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LIFT OF THE IMMEDIATE CLOSURE MEASURE OF PUNTA ESPINOSA (FERNANDINA ISLAND) AND BAHIA URBINA (ISABELA ISLAND)

Santa Cruz, March 14, 2024 Official Letter MAATE-PNG/DIR-2024-0184-O GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK DIRECTORATE SUBJECT: LIFT OF THE IMMEDIATE CLOSURE MEASURE OF PUNTA ESPINOSA (FERNANDINA ISLAND) AND BAHIA URBINA (ISABELA ISLAND) As part of the Official Letter MAATE-PNG/DIR-2024-0150-O, dated March 11, 2024, through which it was reported about the “IMMEDIATE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PUNTA ESPINOSA (FERNANDINA ISLAND)

Charles Darwin

Darwin and his theory In 1835, a hundred and seventy-eight years ago, a British young man aboard the HMS Beagle, under the command of Commander Robert Fitz-Roy, was on these coasts. A naturalist of only twenty-two whose work made the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history. This famous brigantine of the British

New ‘Big Birds’ in Galapagos arose super fast

The process of speciation usually takes millions years depending on many natural factors. But for a new species of finches, it happened in just two generations, and some scientists were able to see this magnificent process. The new lineage comes from a process of hybridization of two different species of Darwin’s finches. While conducting the

Galapagos Airport reduced 40% of CO2 emissions

Author g4l4p4g0s
Posted on 21st May 201921/05/2019
Ecology, Environment, Galapagos Islands
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Seymour airport received a certification of CarbonNeutral, becoming the first airport in Latin America and the Caribbean to win this recognition. The certification was granted by the International Airport Council in December 2017. CarbonNeutral certification is given when airport CO2 emissions have been significantly reduced by optimization techniques. “It is an important milestone, because the

Galapagos penguin

The Galapagos penguin, endemic to the archipelago, is a penguin species that lives in the “Northernmost place of the world”. Most of its population is found on the rocky coast of the islands: Fernandina and Isabela, the westernmost islands of the Galapagos. It is the third smallest penguin species on the planet. It is incredibly

Marchena Island

The Marchena Island is north of the equinoctial line and west the Genovesa Island. Although Marchena is not open to ground visitors, the cruises take passengers to Punta Espejo to dive. The waters are very clear, and you can see hundreds of marine species, including Damsels, parrotfish and Moorish idols. A large proportion of Marchena

Ecuador internationalizes the fight against illegal fishing around the Galapagos

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Posted on 21st May 201921/05/2019
Ecology, Environment, Galapagos Islands, News
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Galapagos was declared a national park in 1959, in order to protect the 97.5% of the terrestrial surface of the archipelago. The remaining area is occupied by human settlements that already existed at the time of the declaration. By then, approximately 1000 to 2000 people lived in four islands. In 1972 a census determined that

Pinzon Island is recovered through a natural project

The possible finding of a new endemic snail species and the reproduction and survival of land tortoises in Pinzon Island are some of the results obtained with the application of the Pinzon project, executed since 2012 by the Galapagos National Park, with the support of The Island Conservation and The Raptor Center. Before the project,

A story of the Galapagos

A certain day while watching the waves of the sea, Ricardo Flores decided it was time to take out of his library the memories of his “beloved Galápagos”, to demonstrate the greatness of his natal place: “I have a lot of memories about whalers, pirates and adventurers, but I also wrote about the positive part

Galapagos: important for Ecuador and the world

Biodiversity It is a unique place for the ecosystems and the biodiversity that it shelters, that is not found in any other place of the planet. Investigation It is considered the best natural laboratory for the analysis of the evolution of the species. Additionally, it is a reference point for evaluating the global ecological phenomena

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