The unique marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands are highly
vulnerable to human-based drivers of change, including the introduction of invasive species …

Abstract In 2014, the Galapagos National Park Directorate, sponsored by various
international non-governmental organizations, initiated a comprehensive marine and …

Governing marine environments has evolved from dominant interests in exploitation,
allocation, conservation, and protection to restoration. Compared to terrestrial and …

Abstract The Galapagos Marine Reserve is one of the largest marine protected areas in the
world, hosting a high species diversity and endemism and supporting economically …

In spite of several policies to promote fisheries management in the Galapagos Marine
Reserve (GMR), in the past there has been a collapse or near collapse of the two most …

Marine megafauna (elasmobranchs, marine mammals, turtles, and seabirds) are important
ecologically and economically because many species often occupy upper trophic levels as …

In the last decades, several targets for marine conservation were set to counter the effects of
increasing fishing pressure, eg, protecting 10% of the sea by 2020, and establishing large …

The Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) was created in 1998, covering an area of 138,000
km2 that surrounds the islands of the Galapagos Archipelago. The GMR was created on the …

To safeguard biodiversity effectively, marine protected areas (MPAs) should be sited using
the best available science. There are numerous ongoing United Nations and non …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely used tools to conserve marine ecosystems and
their services. They are complex socio-ecological systems where human activities and …