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Created: Feb 23, 2008
Updated: Nov 20, 2009
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Our Mission
We are committed to the protection of island life. Islands harbor an extraordinary treasury of unique plants and animals—the wealth of species that so amazed Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, and which led them to a cogent theory of origins and adaptation of all species. The greatest threat to these islands is the many destructive animals that we human beings have thoughtlessly introduced.
We live for the day when island flora and fauna are no longer declining, when the threats to their persistence are gone, when they can continue once more along their evolutionary paths, and when they are once again significant ecological players on their island stages.
This is not a romantic vision; we already have many of the necessary tools, and we can help invent new ones. And we are dedicated to carrying out this mission humanely. Finally, we don’t have a choice; the work must be done.
Our Organization
Island Conservation is a science-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing extinctions and protecting natural ecological and evolutionary processes on islands. We do this by integrating and applying the five main steps of biodiversity conservation:
* Research & Priority Setting
* Education & Policy Work
* Capacity Building
* Conservation Action
* Monitoring & Evaluation
We started as a network of conservationists in 1994 and received U.S. non-profit 501[c]3 status in 1997. Our main focus is on eradicating harmful introduced species from islands. We work collaboratively with government management agencies, local communities, and other interested groups who are our partners in the long-term protection of the islands. Because there are more islands than any one organization can ever protect, we encourage other competent organizations to join our mission by sharing data and expertise. In this spirit, we design each project and process so that we can replicate our successes by facilitating the formation of new regional island conservation organizations. We have started two successful sister organizations, Conservación de Islas in Mexico and Island Conservation Canada.
We are committed to the protection of island life. Islands harbor an extraordinary treasury of unique plants and animals—the wealth of species that so amazed Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, and which led them to a cogent theory of origins and adaptation of all species. The greatest threat to these islands is the many destructive animals that we human beings have thoughtlessly introduced.
We live for the day when island flora and fauna are no longer declining, when the threats to their persistence are gone, when they can continue once more along their evolutionary paths, and when they are once again significant ecological players on their island stages.
This is not a romantic vision; we already have many of the necessary tools, and we can help invent new ones. And we are dedicated to carrying out this mission humanely. Finally, we don’t have a choice; the work must be done.
Our Organization
Island Conservation is a science-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing extinctions and protecting natural ecological and evolutionary processes on islands. We do this by integrating and applying the five main steps of biodiversity conservation:
* Research & Priority Setting
* Education & Policy Work
* Capacity Building
* Conservation Action
* Monitoring & Evaluation
We started as a network of conservationists in 1994 and received U.S. non-profit 501[c]3 status in 1997. Our main focus is on eradicating harmful introduced species from islands. We work collaboratively with government management agencies, local communities, and other interested groups who are our partners in the long-term protection of the islands. Because there are more islands than any one organization can ever protect, we encourage other competent organizations to join our mission by sharing data and expertise. In this spirit, we design each project and process so that we can replicate our successes by facilitating the formation of new regional island conservation organizations. We have started two successful sister organizations, Conservación de Islas in Mexico and Island Conservation Canada.
Highly effective and highly focused conservation organization - well worth getting to know better and supporting. Numerous field based volunteer opportunities for biologists.
In the interests of full disclosure I am a former staff member.