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169 Islands that Offer Hope for Stemming the Extinction Crisis

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Island Conservation

Publication Date
2019-03-28

Restoring islands by eradicating damaging, non-native invasive mammals such as rats, cats, goats, and pigs has repeatedly proven to be a high impact conservation action. New research published in PLOS ONE shows this conservation action can have a major contribution towards stemming the global extinction crisis by identifying 107 islands that could have eradication projects initiated by 2020, and 62 islands where projects could be initiated by 2030, to benefit 9.4 percent of the Earth’s threatened island species.

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https://www.islandconservation.org/169-islands-offer-hope-stemming-extinction-crisis/