Este estudio se centró en el concepto de la medicina de conservación en un hotspot de biodiversidad del reino Neotropical: las Islas Galápagos. El equilibrio de la vida silvestre ha sido modificado por parásitos introducidos con algunos animales domésticos.
Este estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la diversidad genética y la estructura poblacional de la Manta Gigante para ayudar en su conservación y manejo adecuado.
La presión intraocular (PIO) ayuda a determinar algunas patologías asociadas al ojo. Las tortugas gigantes de Galápagos criadas en cautiverio se benefician de evaluaciones de salud para que los esfuerzos de repoblación sean lo más exitosos posible.
El elefante marino del sur es la especie de pinnípedo sexualmente dimórfica más grande en el océano global.
Con la ayuda de “Cienca ciudadana” se realizó este estudio.
El conocimiento de los patrones de movimiento tridimensionales de los elasmobranquios es vital para comprender sus roles ecológicos y su exposición a las presiones antropogénicas. Nuestro estudio aborda la laguna de conocimiento de los movimientos verticales.
Estresores antropogénicos son una amenaza para las Islas.
Los pinnípedos que se encuentran en varias islas proporcionan una oportunidad ideal para examinar el proceso evolutivo de la subdivisión de poblaciones afectadas por varios mecanismos. En el informe se analizan las consecuencias genéticas de la distribución geográfica de las colonias de lobos marinos de Galápagos en la creación de estructuras poblacionales.
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El transporte marítimo industrializado puede estar causando una gran cantidad de muertes de tiburones ballena en todo el mundo, según un nuevo estudio, y podrían ser la razón por la que las poblaciones están disminuyendo.
Este artículo reúne los hallazgos de una importante investigación llevada a cabo por Salomé Izurieta Benítez, una exalumna de USFQ, y otros investigadores de USFQ y GSC, quienes realizaron un estudio comparativo de los cráneos de leones marinos.
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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.
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!