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Ecuador participated in the UN Ocean Conference 2022
COVID-19 Community Relief and Safely Reactivating Tourism in the Galapagos
Who were the CDF Founders and why did they succeed, and others failed?
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Gyrinus galapagoensis Van Dyke, 1953
Mammillaria prolifera subsp. 1 (Mill.) Haw.
Species Database Mammillaria prolifera subsp. 1 (Mill.) Haw.
Ricinus communis L.
Species Database Ricinus communis L.
Rubus niveus Thunb.
Species Database Rubus niveus Thunb.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Nodipecten magnificus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Diodora pica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
Paúl Mayorga-CDF
Urban and rural restoration

While a mere 3% of the Galapagos Islands are home to people, our presence in this small fraction of the archipelago has put the native vegetation at risk. Our restoration program in urban and rural areas engages the local community in conservation and restoration efforts to secure the long-term health of these unique ecosystems.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Capsicum chinense cv. Trinidad Scorpion Jacq.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Physcia insularis Zahlbr.
Taking care of an endangered shrub in Galapagos
Rashid Cruz-CDF
Research Data Repository Propuesta Científica DPNG Bosque de Scalesia 2024
Pelayo Salinas/CDF
First-ever documented birthing migration of a hammerhead shark

Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation’s shark ecology and conservation program and collaborators, have published what is likely the first-ever scientifically recorded birthing migration for the critically endangered scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini).

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Inga insignis Knuth
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Inga sapindoides Willd.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Inga vera Willd.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd.
Warming oceans threatening Galapagos Reefs