Island Conservation
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Restoring islands for nature and people worldwide.
06/19/2026
This week, leaders from around the world will gather for London Climate Action Week 2026!
We’re excited to attend and share how islands are one of the clearest places where climate, ocean health, biodiversity, and community resilience come together.
With hundreds of thousands of islands worldwide, holistic restoration efforts offer a replicable and scalable model for integrated climate action.
Here are a few key initiatives we’re highlighting while we’re there:
🔊 Amplifying island voices and elevating their leadership, knowledge, and lived experience
🌊 Announcing the latest cohort of islands to join the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge
🏝️ Continuing to seek support for the UN Decade of Island Resilience
🪸 Showcasing large-scale island restoration programs that connect islands, cultures, ecosystems, and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across geographies
Link in bio for our full position paper to learn more and see what outcomes we’re seeking. Let’s move from pledges to action!
Have a question for the team attending? Comment below! 👇
06/17/2026
Siloed thinking, top-down decisions, and solutions that ignore the people they impact have a long history of falling short. Island communities have been living with, caring for, and deeply understanding their island-ocean ecosystems for millennia. They know how everything connects. That knowledge makes their voices and ideas essential.
🎧 Stay tuned for something special coming this week.
What word comes to mind when you think of the ocean? Let us know in the comments!
Learn more about the work we do to restore islands and bring ocean ecosystems back to life at the link in our bio.
Happy World Oceans Week! 🌊
The health of the ocean is at a critical turning point, and it needs our help. Through the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge, we’re looking at how restoration on land can lead to incredible transformations at sea through a powerful driver: seabirds.
A recent study conducted on Ulong Island in Palau shows how quickly ecosystems can rebound when stressors are removed and nutrient cycles are reconnected. One monitoring site showed especially strong cascading effects such as:
🐦 increases in multiple seabird species
🌱 an ~80% rise in leaf nitrogen
🐟 and an increase of 183% in total fish biomass
This rewilding is made possible thanks to the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge 🌊 led by , , and . Happy World Oceans Day! Together, we are uncovering what a truly connected ecosystem can do, and that connection is exactly what this day is all about.
Videos: , Island Conservation, &
Happy World Environment Day! 🌏
Here’s to protecting and restoring these incredible ecosystems for nature, the ocean, and people around the world.
P.S. Can you spot the tracks left behind by a very special visitor? Comment below if you can see them and what you think made them!
Honestly, they’ve earned it.
Green sea turtles can travel up to 55 miles a day, fueling up mostly on algae and seagrass (with the occasional “treat yourself” moment if crustaceans are available).
Grab a snack and join us.
Want to know how island restoration benefits sea turtles? Visit our website at the link in our bio.
06/01/2026
Living sculptures under the sea.
Coral reefs are home to over 25% of the world’s marine life, and we can understand why. If we lived underwater, we would never want to leave these beautiful works of art.
Did you know that healthy islands lead to healthier reef ecosystems? To protect places like this, we need to start on land. And even more specifically, with seabirds. As natural nutrient transporters between coastal reefs and the open ocean, it’s a no-brainer for us to want to protect them.
After feeding far out at sea, they return to their island homes and deposit nutrient-rich guano (bird p**p), that later returns to the ocean as fuel for reef ecosystems.
When seabirds return, reefs recover. Help us this World Reef Day!
Photos: Max Bello
Field work isn’t always sunshine and rainbows, but when it is, we can’t help but stop and admire them! Grateful for a global team that takes the time to truly immerse themselves in the beautiful places they get to protect.
This is our ‘why’ — For nature, oceans, and PEOPLE.
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