Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

   • Carlos A. Valle

   Pages 1-22

3. Changing Views of the Galapagos

   • Diego Quiroga

   Pages 23-48

4. Perspectives for the Study of the Galapagos Islands: Complex Systems and Human–Environment Interactions

   • Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos F. Mena

   Pages 49-67

5. The Socioeconomic Paradox of Galapagos

   • Byron Villacis, Daniela Carrillo

   Pages 69-85

6. Environmental Crisis and the Production of Alternatives: Conservation Practice(s) in the Galapagos Islands

   • Wendy Wolford, Flora Lu, Gabriela Valdivia

   Pages 87-104

7. The Double Bind of Tourism in Galapagos Society

   • Laura Brewington

   Pages 105-125

8. The Evolution of Ecotourism: The Story of the Galapagos Islands and the Special Law of 1998

   • Michele M. Hoyman, Jamie R. McCall

   Pages 127-140

9. People Live Here: Maternal and Child Health on Isla Isabela, Galapagos

   • Rachel Page, Margaret Bentley, Julee Waldrop

   Pages 141-153

10. Characterizing Contemporary Land Use/Cover Change on Isabela Island, Galápagos

    • Amy L. McCleary

    Pages 155-172

11. Investigating the Coastal Water Quality of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

    • Curtis H. Stumpf, Raul A. Gonzalez, Rachel T. Noble

    Pages 173-184

12. Research in Agricultural and Urban Areas in Galapagos: A Biological Perspective

    • Stella de la Torre

    Pages 185-198

13. A Geographical Approach to Optimization of Response to Invasive Species

    • George P. Malanson, Stephen J. Walsh

    Pages 199-215

14. From Whaling to Whale Watching: Cetacean Presence and Species Diversity in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

    • Judith Denkinger, Javier Oña, Daniela Alarcón, Godfrey Merlen, Sandy Salazar, Daniel M. Palacios

    Pages 217-235

15. Back Matter

    Pages 237-243

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In this launch of the Galapagos series, this book provides a broad “framing” assessment of the current status of social and ecological systems in the Galapagos Islands, and the feedback that explicitly links people to the environment.  It also highlights the challenges to conservation imposed by tourism in the Galapagos Islands and the attendant migration of people from mainland Ecuador to service the burgeoning tourism industry. Further, there is an emphasize on the status of the terrestrial and marine environments that form the very foundation of the deep attraction to the Islands by tourists, residents, scholars, and conservationists.

From the reviews:

“This book, edited by Walsh (Univ. of North Carolina) and Mena (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador), both associated with the Galįpagos Science Center, focuses on studies of the social and ecological sustainability of the islands. … Although the book’s purpose is foundational for future volumes in the series, it can easily stand alone as a valuable and needed overview of the complex human-environmental interactions in the Galįpagos. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (R. L. Smith, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), August, 2013)

• Center for Galapagos Studies, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

  Stephen J. Walsh

• UNC_USFQ Galapagos Science Center, Life and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

  Carlos F. Mena

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