IUCN SSC Mid-Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group

• WEBPAGE
• EU
• International Research Project
• 2015 to 2024

Summary:

The Mid Atlantic Islands are a geographically discrete grouping, where there is a keen interest and enthusiasm for form a group of people interested in furthering invertebrate conservation. The group covers currently the following islands: Gough, Tristan, St Helena, Ascension, Cape Verdes, Canaries, Madeira, Azores, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Most of these islands have a high level of invertebrate endemism and numerous species of conservation concern. The issues facing these islands are similar: habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, invasive species, climate change; and also limited data and lack of resources or resolve to undertake research and conservation. This also provides a manageable and realistic grouping for the coordinating and administration of a Specialist Group, and so no other islands will be included at this stage

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Funding Institution:

IUCN

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Partners:

Project leader: Vicky Kindemba - Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust - UK

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