Etiquetamos atunes de aleta amarilla en la Reserva Marina de Galápagos y seguimos los movimientos horizontales y verticales de 8 individuos durante 4-97 días.
Tropical pelagic predators are exploited by fisheries and their movements are influenced by factors including prey availability, temperature, and dissolved oxygen levels.
La Hacienda El Progreso fue una importante empresa agroindustrial de finales del siglo XIX que operó en la isla San Cristóbal. Tras su cierre y abandono en 1930, el legado de la plantación tiene una importante influencia en la cultura local. Nuestra investigación contó con la participación permanente de autoridades y líderes comunales para estudiar el pasado de la isla, ninguno de ellos descendientes directos de los trabajadores originales de la plantación.
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The Hacienda El Progreso functioned as an agro-industrial enterprise in the late nineteenth century. Operating out of San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos archipelago, the plantation exported refined sugar, coffee, cattle products, and other goods to national and international markets. The plantation established the first permanent human settlement on the island.
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Análisis de fitolitos para identificar el compuesto de combustible utilizado en el ingenio azucarero El Progreso durante finales del siglo XIX.
Phytoliths analysis was applied to identify the fuel compound used at the sugar mill of El Progreso plantation.
Programa de Certificación en Trabajo Social. La Escuela de Trabajo Social de University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) y la Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) han lanzado una nueva colaboración: un programa de certificación de tres meses dirigido a residentes de Galápagos
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The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) have launched an exciting new collaboration: a 12-week program for Galapagos locals to earn a certificate in community development and social work.
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San Cristóbal community celebrates Shark Day. On Saturday, July 15th, over 520 people dressed in blue to celebrate Shark Day on San Cristóbal Island, an annual event dedicated to educating the local community about the importance of protecting for these marine animals.
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10 años celebrando la importancia de proteger a los tiburones y sus hábitats. Este sábado 15 de julio, más de 520 personas se vistieron de azul para celebrar el Día del Tiburón en San Cristóbal, un evento anual dedicado a difundir la importancia de proteger y cuidar a estos fascinantes animales marinos. Es un acontecimiento que nos acerca a la comunidad.
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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!