"Preventing Extinctions: Architecting the Accretocene" Exhibit (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

 

Preventing Extinctions - Architecting the Accretocene” Exhibit

The “Preventing Extinctions: Architecting the Accretocene” Exhibit, at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, is an exhibit on habitat restoration and rewilding that has been a decade in the making. 

Palmyra Atoll

Conceived by conservation photographer and Beaty Biodiversity Museum supporter Dr. Andrew S. Wright, it celebrates the successes that Island Conservation has had across the world in saving species from extinction on remote islands.

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Gwaii Haanas (Haida Gwaii)

Opened last May 19, 2022, this exhibit features the success of Island Conservation on five islands  - Gwaii Haanas (Canada), Okinoshima (Japan),  Kaho’olawe  (Hawaii),  Palmyra Atoll (Northern Line Islands, South Pacific ) and Isla Floreana and Seymour Norte (Galápagos Islands).  The exhibit runs until March 26, 2023.

 

Okinoshima (Japan)

Since 1994, Island Conservation has teamed up with local communities, governments, and conservation groups in their effort to save species by removing invasive species from fragile ecosystems to protect native biodiversity.  Their efforts focus on the environments where species are the most vulnerable.

 

Isla Floreana and Isla Seymour Norte (Galapagos Islands)

As a part of a global effort where people contribute to the health of the world’s environment, they work together and  have successfully restored 65 islands worldwide, benefiting over 500 species.The recovery work, requiring determination and endurance, has outcomes that are profound and spectacular to experience.

 

Kaho''olawe (Hawaii)

“Preventing Extinctions: Architecting the Accretocene” Exhibit: Beaty Biodiversity Museum,  2212 Main Mall, Point Grey, University of British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, British Columbia.  Tel: 604-827-4955. Fax: 604-822-0686.  Open Tuesdays to Sundays, 10 AM – 5 PM.  Admission: C$14 (regular), C$30-45 (Family)  and free (students, staff and faculty).  E-mail: info@beatymuseum.ubc.ca.  Website:
www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca.   Coordinates: 49.2636°N 123.2514°W. 

How to Get There: Take the 99-B Bus going straight to the University of British Columbia.  The museum is a 10-min. walk from there.