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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

Ecuador internationalizes the fight against illegal fishing around the Galapagos

Author g4l4p4g0s
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

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