New research prioritizes restoring and rewilding islands to maximize benefits for our oceans, our wildlife and our communities. Together, we can establish a new era of holistic restorations – one that embraces the connections between islands and oceans. The paper, published this month in thenasciences, unveils a model for effective land-sea conservation and management. We need governments, foundations, Indigenous peoples, local communities, NGOs and conservationists to commit to restoring and rewilding islands. That’s why IslandConservation, Rewild and Scripps_ocean launched the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge, which aims to restore 40 island-ocean ecosystems by 2030. #conservation #IOCC #conservationoptimism #climateaction #oceanconservation #seabirdconservation