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Conservation Community Calls for Expanding the Galapagos and Cocos Marine Reserves

September 10, 2021September 19, 2021

Ecuador eyes new Galapagos marine reserve to limit commercial fishing

September 7, 2021September 10, 2021

Galapagos Pink Land Iguanas on Verge of Extinction, Experts Say

September 3, 2021September 10, 2021

There Are Just 211 Galápagos Pink Iguanas Left, Latest Estimates Show

September 1, 2021September 10, 2021

Ecuador awards the concession of the Conolophus project in Galapagos

August 29, 2021September 10, 2021

Promoting Science to Girls on Galapagos

August 27, 2021September 10, 2021

Experts estimate endangered Galapagos pink iguana population at 211

August 27, 2021September 10, 2021

Ecuador eyes ferromanganese market “near the Galapagos Islands”

August 24, 2021September 12, 2021

Galapagos, between pandemic’s onslaught and environmental restrictions

August 23, 2021September 10, 2021

Opinion: Galapagos Rights

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

How Galápagos finches evade a parasitic fly

August 10, 2021September 10, 2021

Ecuador calls an end to sea cucumber season in Galapagos

August 4, 2021September 10, 2021

ISLAS GALÁPAGOS: EXAMEN DEL ESTADO DE CONSERVACIÓN

August 3, 2021

Penn students teach Galápagos teens scuba diving techniques for community science project

August 1, 2021September 10, 2021

World Heritage Committee Update on State of Conservation of the Galapagos Islands

July 27, 2021

Sharks: “Ravaged by fishing and lack of information”

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

Marine Protections in the Galápagos Benefit Nature, Ecuadorian Fishing Fleet, and Local Economy

July 20, 2021July 25, 2021

Human action key to antibiotic resistance in giant tortoises of Galapagos

July 19, 2021September 10, 2021

Legislative commission announces revision of the constitutional reform project to eliminate the CPCCS

July 19, 2021July 25, 2021

Explained: The high seas, EEZs and the Galapagos Marine Reserve

July 17, 2021

Explained: What is transshipment?

July 17, 2021

Archive (2015): Tourists removing fewer natural Galapagos “souvenirs” from the Islands in 2015

July 15, 2021July 25, 2021

Archive (2015): Man arrested for smuggling Galapagos iguanas

July 15, 2021July 25, 2021

After an intense search, two fishermen found who had been shipwrecked in the Galapagos

July 14, 2021July 26, 2021

US$2.6 billion global trade in shark and ray meat revealed. Better rules and transparency needed to fight overexploitation

July 13, 2021July 25, 2021

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“In Galapagos a political system similar to feudalism rules,” says a former defender of the people in the islands, who denounces pressure his investigative work has received

July 9, 2021

Sea cucumber fishing in the Galapagos Marine Reserve: past, present and future?

July 6, 2021

Fishing fleet stalks Galapagos – what has the Government done?

July 5, 2021

Photography as an inspiration tool for conservation

July 4, 2021

Ecuador and China hold meeting about high seas fishing and maritime cooperation

July 2, 2021

The Interinstitutional Committee of the Sea was activated before the arrival of fishing vessels to the Galapagos

July 1, 2021

Snapshot: Ecuador’s submarine and satellite projects

July 1, 2021

Breathe again in the Galapagos Islands

June 30, 2021

With Ecuadorian labor and minds, a zero-emission boat is designed to transport passengers in Galapagos

June 30, 2021

Marine conservation organization in Galapagos alerts of the proximity of the fishing fleet to the Galapagos Islands

June 29, 2021

First Chinese industrial fishing vessel is installed in the south of Galapagos, according to environmental group

June 29, 2021

China to pause squid fishing in Pacific, Atlantic breeding grounds

June 29, 2021

National Fisheries Chamber (CNP): “108,000 families depend on fishing activity in Ecuador”

June 29, 2021

Airport Council International launches handbook for fighting flora and fauna trafficking

June 28, 2021

Ecuador: a health official was arrested for arranging meetings with minors and then abusing them

June 25, 2021

Public Official Arrested for Child Pornography in Galapagos; defendant contacted minors on Facebook

June 24, 2021

Drones are helping to clean up the world’s plastic pollution

June 23, 2021

Galapagos registers zero cases of Covid-19 in the last week, a milestone driven by the high percentage of vaccinated

June 22, 2021

Offer by lone bidder in Ecuador’s solar-storage tender revealed

June 22, 2021

Safeguarding Galapagos for the future

June 17, 2021

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