IUCN SSC Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group

IUCN Press release about the Azorean Insect Assessments

Invasive plants threaten Azores island beetles Over a hundred insect species from the Portuguese islands of the Azores have been assessed for the(...)

NEWSLETTER July 2024

HI AIISG MEmbers We are excited to share the latest news about ongoing invertebrate projects in the Atlantic Islands. In this newsletter issue, we(...)

Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group newsletter nº7 - APRIL 2022

HOW MANY HOGNA SPECIES ARE IN MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO?    By Luís Crespo   The already well known Hogna ingens (Blackwall, 1857) is only one of(...)

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About Project IUCN SSC Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group

 The Atlantic Islands are a geographically discrete grouping, where there is a keen interest and enthusiasm for form a group of people interested in furthering invertebrate conservation.  The group covers all Atlantic Islands. Most of these islands have a high level of invertebrate endemism and numerous species of conservation concern.  The issues facing these islands are similar: habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, invasive species, climate change; and also limited data and lack of(...)

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How many endemic species of arthropods are in Canary islands archipelago?

 There are about 2898 arthropod species and subespecies endemic to Canary islands. See also http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_4.pdf