Connecting with Nature: Gills Club

Started by shark scientists Dr Diana Pazmiño (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), Lauren Goodman, (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) and Yasuní Chiriboga, Gills Club aims to engage more girls in shark science, as part of our wider Galapagos Ocean Outreach goal to empower young people to generate and deliver conservation and sustainability projects.

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Connecting with Nature: Outreach on Santa Cruz with GCT’s Outreach Coordinator Anne Guezou

Anne Guezou is GCT’s Outreach Coordinator on Santa Cruz – she delivers our extra-curricular environmental education opportunities, and supports teachers and their classes with engaging outreach sessions in the field.

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COVID-19: an open letter from GCT’s CEO

You may have seen through our social media channels, that due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Galapagos Conservation Trust office is temporarily closed with all staff now working from home.

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Signals of ‘Hope’ in unprecedented times

In our most recent blog, we updated you about the Galapagos Whale Shark Project’s latest trip to Galapagos. Deploying new…

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Marti the Hammerhead Shark storybook project update

By Jen Jones, GCT and Dr Alex Hearn, MigraMar When we launched the Crowdfunder for our very first Galapagos storybook,…

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Galapagos Whale Shark Project – Updates

The Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) is a large area of the northeast Pacific, which provides protection to a diverse and thriving marine ecosystem, including the world’s largest fish, the whale shark.

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Saving the Little Vermilion Flycatcher – Project Update

There have been some very exciting developments within the Little Vermilion Flycatcher Project so far in 2020. In February the first fledglings of the project were spotted!

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Protecting Floreana’s finches – Restoring Floreana update

Our partners on the Restoring Floreana programme have started trials to determine how best to protect these, and other native species found on the island, from poison bait when the eradication section of the programme occurs to remove invasive mammals.

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Invasive species in Galapagos

An invasive species is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native.

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