Project Isabela
Goats are a highly destructive introduced species causing damage to the ecosystems of Galapagos. Project Isabela is a major ecology restoration program, implemented in 1997 by the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS). The project required the removal of all feral goats from Santiago and northern Isabela Islands to aid the reestablishment of natural ecological conditions and evolutionary processes.
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The Galapagos Invasion: A CDF/Earthwatch Institute Collaboration
CDF scientists are working with the Earthwatch Institute to protect a unique and threatened Galapagos ecosystem from invasive alien species. Guided by the scientists, Earthwatch volunteers have mapped, weeded and monitored 25 hectares of endangered Scalesia forest to determine the effect active management has on the regeneration of native species.
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Sea Lion health monitoring and conservation
The Charles Darwin Research Station has implemented an ecological monitoring project of the Galapagos sea lion. The overall goal is to determine the current state and abundance of the sea lions and fur seals in Galapagos in order to set the baseline for monitoring and evaluating the extent of the fisheries by-catch mortalities, impacts and natural cycles; and to evaluate the interaction related with humans activities.
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