Posts tagged travel
TRAVEL CONFESSIONS: That Tarn Mountain In Patagonia

I’m not a hiker, really. My story of summiting a peak ended with a lousy failure, right here in Patagonia, four years ago. It was this obscure mountain, Tarn they call it, which like every other place so far seems to have a connection with Charles Darwin if one searches for it on Google.

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LEARNING ABOUT CONSERVATION IN THE GALAPAGOS: Lessons on Hope

"We call Galapagos a ‘social ecosystem’ - the union of the community with the ecosystem’s management, which is what generates conservation." Interview with Christian Sevilla, responsible for the Conservation and Restoration of Island Ecosystems department within the Galapagos National Park.

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ISLANDS OF BIODIVERSITY: The other "Galápagoses"

Intact ecosystems and their continuous conservation are something that an increasing number of people are willing to pay to witness, and whether for their endemic species, evolutionary importance, or rich biodiversity, many islands around the world claim to be different regions’ “Galápagos”. 

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VISITING SAN CRISTÓBAL, GALAPAGOS: Humans & Wildlife Sharing Space

It had been six days of open ocean when one early morning we woke up with land in sight. From the misty air and foggy, rugged landscape of what looked like a barren island it was easier to think we had reached some mysterious lands up North rather than at the Equator. Once we sailed past the majestic silhouette of the Leon Dormido rocks it was less than an hour that we’d make our entrance in the bay of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal. 

 

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