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2025

Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island and Peru’s Chincha Norte Island Join Global Challenge for a Healthy Ocean

Conservation X Labs Joins Island-Ocean Connection Challenge, Commits to Deploy Transformative Technology to Protect Island Ecosystems

Global Initiative Welcomes Three Iconic New Zealand Islands into the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge

2024

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) expands support for biodiversity conservation and local environmental stewardship in the Dominican Republic

The Next Eight Island-Ocean Ecosystems Confirmed for Global Ridge-to-Reef Rewilding Initiative

The Galapagos Conservation Trust Joins the IOCC

2023

RARE joins the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge

The Galapagos’ Charles Darwin Foundation Joins the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge to Implement Community-Based Monitoring and Safeguard Island Ecosystems

First Eight Island-Ocean Ecosystems Selected for Global Ridge-to-Reef Rewilding Campaign

2022

Ambitious New Environmental Challenge Aims to Rewild 40 Globally Significant Island Ecosystems from Ridge to Reef by 2030

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