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CDF Research Highlights the Crucial Role of Mangroves in Galapagos

Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) have, for the first time, assessed the conservation status of mangrove ecosystems in the Galápagos Islands using the Red List of Ecosystems methodology developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The study concludes that this ecosystem is classified as Vulnerable, underscoring the urgency of its conservation. The full report is available in the EcoEvoRxiv repository.

Opuntia galapageia Hemsl.
Species Database Opuntia galapageia Hemsl.
Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow) De Clerck
Species Database Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow) De Clerck
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lithophyllum complexum Me.Lemoine
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Neogoniolithon brassica-florida (Harvey) Setchell & L.R. Mason
Felis catus (Schreber, 1775)
Species Database Felis catus (Schreber, 1775)
Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier
Species Database Alternanthera halimifolia (Lam.) Standl. ex Pittier
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lithothamnion pocillum M.Lemoine
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lithophyllum divaricatum Me.Lemoine
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Species Database Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Daltonia longifolia Tayl.
Heinke Jäger/CDF
Scalesia Forests in Santa Cruz could be gone in 20 years

Study reveals urgent need for large scale invasive species management to prevent extinction of endemic forest in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza scandens (Gould, 1837)
Species Database Geospiza scandens (Gould, 1837)
Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Species Database Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Batis maritima L.
Species Database Batis maritima L.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Callophyllis ligulata W.R. Taylor
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Chondrus albemarlensis W.R. Taylor
Life re-emerging! Galápagos Verde 2050: Cacti recovering on remote islands
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Amphiroa dimorpha Me.Lemoine
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Stomion galapagoensis G.R. Waterhouse, 1845