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V. BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
INTRODUCTION
Sustainability in Galapagos: the need for a shared vision and collaborative work for the good of the ecosystems and the human population
Washington Tapia, J. Gabriel López and Fabián Zapata
TRANSPORTATION
Optimizing marine transport of food products to Galapagos: advances in the implementation plan
Fabián Zapata Erazo and Marcelo Martinetti Granja
Taxis in Santa Cruz: Uncontrolled mobilization
Emmanuel Cléder and Christophe Grenier
Transporting passengers by launches in Galapagos
Etienne Ouvrard and Christophe Grenier
The first complete motorized vehicle census in Galapagos
Marco Oviedo, Javier Agama, Enrique Buitrón and Franklin Zavala
MARINE MANAGEMENT
Identification of rearing areas for blacktip sharks Carcharhinus limbatus in the mangrove stands of coastal San Cristóbal Island
Yasmania Llerena, Juan Carlos Murillo, and Eduardo Espinoza
Hammerhead sharks of Galapagos: their behavior and migratory patterns
Cèsar Peñaherrera, James Ketchum, Eduardo Espinoza, Alex Hearn, and Peter Klimley
Population ecology of two species of chitons, Chiton goodallii and Chiton sulcatus in the rocky coastline of San Cristóbal Island, Galapagos
Juan Carlos Murillo Posada
A revised strategy for the monitoring and management of the Galapagos sea cucumber
Anna Schuhbauer, Matthias Wolff, and Mauricio Castrejón
GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT
Changes in land use and vegetative cover in the rural areas of Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal
Ángel Villa C and Pool Segarra
SIMAVIS—System of Managing Visitors of the Galapagos National Park
Günther Reck, María Casafont, Edwin Naula, and Magaly Oviedo
Water quality monitoring system in Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, and Isabela
Javier López and Danny Rueda
Rapid, recent, and irreversible habitat loss: Scalesia forest on the Galapagos Islands
André Mauchamp and Rachel Atkinson
The commercial sector of Puerto Ayora and its relation to the environment
Pamela Villarreal and Christophe Grenier
The geographic opening of Galapagos
Christophe Grenier
The national tourist in Galapagos: Practices and perceptions of the environment
Verenitse Valencia and Christophe Grenier
The construction sector of Puerto Ayora
Walter Jimbo and Christophe Grenier
A geographical index to measure the carrying capacity for tourism in the populated centers of Galapagos
Christophe Grenier
Economic dynamics and the workforce of Galapagos
Teodoro Bustamante Ponce
BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
Native gardens for Galapagos – can community action help to prevent future plant invasions?
Rachel Atkinson, Mandy Trueman, Anne Guézou, Patricia Jaramillo, Marco Paz, José Sanchez, Yolanda Sánchez, and Miriam Silva
Optimizing restoration of the degraded highlands of Galapagos: a conceptual framework
Mark Gardener, Rachel Atkinson, Danny Rueda, and Richard Hobbs
Galapagos in the face of climate change: considerations for biodiversity and associated human well-being
Noémi d’Ozouville, Giuseppe Di Carlo, Fernando Ortiz, Free De Koning, Scott Henderson, and Emily Pidgeon
Galapagos as a laboratory for sustainability: Lessons from the International Workshop on Sustainability of Islands in a Globalized World, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, 22-26 March 2010
Arturo Izurieta Valery
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