2006 News Releases

Local and International Experts to Help Lead the Charles Darwin Foundation
November 23, 2006

Organization's General Assembly Elect New Members

The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) General Assembly recently welcomed 12 new members, including four local residents who each have shown ...
 
Giant Tortoises Still on the Menu- 4 More Slaughtered in Isabela
September 26, 2006
The slaughter of the Galapagos giant tortoises continues in the south of Isabela Island as poaching hacks away at the already low numbers of the very emblem and namesake of the archipelago. On Septemb...
 
The Isabela Project achieves the impossible
July 5, 2006

The Director of the Galapagos National Park (GNP), Raquel Molina, announced during the 47th anniversary celebrations of the creation of the Galapagos National Park, the successful culmination of fi...

 
Sven-Olof Lindblad awarded royal recognition (PDF)
May 20, 2006
Sven-Olof Lindblad was recognized for his innovative and successful model of tourism, which plays an important role in preserving the Galapagos Archipelago...
 
CDF launches new strategic plan
May 16, 2006
In the face of rapid change in Galapagos and new and emerging challenges to the conservation of this World Heritage Site...