Ocean Issues: Island conservation

This month I'll be guest lecturing at California State University, Channel Islands in the Environmental Sciences and Resource Management department. In the ESRM 313 Conservation Biology class we'll be discussing Island Conservation and Management, focusing on specific case studies of resource use and conservation on islands.


Photo via The Nature Conservancy


One of the case studies we will be discussing is the Santa Cruz Island Restoration in the California Channel Islands.

• Watch the "Restoring Balance: Santa Cruz Island" video here. 

• Feral pigs facilitate hyperpredation by golden eagles and
  indirectly cause the decline of the island fox Roemer et al. 2001 

Another case study we will explore is the conservation of the Crested Iguana in Fiji.

Here's a link to an interesting story of conservation conflicts in the Galapagos islands.

Dr Clare Wormald