Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Oct 29, 2018
- 1 min read

Ecuador | Crowdfunders head off development by buying site in Galápagos; most to be given to NP

Conservationists are celebrating the creation of the first privately-owned nature reserve in the Galapagos, after a crowdfunding campaign raised $1.75 million (£1.35m) to save the fragile land from the clutches of developers.

Sale of the first section of the 568-acre site on San Cristobal, where Charles Darwin first went ashore in 1835, will be completed this week.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/27/galapagos-conservationists-celebrate-hotel-developers-seen-new/

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