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Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. (GECI)

HQ 🇲🇽 Mexico · 1 project tracked

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GECI — Bringing Mexico's Seabird Islands Back to Life

Wildlife

🇲🇽 Mexico

A Baja California NGO clears rats, cats and goats off Mexico's islands, and formerly extinct seabird colonies are returning by the thousands.

1,700breeding pairsLaysan albatross breeding pairs on Guadalupe Island (up from 143 in 2013)
60populationsInvasive species populations removed from islands
85% of coloniesFormerly extirpated seabird colonies recovered
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