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Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso shows the decree for the expansion of the Galapagos marine reserve – Copyright KCNA VIA KNS/AFP STR Ecuador created a massive ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: 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 » Life: Coral reef with abundant marine life discovered off Galapagos Islands
A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. It’s the first discovery of its kind since the protected marine area ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: New ‘pristine’ coral reef discovered in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands
A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, the country’s environment ministry said on Monday. “A deepwater ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: Chubb Supports World's Largest Debt Conversion for Marine Conservation Project in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
ZURICH, June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb today announced its support for the Galápagos Marine Bond, the world's largest debt conversion for marine conservation. The marine conservation-linked bond ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: Dentons Leads Ecuador Debt-for-Nature Swap Aimed at Marine Conservation Near Galapagos
The transaction, which also involved teams of lawyers from Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie and others, is expected to generate $1.126 billion in savings for Ecuador and $323 million to finance ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: Ecuador Strikes a Landmark Deal to Protect the Galápagos, and Save Cash
Ecuador announced a record-setting deal on Tuesday designed to reduce its debt burden and free up hundreds of millions of dollars to fund marine conservation around the Galápagos Islands, an ...
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: ‘Adapt and survive’ as Galapagos girds for life without tourism
As much of Ecuador went into lockdown against the coronavirus, scientists shipped out of the Galapagos, leaving important research activity frozen and the Pacific archipelago’s tourism in deep crisis.
News Ecuador » Galapagos » Life: New coral reef discovered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands
QUITO, April 17 (Reuters) - A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, the country's environment ministry said on ...