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Cayman Turtle Conservation and Education Centre (CTCEC) is proud to announce that its conservation initiatives have achieved a new milestone with the number of

Conservationists say amount is ‘nothing like what’s needed’ to achieve 30x30 target and address nature crisis

Next-generation fixed-wing drones, capable of operating autonomously beyond the standard visual line of sight, are creating datasets of major wildlife populations around South Georgia for long-term monitoring to aid conservation efforts.

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To help address the increasing amounts of sargassum washing up on the territory’s shores, public officers are learning to use drones.

Experts say the Virgin Islands is already feeling the effects of climate change, which includes warming oceans.

Falklands Conservation (FC) has announced the launching of its new Darwin Plus-funded project for long-term restoration work on New Island Nature Reserve. New Island is one of the remotest islands in the Falklands archipelago, which runs a wildlife reserve and centre for scientific research, expected to considerably improve with the appointment of a new Bio-security and Invasives Manager.

As part of the Darwin Plus funded project (DPLUS126), Falklands Conservation are aiming to deploy up to 10 satellite tags on southern right whales during the winters of 2022 and 2023. The research questions for southern right whales mean that Falklands Conservation scientists will use two different types of tags:

A Falklands Conservation project has identified the Falklands Islands’ inshore waters as globally recognized Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) for breeding seabirds, driving forward their aim for quality marine management practices in the Islands.