Projects
The main goal of our Association is to finance projects that will lead to a permanent protection of the Galápagos Islands.
The following projects have been supported from 1995 to 2007 (in CHF):
Project for breeding the giant tortoises | 9'000 |
Protection of the biological diversity on Santiago and Isabela | 20'000 |
11'000 | |
37'231 | |
276'000 | |
Research on the Galápagos mangrove finch | 24'000 |
Protection of biodiversity on Santiago island | 28'200 |
Information and nature protection program for the population on San Cristobal Island | 30'000 |
Book on molluscs, Dr. Yves Finet, Genf | 1'000 |
Giant tortoises, Brigitte Schramm, Zürich | 1'000 |
Research on ants, Dr. Daniel Cherix, Lausanne | 1'000 |
Education Vargas | 3'000 |
Research on the digestion of the giant tortoises, Ricarda Gisler, Zürich | 4'000 |
Workshop on avian diseases, Dr. Philipp Heeb, Lausanne | 2'000 |
98'776 | |
Proliferation and structure of the giant tortoise population on South Isabela | 58'500 |
Contribution to the running costs of the Charles-Darwin Research Station | 244'977 |
Distribution and Population dynamics of the Galápagos-Albatross | 84'563 |
27'540 | |
Beamer for presentations | 1'500 |
Marine turtles | 26'000 |
Sharks | 10'000 |
Lichens | 9'000 |
12'200 | |
San Cristobal | 3'000 |
25'000 | |
Contribution to the "Galápagos Darwin Trust Europe" (CDTE), Luxemburg | 39'114 |
Insurance Jessica | 20'000 |
Swiss-Ecuadorian Projects | 4'762 |
TOTAL | 1'112'363 |
In 2007, the Friends of the Galápagos Islands (CH) sent CHF 91'500 to Galápagos.
Our sister organisations Charles Darwin Foundation Inc., Washington, the Frankfurt Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Frankfurt, and the Galapagos Conservation Trust, London, make important financial contributions.
