1. By: Patrick Grabowski , Alfredo Avila & Rudy Echeverria
Galapagos Islands
By: Patrick Grabowski , Alfredo Avila
& Rudy Echeverria

2. Galapagos Islands Has 13 major islands
about 600 miles west of Ecuador in South America
The oldest of the islands are about 4 million years old and the youngest are still in the process of being formed

3. Plants 560 native plants Most of them are endemic
(Macraea)-needle-leaf daisy
(Scalesia)-daisy tree
(Lecocarpus)-cut-leaf daisy

4. Animals Frigatebird (Fregatidae) Land Iguanas (Iguanidae)
Boobies (Sulidae)
All turtles found on the islands belong to the group Geochelone elephantopus. They are divided into 14 sub-species (three of which are extinct), differentiated by the form and size of their shell as well as neck and extremities.

5. Animals Con.
Frigate birds attack other sea. birdssometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds
The land iguanas are typically divided into two species, Conolophus subcristatus and Conolophus pallidus
The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. The species in this family are often considered congeneric, placing all in the genus Sula

6. People
the Galapagos never had a "native" tribe like you find on Easter Islands or Papua New Guinea. The people who live on the islands now are those who came over after the islands were discovered, the majority coming from Ecuador
The official language of the islands is Spanish, though you can find practically every language there from English to Hebrew.
The majority of the people are Roman Catholic, though the islands do have other churches

7. People

8. Endangered Environment
Population is too big
Pollution is killing many plants and animals
People are over using the plants, ect.

9. Endangered Animals
Marine iguana
Giant tortoise
Frigatbrid

10. Endangered Animals Con.
Threats Hunting, poisoning, reduction of prey species, human encroachment
Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands there was 250,000 tortoise's now there’s 15,000
Oil spills killed many marine animals

11. Man Impacting the environment
The islands have more than 20,000 inhabitants, a motley crew of nationalities ranging from German to Ecuadorean, who call the Gal pagos both a refuge and a home. Predictably, these inhabitants bring inevitable dangers to the idyllic nature of the region-poaching, pollution, overfishing, crowding, ecotourism and the political warfare that will define the islands' future. With rich, witty prose as colorful as the characters he describes.
Pollutution
population

12. Man Vs. Environment

13. Facts And Information
The Galapagos Islands were discovered by the Incas in 1,400
Capital city is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Catholic (95%), others

14. Saving the environment
World Heritage Committee
Decrease population and pollution
Reduction in threats, hunting, fishing, poison

15. Organizations On The Environment
A organization is IGTOA- they save marine animals
Another organization is CDF- they save plants (mostly trees)
Last organization is FOGO- they save birds

16. Awareness On The Environment
Recycle
Walk or ride your bike
Conserve electricity
Don’t leave water running

17. Future Environment
ecosystems are continually threatened by population pressures, tourism, introduced species, poaching and illegal fishing
Last year 126,000 people visited the Galapagos. And most of the destruction is caused by tourism
Pollution and population is increasing J

18. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands