1. Conservation in the Galapagos Islands With kind support from

2. The Galapagos Islands Located off the coast of Ecuador Volcanic hotspot – still active Unique climate Hot, tropical islands Cold waters

3. Animals and Plants of Galapagos High biological diversity Tremendous number of endemic species, including: Mammals Birds Reptiles Fish Invertebrates Plants Galapagos mockingbird Galapagos land snail

4. Activity 1 Read the “Conservation in the Galapagos Islands” information sheet Complete “Galapagos or Galapa-Nos?” exercise Other examples of Galapagos endemic species and habitats can be found on www.ARKive.org

5. Galapagos or Galapa-Nos? Answers The four endemic species: Floreana coral –One of very few cold-water tolerant coral species Large ground finch –One of 13 of Darwin’s finches Daisy tree –This whole genus is native to the Galapagos Islands Galapagos marine iguana –The world’s only marine iguana

6. What are the threats? Invasive/introduced species Illegal fisheries Tourism and population growth Previous exploitation

7. Activity 2 – “ARKive News” Bulletin Work in small groups – pairs or groups of three Produced a 2 minute news bulletin-style presentation about conservation in the Galapagos Islands Specific topics will be handed out. Research, script and perform your news bulletin to the class Research should use www.ARKive.org and other reliable websites Tips Write a full script and practise it Think about the structure of news bulletins e.g. start with headline, go on to short summary and then go into details Include who, what, why, when, where and how Use props, news themes, appropriate humour to make it interesting!

8. The ARKive teaching resource ‘Conservation in the Galapagos Islands’ was made possible with the kind support of