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Tags: Galapagos Islands last-chance destinations over-tourism plastic plastic pollution tourism

Plastic pollution and over-tourism: It’s not (totally) your fault

By Olivia DeSmit

March 26, 2019
When it comes to the relationship between over-tourism and plastic pollution, the headlines don’t paint the full picture.
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Tags: coastal ecosystems Ecuador fisheries Galapagos Islands Galápagos Marine Reserve Mexico species management sustainable fisheries

In Galápagos, lobster fishers make unlikely — but effective — conservationists

By Molly Bergen

May 8, 2017
Recently, the spiny lobster was nearly wiped out from the Galápagos — a disappearance that could have spelled disaster for the island’s fragile ecosystems.
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Tags: biodiversity Communities ecosystems Ecuador extinction fisheries Galapagos Islands South America

The Galápagos Islands’ Least Famous Residents: Its People

By Molly Bergen

January 27, 2015
Human inhabitants of the Galápagos are important characters in its history, for better and worse.
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