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About Our Auction
Floreana Island in the Galapagos archipelago is home to an incredible diversity of native species found nowhere else in the world, including Galapagos Penguins, Galapagos Petrels, Marine Iguanas, land snails and Darwin’s finches. The Endangered Floreana Mockingbird used to call Floreana home, but is now found in small numbers on nearby islets due to invasive species. In fact, the 55 threatened species that call Floreana Island home are threatened by the presence of feral cats and invasive rats and mice.
Floreana Island was first settled in 1832 and now has a small community of 150 people that rely on tourism, farming, and a small fishery to support them. Island Conservation is supporting the Floreana community, Floreana Parish Council, Galapagos National Park Directorate, Galapagos Biosecurity Agency of the Ministry of
Environment, and Ministry of Agriculture in achieving the partnership’s shared vision of a restored Floreana free of invasive species.
All funds raised from the auction of this cruise will go directly to Island Conservation's work on the ground to protect Floreana Island's native species and livelihoods.
Free from invasive predators, the island’s unique fauna will have the opportunity to flourish and thrive and create the conditions for sustainable community tourism and farming on the island.
You can learn more about our work on Floreana Island here:https://www.islandconservation.org/floreana-island-galapagos/
About Island Conservation
Our world today is experiencing a major wave of species extinctions; some estimates are 1,000 times greater than historical rates. When we lose species, ecosystems unravel, and we see and feel the direct effects on the natural world, our livelihoods, and our overall well-being.
Islands represent the greatest concentration of both biodiversity and species extinctions. Island species are often evolutionarily distinctive and highly vulnerable to novel disturbances, particularly invasive species.
Invasive species are a leading cause of extinctions on islands and biodiversity loss globally. As the threats of extinctions are highest on islands, so are our opportunities to save species at risk. We must act now to save island species before they are lost forever.
We envision a future in which our world’s most at-risk island animals, plants, ecosystems, and communities are thriving, safeguarded from damaging invasive species, and thus more resilient to other emergent conservation threats.
Invasive species removal is one of the most impactful interventions available today for protecting island ecosystems.
Together, we can make a measurable difference on Earth—we can prevent extinctions.
You can learn more at www.islandconservation.org
