CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
Cristina Mittermeier
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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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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2010 Richard Ryan
Bracing for the biggest El Niño on record: How climate change is upping the ante
By Sarah Hauck
August 24, 2015
Thanks to climate change impacts, species and ecosystems may have less time to recover from El Niño. Will this threaten their survival?
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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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