The Green Issue: The Galapagos Islands: PARADISE LOST? ; Modern Life Has Caught Up with the Cradle of Evolution. Too Many Tourists, Expanding Population, Over-Fishing and Pollution Are Endangering the Flora and Fauna. by Andrew Gumbel in the Galapagos

Gumbel, Andrew, The Independent (London, England)

It does not take long to realise that the Galapagos Islands, the world's last surviving wilderness archipelago, are on a collision course with the needs and appetites of the 21st century. Already on the plane from mainland Ecuador, the sheer strange-ness of the place becomes apparent as all passengers, Ecuadorians as well as foreigners, are handed a landing card, as though the destination were not just islands 600 miles off the coast but another country altogether.

'If one of the products you are bringing is not permitted,' warns the small print on the card, 'it will be retained and incinerated.' And the island officials mean business. At the airport on the tiny island …

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Publication information: Article title: The Green Issue: The Galapagos Islands: PARADISE LOST? ; Modern Life Has Caught Up with the Cradle of Evolution. Too Many Tourists, Expanding Population, Over-Fishing and Pollution Are Endangering the Flora and Fauna. by Andrew Gumbel in the Galapagos. Contributors: Gumbel, Andrew - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: April 18, 2005. Page number: 24,25. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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