The report cites 800 invasive mammal eradications on 181 islands worldwide, ensuring the survival of 236 native terrestrial species, and even more seabirds. Island Conservation, the non-profit working on Chañaral, has on its own successfully restored 65 islands worldwide, benefiting 1,218 populations of 504 species, and subspecies, with recent examples on Kamaka in French Polynesia, Ngerkeklau Island in Palau, and the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
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Island Conservation reports there have been over 1,000 island invasive species removal projects worldwide, “all resulting in long-term benefits to native species and other 851 seabird restoration projects targeting 138 seabird species,” the organization stated recently.
Magnificent frigate birds nesting on Seymour Norte Island – Island Conservation, released.
On the Galapagos archipelago alone, giant tortoises have been restored from the very brink of extinction to their native habitat on Española, land iguanas were returned to Santiago Island for the first time in 200 years, and eradication programs restored the native habitat on Seymour Norte and Mosquera islands, befitting seabirds like those above.
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In 2020, the UK government established the Atlantic Ocean’s largest marine protected area when they enclosed the 200 square kilometer island of Tristan da Cunha, and 700,000 square kilometers of ocean—an area three times as large as Britain.
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