Increasing Waste Management Awareness
Today’s society produces enormous amounts of waste due to its unbridled consumption. Solid waste management is a major socio-environmental challenge for the entire world, even Galapagos. Teresa Jaramillo (a Isabela Island resident) has been leading the “Manos Reciclando”, a collective of 20 women dedicated to proper solid waste management, for the past five year. Recycling […]
Healthy Eating Habits Promoted by Galápagos Entrepreneur
Healthy, sustainable eating means eating more fruits and vegetables, and less animal products. These changes in diet have been shown to decrease obesity, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis and other cancers. Because plant-based foods are less energy-intensive than animal-based food, they also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Galapagos Conservancy funded a project to promote healthy eating […]
Arts-based Inspiration for Conservation of the Vermillion Flycatcher
Santa Cruz Island youth are learning how to take care of one of the most iconic and striking birds in the Galapagos, the Vermilion flycatcher. Giovanna Morales is a Galapagos native who has been leading this project since March 2022 when she was awarded one of Galapagos Conservancy’s Women in Sustainability Entrepreneurship Grants. Giovanna was […]
In Search of the Endemic Rodents of Santa Cruz, Santiago, and San Cristóbal Islands
The Galapagos Islands’ endemic rodents have suffered among the highest rates of extinction (Clark 1984; Dowler and al. 2000). Galapagos Conservancy funds surveys to find remnant populations of native rodents. Surveys are being conducted to locate the Aegialomys galapagoensis species on San Cristobal Island, Nesoryzomys imdefessus, and Nesoryzomys Darwini on Santa Cruz Island. These species […]
Invasive Species and Climate Change Threaten Galápagos Penguins
The Galapagos penguin is an archipelago endemic species. It is the second-smallest penguin species. Their population is concentrated on the Archipelago’s west side, at the rocky coasts of Fernandina Islands and Isabela Islands. Galapagos Conservancy supports research on Galapagos penguins as part of its efforts to better understand this species and give us better tools […]
Galápagos Conservancy Funds Santa Cruz Waste Management Symposium
The Decentralized Autonomous Government of Santa Cruz organized a symposium on solid waste management technology on Friday, 28 October. Galapagos Conservancy’s Conservation Action Grants program, which aims to support local institutions in their sustainability projects, funded this event. Eighty people participated in the workshop and learned about the management and technology used by private and […]