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Científicos y ONGs piden a Ecuador, Panamá, Costa Rica y Colombia ratificar el Tratado de Alta Mar de la ONU para cumplir con el 30×30 en alta mar

La Reserva Marina de Galápagos es uno de los mejores ejemplos de protección marina. Ratifiquen el Tratado de Alta Mar de la ONU con carácter de urgencia y su compromiso de proteger la alta mar en áreas de interés común.

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Programa Conectándose con la Naturaleza (PCCN). Cinco años uniendo ciencia y comunidad

¿Sabías qué más de 8,000 personas locales han participado en las actividades de vinculación con la comunidad creadas por el Galapagos Science Center? En 2019 surgió el Programa Conectándose con la Naturaleza, una iniciativa conjunta del Galapagos Science Center (GSC) y el Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT).

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Día Internacional de la Mujer: Destacamos a algunas científicas brillantes del Galapagos Science Center

El 8 de marzo es el Día Internacional de la Mujer, un día global para celebrar los logros de las mujeres en todas partes, concienciar sobre la discriminación continua basada en el género y tomar medidas para promover la igualdad. Desde la fundación del GSC en 2011, más de 50 mujeres han liderado investigaciones en más de 74 proyectos de investigación.

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Newsletter Navidad 2023

El Galapagos Science Center (GSC) le saluda y le desea una mágica Navidad, y un feliz y próspero Año Nuevo.
El GSC promueve la colaboración científica local e internacional para el beneficio de la ciencia global y de Galápagos, a través de la investigación, la educación y el vínculo con la comunidad. Le invitamos a explorar los proyectos de investigación más emblemáticos desarrollados durante el 2023.

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In 2022, the Galapagos Science Center (GSC) and the broader UNC & USFQ Galapagos Initiative will celebrate its 10th Anniversary. We are proud to announce the World Summit on Island Sustainability scheduled to be held on June 26–30, 2022 at the Galapagos Science Center and the Community Convention Center on San Cristobal Island.

The content of the World Summit will be distributed globally through social media and results documented through papers published in a book written as part of the Galapagos Book Series by Springer Nature and edited by Steve Walsh (UNC) & Carlos Mena (USFQ) as well as Jill Stewart (UNC) and Juan Pablo Muñoz (GSC/USC). The book will be inclusive and accessible by the broader island community including scientists, managers, residents, tourists, and government and non-government organizations.

While the most obvious goal of organizing the World Summit on Island Sustainability is to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the GSC and the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Initiative, other goals will be addressed through special opportunities created as part of our operational planning of the World Summit.

For instance, we seek to elevate and highlight the Galapagos in the island conservation discourse, seeking to interact with other island networks in more obvious and conspicuous ways to benefit the Galapagos Islands, the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Initiative, and the world. We will seize the opportunity to further develop the I2N2 – International Islands Network-of-Networks. Further, we wish to highlight and emphasize multiple visions of a sustainable future for the Galapagos Islands and we cannot do this alone. Therefore, engaging the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Tourism, the Government Council of Galapagos, the Galapagos National Park, and local Galapagos authorities, including government and non-government organizations and local citizen groups, is imperative.

The Galapagos Science Center on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos

Borrowing from Hawaii’s and Guam’s Green Growth Program and the Global Island Partnership, we wish to examine existing global programs that emphasize island sustainability and their incorporation into life, policies, and circumstances in the Galapagos Islands. We will also seek to enhance our connections with the institutional members of our International Galapagos Science Consortium and expand the Consortium through the recruitment of other member institutions. We will also work to benefit islands and their local communities by working with citizen groups as well as important NGOs who seek to improve the natural conditions in the Galapagos and diminish the impact of the human dimension on the future of Galapagos’ ecosystems.

Lastly, we will use the World Summit to benefit UNC & USFQ and our constituencies through a strong and vibrant communication plan about the World Summit, creating corporate relationships as sponsors, identifying funding goals through donors, and benefiting our study abroad program for student engagement in the Galapagos Islands. We plan to develop and issue a Galapagos Sustainability Communique after the World Summit that includes the vision and insights of all its participants for a sustainable Galapagos with applicability to global island settings.

We are eager to hear your perspective and have you join us at the World Summit on Island Sustainability!