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The Return of the Children’s Forest

Discover the revival of Isabela Island’s historic Children’s Forest, a once-forgotten sanctuary of the endangered Scalesia cordata. From its origins with Don Jacinto to today’s community-led restoration, this story reconnects generations through conservation, memory, and hope. Click to explore how a beloved forest is coming back to life.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Cheiroglossa palmata (L.) C. Presl
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme (Dunal) D.M. Spooner, G.J. Anderson & R.K. Jansen
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Cora glabrata (Spreng.) Fr.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Epinotia lantana (Busck, 1910)
Green Hope: Floreana and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Find our the latest ecological restoration milestones of CDF's Galapagos Verde 2050 team in Floreana Island and how it is contributig to...

Starting my scientific career in the Galapagos Islands
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Halymenia santamariae W.R. Taylor
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Species Database Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Agave americana L.
Population recovery of Galvezia leucantha subsp. leucantha on Isabela Island
Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Database Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Savignyella lafontii (Audouin, 1826)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Cyperus compressus L.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Ham. Pers.
Species Database Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Ham. Pers.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Eleocharis sellowiana Kunth
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Kalanchoe eriophylla Hills. & Bojer ex Tul.