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INTRODUCTION
Toward a shared vision of Galapagos: the archipelago as a socioecological system
Washington Tapia, Pablo Ospina, Diego Quiroga, Günther Reck, José A. González, Carlos Montes, Eliécer Cruz, Bryan Milstead, Matthias Wolff, Graham Watkins, Carlos Carrion, Mario Piu, Marco Oviedo
SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES
Sexual abuse of children: an emerging social problem in Galapagos
Roberto Maldonado
A Galapagos identity
Hugo Barber and Pablo Ospina
The current status of the educational system in Galapagos
Marcela Mendieta and Kory Falconí
Value of the Basic and Essential Family Baskets in Galapagos
Andrea Marín Luna
Public acceptance of environmental restrictions
Hugo Barber and Pablo Ospina
Public opinion of institutional performance in Galapagos
Hugo Barber and Pablo Ospina
Gender and women’s rights in Galapagos
Rocío Rosero and Cecilia Valdivieso
Carrying Capacity vs. Acceptable Visitor Load: Semantics or a substantial change in tourism management?
Günther Reck, María Casafont, Magaly Oviedo, Walter Bustos and Edwin Naula
The changing organizational framework in Galapagos
Graham Watkins and Alejandro Martinez
General characteristics of the tourist fleet in Galapagos and its compliance with environmental standards
Mario Piu Guime and Edgar Muñoz H.
The Galapagos National Park entrance fee: A global perspective and options for the future
Reyna Oleas
Tourism in Galapagos: the tourist industry and installed capacity
Alejandra Ordóñez
Improved integration management of residual solids in Santa Cruz canton and the resulting decrease in solid wastes
Ulf Tosten Hardter
General trends in scientific research in Galapagos
Tatiana Santander, Washington Tapia, José A. González, Carlos Montes, and Eddy Araujo
BIODIVERSITY AND BIOPHYSICAL RESOURCES
Advanced in the conservation of threatened plant species of Galapagos
Rachel Atkinson, Patricia Jaramillo, Walter Simbaña, Anne Guezou, and Vanesa Coronel
Bird mortality by vehicles
Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui and Franklin Betancourt
Dispersal of insect species attracted to ship lights: Conservation implications for Galapagos
Lázaro Roque-Albelo, Edison Lomas Chauca, and Omar Castillo Gaona
The impact of ecotourism activities on wildlife and sessile benthic species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Priscilla Cubero-Pardo and Eddy Araujo Bastidas
Toward an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries: a risk analysis
César Peñaherrera and Alex Hearn
The consequences of herbivore eradication on Santiago: are we in time to prevent ecosystem degradation again?
Rachel Atkinson, Jorge Luis Renteria and Walter Simbaña
Pathogens and parasites: an increasing threat to the conservation of Galapagos avifauna
Sharon L. Deem, Marilyn Cruz, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Birgit Fessl, R. Eric Miller, and Patricia G. Parker
Perceptions of the status of the white fish fishery in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Mauricio Castrejón
Cryptogams of the Galapagos Islands (lichens, bryophytes, and fungi): New records, threats, and potential as bioindicators—a first evaluation
Frank Bungartz, Fredy Iván Nugra-Salazar, Xavier Arturo-López, Frauke Ziemmeck, and Scott Bales
Risks associated with maritime routes to and within Galapagos
Charlotte Causton, Marnie Campbell, Chad Hewitt, and Ruth Boada
Water resource management: the Pelican Bay watershed
Noémi d’Ozouville
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