Ecuador News » Galapagos News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Leonardo DiCaprio backed a $43 million effort to restore Galapagos wildlife
In May 2021, actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio announced support for a $43 million conservation initiative aimed at restoring wildlife and damaged habitats across Ecuador’s Galapagos ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Ecuador to reintroduce species on Galapagos island
Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species that have disappeared from an island in the Galapagos archipelago where Charles Darwin ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Ecuador’s Bargain of Conservation and Tourism in The Galapagos
From August 1, 2024 the government of Ecuador will double the entry fee for tourists visiting the islands in an effort to mitigate pressures on this unique assemblage of ecosystems. The allure of the ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Off Ecuador's Galapagos, a former shark-poaching ship's new mission
When Ecuador's navy seized a Chinese-flagged ship off the Galapagos Islands in 2017, its hold brimmed with tons and tons of poached fish, many of them threatened species like hammerhead and thresher ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Ecuador's navy ready to combat illegal fishing around the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador’s navy is ready to protect the seas around the Galapagos Islands from illegal fishing by foreign ships whose annual visits threaten marine wildlife in the archipelago’s waters, following ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Ecuador launches debt buyback plan aimed at Galapagos protection
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Ecuador has launched a long-awaited debt buyback plan that will free up money to protect its Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most precious ecosystems and the ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Coronavirus reaches world heritage Galapagos Islands
The coronavirus pandemic has reached Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage site, an official source said on Tuesday. Norman Wray, president of the Galapagos Government Council, told the ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Government: Ecuador's navy ready to combat illegal fishing around the Galapagos Islands
ABOARD THE HUALCOPO, Ecuador, July 23 (Reuters) - Ecuador's navy is ready to protect the seas around the Galapagos Islands from illegal fishing by foreign ships whose annual visits threaten marine ...