Manual of Islander Knowledge

Jan 5

Welcome to YGDOT 2-0-2-2! Happy New Year, Nature Nerds! We're starting off this year with a remembrance of the life and works of Edward O. Wilson, then Jen takes us on a twisting, turning journey in the Kingdom of Tonga.

Organization to Support: www.islandconservation.org

We work together with local communities, government management agencies, and conservation organizations on islands with the greatest potential for preventing the extinction of globally threatened species. We develop comprehensive and humane plans for the removal of invasive species, implement the removal of invasive species; and conduct research to better understand how invasive species removal changes and benefits island ecosystems and to inform future conservation action.

Island Conservation is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA with field offices in Chile, Ecuador, Hawaii, New Zealand, Palau, and Puerto Rico. Since our founding in 1994, Island Conservation and our partners have successfully restored 65 islands worldwide, benefiting 1218 populations of 504 species and subspecies.

References:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-16/tongans-say-shipwreck-story-not-lord-of-the-flies-tale/12249028

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga

https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/sold-slavery

http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ata-island-iba-tonga/text#:~:text='Ata%20has%20some%20of%20the,to%20number%20over%2050%2C000%20birds.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/458609/tonga-volcano-grows-in-size-as-eruption-continues-for-sixth-day

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018746636/the-true-story-of-six-tongan-teenage-castaways-in-1965

https://paradise.docastaway.com/six-tongan-castaways-ata-island-shipwreck-1965/