Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    SCIENCE FOR CONSERVATION - THERE WAS GOOD NEWS ON THE POPULATION STUDIES OF GALAPAGOS PENGUINS, WITH THE SIGHTING OF ALMOST 100 ADULT PENGUINS AND 10 ACTIVE NESTS. WITH GC FUNDS, RESEARCHERS HAVE COLLECTED DATA ON ALL PASSERINE AND MOST OTHER LANDBIRDS ON FLOREANA, SAN CRISTOBAL AND SANTA CRUZ TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANS TO REVERSE THE DECLINE IN LANDBIRD POPULATIONS AS A RESULT OF PHILORNIS DOWNSI. GC WORKED WITH THE GALAPAGOS BIOSECURITY AGENCY TO MONITOR PORTS AND AIRPORTS IN GALAPAGOS AND ON MAINLAND ECUADOR TO DETECT THE ARRIVAL OF NEW INVASIVE SPECIES, INCLUDING NON-NATIVE ANTS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1M

  • Program 2 [2018]

    EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ECUADOR'S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MENTORING, AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR ALL 370 TEACHERS AND 21 SCHOOL DIRECTORS IN THE ARCHIPELAGO. WE ARE BUILDING A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WONDERS THAT MAKE THE ISLAND SO SPECIAL. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED GC TO ADAPT IT FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE AMAZON, AND IT IS BECOMING A MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1.2M

  • Program 3 [2018]

    GIANT TORTOISE RESTORATION INITIATIVE - IN 2018, THE FIRST 67 TORTOISES HATCHED FROM NEW FLOREANA TORTOISE BREEDING PROGRAM. THE YOUNG TORTOISES WILL BE RELEASED ONTO THE ISLAND WHEN THEY ARE FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD. THIS YEAR INCLUDED A TRIP TO SANTA FE ISLAND TO MONITOR THE NEARLY 400 ESPANOLA TORTOISES RELEASED THERE SINCE 2015. THE GTRI PROGRAM ALSO REPATRIATED MORE THAN 160 CAPTIVE-BRED TORTOISES TO SOUTHERN ISABELA. THE GTRI TEAM COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER CENSUS OF THE EASTERN SANTA CRUZ TORTOISES.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $318.7K