The ISLAND-OCEAN CONNECTION CHALLENGE aims to maximize the marine benefits of island conservation for ecosystems, including coral reefs, climate, and community resilience. We are launching a new era of island restorations and rewilding focused on scaling and deploying this whole-systems conservation ‘multi-tool’ for optimal impact.
Challenge partners are committed to the holistic restoration of at least 40 globally significant island ecosystems, from ridge to reef, to benefit biodiversity, climate, and communities by 2030.
We seek additional partners to join this collaboration and advance this novel restoration and resilience effort. Join this movement by adding your commitments, resources, projects, programs, and islands to this 2030 challenge.
Join us today in this campaign of hope and resilience!
SAMPLE COMMITMENTS
Any individual or organization (local, national, regional, or global) is invited to become a member, provided you commit to a significant (for you) commitment to advance the vision and call to action of The Island-Ocean Connection Challenge. Here are some commitment examples to inspire your thinking.
- Local (individual or organizational) island community champion:
- Commits to engaging the local community in the development, implementation, and conservation impact monitoring of community-led island restoration projects in partnership with other groups.
- Small Island Developing State (SIDS):
- Commits to restoring islands by 2030 with their communities, national, regional, and global partners
- Commits to prioritizing bilateral and multilateral funding to advance these projects.
- Regional conservation network:
- Commits to helping five SIDS to mainstream this conservation multi-tool for the benefit of communities, corals, and climate by helping execute x number of island restorations and commits to co-financing
- Developed nation:
- Commits to support xx island restoration project partnerships within unilateral co-financing
- Philanthropic Foundation:
- Commits to advance xx priority island restoration projects
- Conservation organization:
- Commits to partnerships with xx expert human resources and to advance xx priority island restoration projects
- Research Institution:
- Commits to supporting long-term research on island restoration projects further to elucidate the scale and scope of the island-ocean connections to maximize further the coral, community, and climate benefits of island restorations
- Develop a central repository for standardizing, compiling, consolidating, and analyzing worldwide conservation impact monitoring data from island-marine restoration projects.