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      <image:caption>Tetiaroa is home to vital bird colonies that bring nutrients to its surrounding marine ecosystem. Photo credit: Island Conservation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The forest floor in 2024, contrasted with 2025. Native Pisona seedlings rebound one year after restoration! Photo credit: Island Conservation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Conservationists trek along the beach on Bikar while birds soar above them. Photo credit: Shaun Wolfe</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-05</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/increased-investment-announced-for-iocc-project-alto-velo-island-dominican-republic</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/restoring-the-marshall-islands-three-essential-projects</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The stark, beautiful landscape of Bikar atoll is marked by shallow, pristine water and a semi-arid terrestrial biome. Photo Credit: Island Conservation/Bren Ram</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Coconuts sprout on Jemo, where islanders harvest food. Photo Credit: Island Conservation/Bren Ram</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Bristle-Thighed Curlew spends its winters here, on Bikar’s sheltered shores. Photo Credit: Island Conservation/Bren Ram</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The arid Heliotropium-dominated landscape makes an ideal home for this young Masked Booby. Photo Credit: Island Conservation/Bren Ram</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/marion-islands-seabirds-under-severe-threat</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marion Island’s Seabirds Under Severe Threat - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Above: The chick (at back) with its parents days before the mouse attack; photograph by Rhiannon Gill</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/restoring-alto-velo-island-reviving-a-critical-island-ocean-connection</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring Alto Velo Island: Reviving a Critical Island-Ocean Connection - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring Alto Velo Island: Reviving a Critical Island-Ocean Connection - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sooty Terns on Alto Velo Island, Dominican Republic. Photo: Mike Parr, American Bird Conservancy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alto Velo Curlytail Lizard. Photo: Island Conservation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sooty Tern with chick on Alto Velo Island, Dominican Republic. Photo: Sophie Webb</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring Alto Velo Island: Reviving a Critical Island-Ocean Connection - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Alto Velo Island, Dominican Republic.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/the-evolutionary-genius-of-a-dogs-nose-aids-rathlin-life-raft-project-1</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - The Evolutionary Genius of a Dog’s Nose Aids Rathlin LIFE Raft Project - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Woody meeting one of his handlers, Michael Rafferty</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - The Evolutionary Genius of a Dog’s Nose Aids Rathlin LIFE Raft Project - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Puffins on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, UK. Photo: Viviana Biazzo</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - The Evolutionary Genius of a Dog’s Nose Aids Rathlin LIFE Raft Project - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kebble Seastacks, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, UK. Photo: Viviana Biazzo</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - The Evolutionary Genius of a Dog’s Nose Aids Rathlin LIFE Raft Project - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kittiwake and chicks nesting on cliffs on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, UK. Photo: Viviana-Biazzo</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/marine-monitoring-around-floreana-island-galapagos-expect-the-unexpected</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Scripps diver, Nathaniel Hanna Holloway, collecting site photos but being interrupted by a large school of bait fish!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>View from Baltra across the canal to Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of the twin craters, Los Gemelos, in the highlands of Santa Cruz.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Puerto Ayora as seen from our liveaboard vessel prior to departure.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Scripps diver, Nicole Pedersen, collecting large-area imagery in the foreground and CDF divers (Inti Kieth, William Thomas Bensted-Smith, and Natalia Tirado) collecting fish and benthic transect data in the background at marine monitoring site La Botella off Floreana Island.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A school of Prionurus laticlavius, or razor surgeonfish, at a large-area imaging site. At times the schools were so dense imaging had to be paused because they were completely obscuring the ocean floor.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Just a few of the Carcharhinus limbatus, or blacktip sharks, chasing flying fish into the side of the boat.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Marine Monitoring around Floreana Island, Galapagos: Expect the Unexpected - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Charles Darwin Foundation team member, Frank Teran, collecting large-area imagery at marine monitoring site Punta Luz de Dia Oeste off Floreana Island. The Scripps team uses a custom dual camera set up to collect thousands of digital still images of the reef. Those digital images are then put into a computer program that creates a digital twin of the reef and is used for further processing and analysis.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/tongas-late-island-shows-promising-results-with-surge-in-seabird-populations</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Tonga’s Late Island Shows Promising Results with Surge in Seabird Populations - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Tonga’s Late Island Shows Promising Results with Surge in Seabird Populations - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Otoota Tooa from the Department of Environment and Talitha Morley from Vava’u Environment Protection Association in the field on Late Island, Tonga</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/restoring-an-ecological-haven-on-savana-island</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring an Ecological Haven on Savana Island - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring an Ecological Haven on Savana Island - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Savana Island, US Virgin Islands coastline</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring an Ecological Haven on Savana Island - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Virgin Islands Tree Boa. Photo: Island Conservation</image:caption>
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      <image:title>NEWS - Restoring an Ecological Haven on Savana Island - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Field team camping on Savana Island US Virgin Islands</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.jointheiocc.org/news/the-next-eight-island-ocean-ecosystems-confirmed-for-global-ridge-to-reef-rewilding-initiative</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>NEWS - The Next Eight Island-Ocean Ecosystems Confirmed for Global Ridge-to-Reef Rewilding Initiative - Make it stand out</image:title>
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