NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Pacific Seabirds

Project Title: Protecting and Monitoring Townsend’s Shearwater in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico

Organization:

Grupo de Ecologia y Conservacion de Islas, A.C.

Project ID:

0115.19.066336

Award Amount:

$260000.00

Location:

Revillagigedo Archipelago is comprised by four islands: Socorro (13,033 ha), Clarión (1,957 ha), San Benedicto and Roca Partida. It is located 460 km south of Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico. It hosts over 117 vascular plants (31 endemic), four endemic reptiles, and 103 birds (9 endemic, two extinct).