We’re sorry, but GBIF doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled.
Our website has detected that you are using an outdated insecure browser that will prevent you from using the site. We suggest you upgrade to a modern browser.
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • Scientific Collections
      • Suggest a dataset
      • New data model ⭐️
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity enhancement
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Implementation plan
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Newsletters and lists
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
  • User profile

Island Conservation

GBIF publisher since
20 September 2019

Description

Island Conservation (IC) prevents extinctions by working where the concentration of both biodiversity and species extinction is greatest—islands. By removing one of the greatest threats, introduced invasive vertebrates, native island species and ecosystems recover with little or no additional intervention. Few conservation strategies offer a higher return on investment. The numbers bear this out: islands account for 5.3% of the planet's land mass, but support 20% of all plants, mammals, and reptile species; this is also where species extinction is greatest. Island species are home to 45% of the IUCN Red List endangered species, the majority of which are principally threatened by invasive species. Successful eradication is the fastest, most assured way to slow the exponential rate of extinctions we see today.

Contacts

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Coral Wolf
Telephone: 001 808 799 6383
email: coral.wolf@islandconservation.org
POINT_OF_CONTACT
Richard Griffiths
Telephone: 0054 22 4744 269
email: rgriffiths@islandconservation.org
Island Conservation
2100 Delaware Ave
Santa Cruz
95060
CA
US
email: rgriffiths@islandconservation.org
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource