"The Galapagos are under siege from the sheer numbers of humans wishing to overfish or to love the islands to death through eco-tourism," writes Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Co-Founder of Greenpeace, in a graphic letter titled Galapagos in Deep Trouble.
The archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, 965 kilometres west of Ecuador, are being threatened by cars, overfishing, tourism, resource exploitation, even dogs and cats. I was lucky enough to visit as an 'eco-tourist' in 2005, and the profound experience left a deep impression. Now Ecuador is considering limiting tourism, and rightly so; I just hope they plan to punish the poachers and smugglers as well.
Read Watson's letter here>>
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