María Sol Herrera
Entomologist
María Sol Herrera is an entomologist at the Charles Darwin Foundation and has been working in the Terrestrial Invasive Species and Scalesia Forest Restoration program since February 2025. She started as a volunteer at the CDF in September 2024, collaborating in the identification of terrestrial invertebrates, especially beetles (Order Coleoptera), collected during the annual monitoring of the Scalesia forest on Santa Cruz Island. María Sol obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the Universidad Estatal Amazónica and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Education at the Universidad Estatal de Milagro.
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Land
Scalesia forest restorationScalesia forests once thrived on the Galapagos Islands, forming a unique humid ecosystem for plants, insects, giant tortoises and birds. Today, only 1% of the forests’ original distribution remains, with several endemic species, including the Scalesia themselves, struggling to survive. We are working to restore this important habitat and given the rapid rate of forest loss, it is a race against time.