NASA Grant on Global Islands
• Stephen J. Walsh, Richard E. Bilsborrow, Laura Brewington, Yang Shao, Hernando Mattei, Francisco Laso, Phil Page, Brian Frizzelle (2017-2020), Synthesis of Drivers, Patterns, and Trajectories of LCLUC in Island Ecosystems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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The first Galapagos Research Retreat was held at the Carolina Inn during fall 2018. Carlos Mena, Co-Director of the Galapagos Science Center, accompanied the UNC Galapagos Leadership Team to further engage and recruit UNC scientists to the Galapagos Initiative.
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Researchers from the USFQ, led by Rommel Vinueza, profesor from the School of Veterinarian Medicine surveyed 410 heads of cattle to analyze the presence of two common diseases.
Los días 4 y 5 de diciembre 2018 cuatro investigadores de Galápagos presentaron en el Simposio de Tortugas Marinas – Ecuador 2018 en la ciudad de Santa Elena. Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Daniela Alarcón-Ruales, Jason Castañeda, Silvia Rebeca Zavala participaron.
Investigadores de GSC participan en el Simposio de Tortugas Marinas Ecuador 2018 Read More »
Haematology and biochemistry of the San Cristóbal Lava Lizard (Microlophus bivittatus) The San Cristóbal lava lizard, is one of nine species of lava lizards endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. No information presently exists about baseline health parameters for any of these species.
Scientific publicaton on the San Cristobal lava lizard (Microlophus bivittatus) Read More »
A new book edited by María de Lourdes Torres and Carlos Mena has been published by Springer. This book is the seventh in the Series “Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands”.
Fátima L. Benítez, Carlos F. Mena, Leo Zurita-Arthos
The Galapagos Islands are a unique sanctuary for wildlife and have gone through a fluctuating process of urbanization in the three main inhabited islands.
Congratulations to Carlos A. Valle, Professor and Researcher of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito & Juan Pablo Muñoz, Administrator and Researcher of the Galapagos Science Center for the two new publications about Microlophus bivittatus (San Cristóbal Lava Lizard) diet and about Microlophus indefatigabilis (Lava Lizard) diet.
Two new publications in Herpetological Review, about Galápagos lizards Read More »
The article is a new contribution to knowledge for the conservation of the critically endangered populations of this species in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Published by the Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Fernando J. Astudillo, from the Galapagos Science Center, is the author of the article “Soil phytoliths as indicators of initial human impact on San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos” published by Elsevier in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
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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!