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Safeguarding the Galapagos Islands through scientific research and conservation action since 1959. Donate Today! 👉🏼 🐢 https://t.co/mn375MQ4mL
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos
Joined May 2014
Nuestro equipo de Galápagos Verde 2050, junto con @parquegalapagos, ha restaurado canteras y antiguos botaderos con tecnologías ahorradoras de agua y plantas nativas. 🌱 Más de 2.000 individuos sembrados en tres islas. La ciencia recupera ecosistemas.
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Restoration experiments in degraded quarries of the Galápagos Islands test innovative water-saving techniques. The photo shows experimental plots at Floreana Black Gravel Quarry (2014 and 2024),...
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Our Galapagos Verde 2050 team, together with @parquegalapagos, restored quarries and waste sites using water-saving technologies and native plants. 🌱 Over 2000 native and endemic individuals planted across three islands. Science helps ecosystems recover.
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Restoration experiments in degraded quarries of the Galápagos Islands test innovative water-saving techniques. The photo shows experimental plots at Floreana Black Gravel Quarry (2014 and 2024),...
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Un bosque, una historia, un regreso. 🌿 Mira cómo el Bosque de los Niños en Isabela está renaciendo, junto a la comunidad recuperando sus raíces. 🎥 https://t.co/1TaBGv5Ur7
#Galápagos #Restauración #Scalesia #Conservación
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A forest, a legacy, a return 🌿 Watch how a small 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 forest on Isabela is coming back to life — and how the community is restoring its roots. 🎥 https://t.co/1TaBGv5Ur7
#Galapagos #Restoration #Scalesia #Conservation
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El Bosque de los Niños renace en Isabela 🌿 En 1993, Don Jacinto ayudó a proteger un remanente de 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 (hoy queda <1% de su población original). Tras perderse por plantas invasoras, estamos restaurando para recuperar el hábitat:
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Descubre el renacer del Bosque de los Niños en Isabela, un refugio histórico del Scalesia cordata. Desde la visión de Don Jacinto hasta la restauración actual liderada por la comunidad, esta historia...
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The Children’s Forest returns on Isabela 🌿In 1993, Don Jacinto helped protect a rare remnant of 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 (now<1% of its original population). After invasive plants took over, we are restoring the habitat and this educational space. https://t.co/dk7S0vpZoH
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Discover the revival of Isabela Island’s historic Children’s Forest, a once-forgotten sanctuary of the endangered Scalesia cordata. From its origins with Don Jacinto to today’s community-led restor...
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Un estudio difundido por la Fundación Charles Darwin y National Geographic Pristine Seas revela que Galápagos es uno de los puntos del planeta con mayor concentración de tiburón martillo, incluyendo especies críticamente amenazadas. https://t.co/1ow8sCn42Z
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Sharks are thriving in some marine parks—but not others. Why? Discover our scientists' latest study and implications for marine conservation https://t.co/Q3DitaOWhq via @NatGeo
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A study of marine parks spanning Mexico to Ecuador found key differences that allow ecosystems to flourish.
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New study: Remote MPAs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific—like Galápagos & Malpelo—host some of the world’s highest shark densities. Coastal MPAs? Alarmingly empty. 🦈📖 Read why protecting all life stages of sharks means investing in stricter protection:
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A groundbreaking study across seven marine parks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific reveals thriving shark and predator populations in remote island MPAs
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In Galapagos, gardens can help save species 🌿 A new study led by Patricia Jaramillo Díaz shows that the green spaces of Puerto Ayora play a crucial role in conserving native and endemic flora. 💚 Cities can flourish with nature. Read more here:
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Urban Ecosystems - Urbanization threatens the unique biodiversity of the Galápagos Islands; nevertheless, urban green spaces (UGs) may play a crucial role in the recovery of native and endemic...
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Take a look inside our Natural History Collections, where thousands of specimens help us uncover the stories of Galapagos biodiversity. Among them: the mysterious skull of the Santa Fe giant tortoise, a species long believed extinct. 🐢 https://t.co/gWB7fZimap
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#FreeWebinar Join us on Nov 24 at 10:00 AM (Galápagos time) for a Zoom talk with William H. Durham from Stanford University. 🌿Discover what truly convinced Darwin in Galapagos — from mockingbirds to the origins of his theory of evolution. Sign up here:
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¿Un cráneo perdido en los escombros podría pertenecer a la tortuga gigante extinta de Santa Fe? 🐢 Un hallazgo de 1969 podría ofrecer respuestas clave sobre esta especie desaparecida. Conoce la historia completa en nuestro blog → https://t.co/HGmspZV3h5
#Galápagos
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In 1969, during relentless rains on Santa Fe Island, scientist Tjitte de Vries discovered a small, well-preserved tortoise skull. Taken to the Charles
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A skull found in 1969 on Santa Fe Island may belong to an extinct tortoise species. 🐢 Decades later, scientists are uncovering the truth—using atomic clues and island history. Read more in our latest blog → https://t.co/fV973uQ0ss
#Galapagos #ScienceForConservation
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In 1969, during relentless rains on Santa Fe Island, scientist Tjitte de Vries discovered a small, well-preserved tortoise skull. Taken to the Charles
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In Galapagos, invasive species threaten native life—but nature might hold the solution. 🌿Discover how biological control is helping restore balance, from ladybirds to finch-saving science. https://t.co/H0uACAZEU5
#BiologicalControl #Conservation #AvianVampireFly #Blog
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The Galapagos Islands, a living laboratory of evolution, face growing threats from invasive species. Through safe and science based biological control
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🌿 Los agricultores de Galápagos están ayudando a salvar aves nativas. 🐦 Un nuevo estudio revela su compromiso con la biodiversidad al plantar árboles que protegen a especies en peligro.📖 Descubre esta historia de conservación comunitaria:
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Un estudio en People & Nature revela que los agricultores de Galápagos son aliados clave en la protección de aves en peligro de extinción.
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This month, we participated in the @IUCN Congress in Abu Dhabi, voting on key motions for species and ecosystem protection. 🌱 Galápagos’ voice was heard on issues like island resilience, ocean ethics, and food system sustainability. 🔗 Read more:
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La FCD y la UICN renuevan su compromiso con la conservación global, destacando el rol de la ciencia y la cooperación desde Galápagos.
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Este mes participamos en el Congreso Mundial de la @IUCN en Abu Dabi. 🌍 Galápagos estuvo presente en votaciones clave por la resiliencia insular, conservación marina y sistemas alimentarios sostenibles 🌱 🔗 Conoce más:
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Discover how the Charles Darwin Foundation protects Galapagos' biodiversity through scientific research and conservation efforts.
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𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢 — critically endangered and not seen in 29 years — has been rediscovered on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos! 🌿 Despite invasive goats and low seed viability, recovery is underway. Continued restoration is essential.
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Confirmed presence of a population of the Critically Endangered shrub Scalesia retroflexa after 29 years
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@parquegalapagos En el último panel del día, nuestra investigadora principal del programa de Sostenibilidad para la Conservación, Andrea Muñoz, participó junto a otros expertos respondiendo preguntas de la comunidad sobre cómo avanzar hacia un desarrollo más sostenible en Galápagos 🌿
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In 2018, Stripe offered $1.2 billion to acquire a 3-year-old Australian startup The founders said no. Today, that startup processes $235 billion in annual payments & is opening a second HQ in San Francisco to compete directly with Stripe. This is the story of Airwallex 🧵
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