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Conoce más sobre el increíble viaje de un tiburón tigre desde las Islas Galápagos hacia la Isla del Coco

Alex Hearn, profesor de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) e investigador del Galápagos Science Center (GSC) lleva varios años realizando investigación tanto en las islas Galápagos como en Isla del Coco- Costa Rica. Su trabajo se ha enfocado en determinar si las especies marinas se trasladan de manera continua entre estas dos regiones y de esta manera recolectar información científica sólida para instar a las autoridades a crear y fortalecer medidas enfocadas en la protección de esta “autopista migratoria” salvaguardando la fauna mundial, el ambiente y las comunidades costeras.

Durante el primer semestre del 2021, el Doctor Hearn estuvo en la Isla de Coco para descargar los datos de una serie de receptores que detectan las marcas puestas en animales marinos.

La gran sorpresa fue la detección de una hembra de tiburón tigre, de 2.4 metros de largo, llamada “Yolanda”, cuya marca había sido colocada en el canal de Itabaca, en las Islas Galápagos en el año 2014.

“Por primera vez esta especie muestra evidencia de que se mueve a través de la “migravía”, este primer indicio es muy importante ya que este tiburón está considerado como un depredador superior,” enfatizó Hearn.

Esta, se suma a otras 6 especies altamente amenazadas; tiburones sedosos, tiburones galápagos, martillos, Tiburón ballena, tortuga verde, tortuga laud, todas ellas utilizan esta cordillera submarina para migrar entre Coco y Galápagos.

 

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In 2022, the Galapagos Science Center (GSC) and the broader UNC & USFQ Galapagos Initiative will celebrate its 10th Anniversary. We are proud to announce the World Summit on Island Sustainability scheduled to be held on June 26–30, 2022 at the Galapagos Science Center and the Community Convention Center on San Cristobal Island.

The content of the World Summit will be distributed globally through social media and results documented through papers published in a book written as part of the Galapagos Book Series by Springer Nature and edited by Steve Walsh (UNC) & Carlos Mena (USFQ) as well as Jill Stewart (UNC) and Juan Pablo Muñoz (GSC/USC). The book will be inclusive and accessible by the broader island community including scientists, managers, residents, tourists, and government and non-government organizations.

While the most obvious goal of organizing the World Summit on Island Sustainability is to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the GSC and the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Initiative, other goals will be addressed through special opportunities created as part of our operational planning of the World Summit.

For instance, we seek to elevate and highlight the Galapagos in the island conservation discourse, seeking to interact with other island networks in more obvious and conspicuous ways to benefit the Galapagos Islands, the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Initiative, and the world. We will seize the opportunity to further develop the I2N2 – International Islands Network-of-Networks. Further, we wish to highlight and emphasize multiple visions of a sustainable future for the Galapagos Islands and we cannot do this alone. Therefore, engaging the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Tourism, the Government Council of Galapagos, the Galapagos National Park, and local Galapagos authorities, including government and non-government organizations and local citizen groups, is imperative.

The Galapagos Science Center on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos

Borrowing from Hawaii’s and Guam’s Green Growth Program and the Global Island Partnership, we wish to examine existing global programs that emphasize island sustainability and their incorporation into life, policies, and circumstances in the Galapagos Islands. We will also seek to enhance our connections with the institutional members of our International Galapagos Science Consortium and expand the Consortium through the recruitment of other member institutions. We will also work to benefit islands and their local communities by working with citizen groups as well as important NGOs who seek to improve the natural conditions in the Galapagos and diminish the impact of the human dimension on the future of Galapagos’ ecosystems.

Lastly, we will use the World Summit to benefit UNC & USFQ and our constituencies through a strong and vibrant communication plan about the World Summit, creating corporate relationships as sponsors, identifying funding goals through donors, and benefiting our study abroad program for student engagement in the Galapagos Islands. We plan to develop and issue a Galapagos Sustainability Communique after the World Summit that includes the vision and insights of all its participants for a sustainable Galapagos with applicability to global island settings.

We are eager to hear your perspective and have you join us at the World Summit on Island Sustainability!