of our most exciting restoration projects: Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico!
What is holistic restoration?
What is holistic restoration? Read all about this incredible method to restore ecosystems for people and nature!
Social Attraction on Kamaka: Notes from the Field
Read the account of citizen scientist Jim Torgerson’s journey to Kamaka to help save Polynesian Storm-petrels!
New paper shows the power of rewilding islands through social attraction and translocation
Let’s say you’re trying to kickstart the economy of a small town that once used to thrive. You tell all your friends to go visit the town. You send out a rallying cry for investors. You pay for advertising that promotes opportunities for a new life. Soon enough, people are drawn to your town, and […]
Press Release: Tricking Seabirds to Curb the Extinction Crisis
A new paper details the measures conservationists have taken to revive one of the Caribbean’s largest seabird colonies on Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico—a steppingstone for regional and global conservation goals. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASED: April 15, 2021 Media contact: Claudio Uribe, Island Conservation – claudio.uribe@islandconservation.org, +1 831-316-4047 Resources: Interviews, research paper, and multi-media assets. […]
The Call of the Wild: Using Sound to Help Imperiled Species and Ecosystems
Island Conservation’s partners at Pacific Rim Conservation help restore Hawaii’s imperiled seabird colonies using social attraction and translocation techniques. Published by: The RevelatorWritten by: Lorraine Boissoneault Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats? It’s a quiet May morning on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. […]
Dreams Become Reality: Peruvian Diving-petrels Return to Chañaral Island, Chile
Island Conservation and Chile’s National Forestry Corporation are reviving the Endangered Peruvian Diving-petrel population on Chañaral Island, Chile which has been abandoned since the introduction of invasive species. The Peruvian Diving-petrel is a small member of the order Procellariiformes, a group of seabirds highly vulnerable to the effects of invasive alien species. Most species in […]
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