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June 30
UN Puts Ecuador's Galapagos Islands on Endangered List
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul, South Korea
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization,
UNESCO, said invasive species, tourism, and immigration are threatening the
...
UN declares Galapagos endangered
Globe and Mail - Canada
PARIS -- The Galapagos Islands have been put on a list of endangered
World Heritage Sites by UNESCO because of the growing pressure from
tourism...
The Galapagos in danger
Chicago Tribune - United States
This week, at a meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, the UN's World
Heritage Committee added the Galapagos Islands to its list of World
Heritage Sites in...
June 29
BBC Announces Galapagos in HD
TVShowsOnDVD.com - Canada
The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galapagos
Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given
birth to and seen...
Galapagos on endangered list
Times of India - India
PARIS: The Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean have been put on a
list of endangered world heritage sites by Unesco because of the growing
pressure from...
Galapagos Announced for Blu-ray
Blu-ray.com - USA
BBC Video has announced that they will be releasing the nature documentary
'Galapagos' for Blu-ray on October 2. Riding the coat tails
of the very...
A quietly intriguing column from QI. This week: A garland of Gs
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The official name for the Galapagos Islands is Archipelago de
Colon. A galapago, a Spanish saddle, became the nickname for the large
native tortoises...
End to tourism for the Galapagos?
World Travel Guide - London, UK
Officials are considering preventing tourists from visiting the
Galapagos Islands in the future to protect its environment. This
week, the International...
June 28
Pioneering Galapagos Trip for Cambridge Geologists
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA, USA
A team of University of Cambridge Geologists will follow in the footsteps
of Charles Darwin on a unique expedition to the Galapagos Islands in
July.
Galapagos Islands added to Danger List
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
Gland, Switzerland, 28 June 2007 (IUCN)- The Galapagos Islands
have been added to the list of World Heritage sites in danger following the
recommendation of...
Galapagos Islands at risk, rules UN
Scotsman - United Kingdom
THE UN yesterday declared the Galapagos islands in danger, as
booming tourism and immigration threaten giant tortoises and blue-footed
boobies unique to the...
WWF voices alarm over iron dust in ocean experiment
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhuanet) -- A plan to stimulate phytoplankton growth to
reduce carbon dioxide by dumping iron dust into the ocean near the
Galapagos...
Female Galapagos iguanas die looking for Mr. Right
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists studying female Galapagos
marine iguana behavior say they are sometimes too picky while searching for
the right...
June 27
World Wildlife Fund Warns Against Iron Dumping Experiment Near the...
Earthtimes.org - USA
In the waters around the Galapagos, some 400 species of fish swim
with turtles, penguins and marine iguanas above a vast array of urchins,
sea cucumbers...
UN Puts Ecuador's Galapagos Islands on Endangered List
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, UNESCO, said invasive species, tourism, and immigration are
threatening...
Galapagos Is added to list of endangered world heritage sites
Radio New Zealand - Wellington, New Zealand
The United Nations' cultural body has added the Galapagos
Islands in the Pacific Ocean to a list of endangered world heritage sites.
...
Galapagos On, Everglades Off World Heritage Danger List
Environment News Service - USA
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, June 26, 2007 (ENS) - A UN panel today declared
that the outstanding natural values of Ecuador's Galapagos
islands are in danger...
June 26
UN declares Galapagos endangered
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
The Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean is facing increasing
pressure from tourism and have been placed on the United Nations list of
endangered world...
Treaty caution on plankton plans
Nature.com (subscription) - London, England, UK
Planktos's plan to seed an area roughly 560 kilometres west of the
Galapagos Islands would make it the first commercial company to
conduct large-scale iron...
Galapagos Islands, park in Senegal added to UNESCO's in danger...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand: The Galapagos Islands and Senegal's
Niokolo-Koba National Park were added Tuesday to the UN's World
Heritage sites in danger...
June 25
Ecuador seeks 'in danger' status for Galapagos
CNN - USA
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Ecuador says tourism is threatening the
Galapagos Islands and has asked UNESCO to add the habitat that
inspired the theory...
Galapagos Islands May Get 'In Danger' Listing From World Heritage...
ABC News - USA
AP Ecuador says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands and has
asked UNESCO to add the habitat that inspired the theory of evolution to
its endangered...
Galapagos may be added to endangered list
Taipei Times - Taiwan
The Galapagos Islands may be listed as "in danger" by the
world's top cultural body because tourism is threatening the
environment that helped shape Charles...
Galapagos Islands 'In Danger' ?
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA, USA
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - June 22, 2007 - Ecuador says tourism is
threatening the Galapagos Islands and has asked UNESCO to add the
habitat that...
Island adventure offers teacher chance to learn
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg, SC, USA
Once in the Galapagos Islands, the program requires the instructors
to form a group presentation on some part of the environment and
incorporate their...
June 24
Exploring the Marquesas - Sail-World's Blackwattle
Sail World - Mandalong, NSW, Australia
... having sailed the three thousand nautical miles to be here, and
rewarded as well after the three weeks sailing marathon that's
necessary from Galapagos.
Sea Shepherd Galapagos Sting Results in Seizure of Over 18000...
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
"Sea Shepherd traced potential exit points in the illegal shark fin trade
that occurs in the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador." The initial
seizure, at the...
June 23
Angler's ten-year odyssey pays off with a tuna 'grand slam'
Times Online - UK
While fishing for swordfish off the Galapagos Islands in the
Pacific he caught a sniff of the tuna. "That was a tough one. It was a
small boat and I'ma big...
Tourism blamed for need to put Galapagos on endangered list
CDNN - New Zealand
ECUADOR (22 June 2007) -- Ecuador says tourism is threatening the
Galapagos Islands and has asked UNESCO to add the habitat that
inspired the theory of...
Today in History
Radio Taiwan International - Taipei, Taiwan
Harriet, a Galapagos tortoise, died on this day in 2006 at an
estimated age of 175, the second oldest tortoise of authenticated age.
June 22
Ecuador Seeking Endangered Status for Galapagos Islands
About - News & Issues - New York, NY, USA
Galapagos may get 'in danger' listing (AP): "Ecuador
says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands and has asked
UNESCO to add the habitat that inspired...
Ecuador Wants Habitat on Endangered List
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA, USA
(AP) -- Ecuador says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands
and has asked UNESCO to add the habitat that inspired the theory of
evolution to its...
Galapagos Islands green scheme alarms scientists
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
A US company is poised to dump iron filings off the Galapagos
Islands in an experiment designed to remove carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere.
As tourism swells, Galapagos Islands may get "in danger" listing
Seattle Times - United States
By AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Ecuador says tourism is threatening the
Galapagos Islands and has asked UNESCO to add the area that inspired
the theory of...
Experiment In Galapagos Alarms America
New York Sun - New York, NY, USA
By CHARLES CLOVER An American company is poised to dump iron filings in the
sea off the Galapagos Islands in an experiment designed to remove
carbon dioxide...
Galapagos: Witnessing nature's power to astonish
Payson Roundup - Payson, AZ, USA
by Ida Farrell, Roundup travel correspondent As a young girl in Germany, I
learned with fascination about the Galapagos Islands as the
birthplace of Charles...
Galapagos may get 'in danger' listing
Pioneer Times-Journal - Pioneer, NM, USA
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Ecuador says tourism is threatening the
Galapagos Islands and has asked UNESCO to add the habitat that
inspired the theory of...
June 21
At Lindblad Expeditions, Philanthropy Reflects Core Values
Earthtimes.org - USA
Lindblad supports conservation in all of the company's key travel
regions, including the Galapagos Islands, Baja California, Alaska
and Antarctica.
Ecuador weighs Galapagos turtles vs tourists
Scientific American - USA
By Alonso Soto PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador (Reuters) - Marauding Europeans are
nothing new to the Galapagos Islands, which long ago were the haunt
of English...
GALAPAGOS ALARM
BBC Focus - Bristol, UK
Conservationists are concerned by plans to dump iron filings along the
coast of the Galapagos Islands. US company Planktos are
experimenting with the idea...
Galapagos experiment sparks alarm
BBC News - UK
A US company plans to dump iron filings into the sea off the
Galapagos Islands in an experiment to remove carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere.
Bowery buys in
Brooklyn Papers - Brooklyn, NY, USA
For a while, the edgy local scene supported a number of big venues,
including Volume, Northsix and Galapagos, just to name a few.
...
Ecuador weighs Galapagos turtles vs. tourists
MSNBC - USA
PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador - Marauding Europeans are nothing new to the
Galapagos Islands, which long ago were the haunt of English pirates
preying on Spanish...
June 20
Sebastio Salgado's Search for the Pristine: The shift from human...
NY Arts Magazine - New York, NY, USA
He's been to Antarctica, the Galapagos, the Kamchatka peninsula
of eastern Russia, and the Namib Desert of Southern Africa, among other
places...
Farming the oceans to combat global warming
Neoseeker - USA
... make a bee line to the Galapagos Islands (where Darwin
developed the theory of natural selection and evolution) where they would
dump 45 tonnes of iron...
Planktos iron dumping
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA, USA
According to the Vancouver Sun, Planktos is planning to continue its scheme
to dump iron into the oceans off the Galapagos, even though the EPA
has ruled it...
Princess Cruises Unveils New South American Options
Fast Track - Swindon,Wiltshire, UK
Visitors taking a voyage on one of Princess Cruises several ships will be
able to take advantage of trips to Cape Horn, the Galapagos Islands
and Santiago.
The Hall in Which Music is Played in Williamsburg is Opening in...
Gothamist - NY, USA
North 6th Street has been quiet with music venue Northsix shutting its door
in January, and with Galapagos pretty much closing its doors this
summer.
Holy Galapagos!
blogTO - Toronto,Ontario, Canada
The show is called Galapagos (Paradise Lost I), referring both to
the pristine archipelago Charles Darwin felt perfectly demonstrated his
theory of...
June 19
Plan to alter ocean hits rough seas
Vancouver Province (subscription) - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
... and San Francisco, wants to set sail this month from Florida to
dump more than 45 tonnes of iron dust into the waters near the
Galapagos Islands.
June 18
A shell-shocked single guy
Metro - London, UK
Spare a thought for Lonesome George, a giant tortoise from the
Galapagos island of Pinta, believed to be the only one of his kind
left in the world.
Turtles vs tourists on the Galapagos Islands
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
Marauding Europeans are nothing new to the Galapagos Islands, which
long ago were the haunt of English pirates preying on Spanish galleons
laden with Inca...
June 17
Foreign-born students coming to the US to study the tropics
Canoe.ca - Canada
Patricia Parker, a professor in zoological studies, is studying three
groups of pathogens, or disease-causing agents, on the Galapagos
Islands located 1000...
Upland students, teacher to visit Galapagos Isles
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario, CA, USA
By Lori Consalvo, Staff Writer Nine students and a biology teacher from
Upland High School will spend 14 days in the Galapagos Islands and
parts of South...
Jun 16
Take It Slow, Don't Have Many Kids and Enjoy Cold Water
New York Times - United States
A Galapagos tortoise named Harriet is reputed to have lived 175
years. At the other end of the spectrum, some animals live eye-blinkingly
short lives.
300 gather at Virginia Zoo to remember animal lover killed in crash
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA, USA
The Virginia Zoo's latest
additions - a Galapagos tortoise, a white rhinoceros and a mother
elephant with her ...
Jun 15
Study Investigates 'Divorce' Among Galapagos Seabirds
Newswise (press release) - USA
... is not enough to keep an avian marriage together for the Nazca
booby, a long-lived seabird found in the Galapagos Islands off the
coast of Ecuador.
Jun 14
Galapagos survivors, up close and personal
Georgia Straight - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"The policy of the Galapagos National Park is to leave everything
as natural as possible," says my guide. There are no docks, pit toilets...
Actress Kate Hudson Hair Care for a Cause
American Digital Networks - Annapolis, MD, USA
WildAid is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization headquartered in San Francisco
with representation in China, India, Galapagos, London and New
York.
Zoo statues honor young Scout
Daily Press - Newport News,VA, USA
Friends and family donated $53000 to purchase the statues, which include a
life-size elephant and her calf, white rhinoceros and Galapagos
tortoise.
Backyard aviary
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR, USA
... preening red- and blue-footed boobies, and trained my zoom lens
on dozens of pink flamingos dipping for fresh-water shrimp, in the
Galapagos Islands.
Princess to Feature an Unprecedented Three Ships in South America ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - USA
The mighty Amazon, dramatic Cape Horn, the alluring Machu Picchu, the
untouched Galapagos Islands and the remote continent of Antarctica
are all highlights ...
Penguins return to Falklands
ITV.com - UK
Tourism is important and the islanders are promoting themselves as an
alternative to the more famous Galapagos reserve off the coast of
Ecuador.
Jun 13
Study investigates 'divorce' among Galapagos seabirds
HULIQ - Hickory, NC, USA
Being a devoted husband and father is not enough to keep an avian marriage
together for the Nazca booby, a long-lived seabird found in the
Galapagos Islands ...
Jun 12
Student wins trip to Galapagos--14-year-old will study biology...
Augusta Chronicle (subscription) - Augusta,GA, USA
As part of winning an essay and speech contest, the rising high school
sophomore will spend a week in the Galapagos Islands studying the
environment and ...
Jun 11
Central American frogs cousins of those found in South America ...
Boston Globe - United States
The frogs must have drifted by sea, says Hedges, in much the same way that
many animals in Hawaii and the Galapagos got to their islands.
Jun 10
Turning snapshots into photographs
Detroit Free Press - United States
National Geographic Expeditions (www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com;
866-797-4686) has a 10-day tour of the Galapagos islands starting at
$4150.
A quiet, rustic retreat in Quito
Chicago Tribune - United States
It's an easy choice for people who, like me, are spending a little time
in the Ecuadorean capital before and after a cruise in the Galapagos
Islands.
Teachers adventure into summer
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles, CA, USA
From ice climbing in Peru to deep-sea diving off the coast of the
Galapagos Islands, teachers in Santa Clarita are gearing up for
adventure.
Baumgart: Happy Birthday
Sun.Star - Philippines
Maybe our paths will cross one day-maybe on a train to Timbuktu or on the
Galapagos Island. While turning 20 was pretty exciting, today proves
itself to be...
Penguins: North to Alaska
AlaskaReport - Juneau, AK, USA
The Galapagos penguin has territory that reaches north of the
equator to Isabella island in the Galapagos group off Ecuador. In
the largest sense...
Jun 8
In Galapagos, a Race Is On To Protect Turtles' Differences
Wall Street Journal - USA
Conservationists are struggling to preserve not only the numbers of the
large Galapagos turtles, but also the subtle differences between
the turtles on each...
Jun 7
Wayward Penguins Hitch Rides to US on Fishing Boats
National Geographic - Washington, DC, USA
With the exception of a population in the Galapagos Islands just a
smidge north of the Equator, all 17 species of penguins are found
exclusively in the...
Planet Earth Generates $3.2M in HD Sales
Blu-ray.com - USA
... 'A Room With a View: Special Edition' and the Peabody
Award-winning natural-history documentary 'Galapagos'. Both
are due out sometime this fall.
Helping out on holidays
Daily Telegraph - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Would-be volunteers can take part in humanitarian and environmental
projects in exotic far-flung locations like the Galapagos Islands,
or they can stay in...
Jun 6
Meet the SpecuFrog
Methuselah Foundation - Washington, DC, USA
This is huge -- it's like a mini, land-based Galapagos. So now
all we need is a name for our mascot. It will temporarily be known as Phil
Jr. until somebody...
Penguins in Alaska?
Mongabay.com - USA
Penguins, except for a species found in the Galapagos at the
Equator, are naturally found exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.
...
Jun 3
The travel bug
Guardian Unlimited - UK
He talked of the Galapagos Islands as a possible example, but ended
his anecdote with a depressed tone when considering the islands' future
prospects.
Jun 2
Rare insight into the Galapagos and West Indies
Sunday Business Post - Dublin, Ireland
Animals of the Galapagos and West Indies will feature in Spirit Of
Freedom - a photographic exhibition opening in Cork on Wednesday.
...
Planeta.com Launches Galapagos Travel Survey
Planeta.com - Austin, TX, USA
In June 2007 Planeta.com launches the Galapagos Travel Survey to
review how travelers respond to recent news about threats facing
Ecuador's most famous...
Luxury Adventure Travel to Dominica, Ecuador and Galapagos with...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA, USA
"Our Ecuador and Galapagos Island Expedition, planned for
spring 2008, is the travel adventure of a life time!" says Tannis.
"Our lucky travel group will...
Jun 1
Unnatural Selection: The Galapagos in Peril
Ethical Travel News - Berkeley, CA, USA
The delicate balance of life on Ecuador's Galapagos
Islands-whose unique, isolated ecosystem helped inspire Charles
Darwin's theory of evolution-is at...
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