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	<title>IGTOA News - Galapagos Islands</title>
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	<description>News, Action Alerts and Email Newsletters about The Galapagos Island - from IGTOA.org</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Transit Control Card Required For Galapagos Starting On February 25th</title>
		<link>http://www.igtoa.org/news/2008/02/20/transit-control-card-required-for-galapagos-starting-on-february-25th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigtoad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Galapagos authorities will start applying the Transit Control Card required for all travelers flying to the islands starting on February 25th 2008. The card fee for each traveler will be 10 US dollars.To help travelers in this process, the Galapagos National Institute (INGALA) has opened counters at Quito and Guayaquil airports in which they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IGTOA Taking Part in Sustainable Tourism Program</title>
		<link>http://www.igtoa.org/news/2008/01/16/igtoa-taking-part-in-sustainable-tourism-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigtoad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism companies are seeking advice on sustainable tourism. And consumers are becoming more and more conscious about the environmental and social impacts of their purchasing.
For this reason, IGTOA is taking part in a program to develop Sustainable Tourism Baseline Criteria, in partnership with Rainforest Alliance, and organizations like the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal &#8220;Galapagos Under Siege&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.igtoa.org/news/2008/01/06/wall-street-journal-galapagos-under-siege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigtoad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ The travel section of the January 5th Wall Street Journal ran a well-researched and balanced article on challenges facing the Galapagos Islands.
GALAPAGOS UNDER SIEGE
&#8220;The remote islands are known for a prehistoric landscape. Why a growing flock of well-meaning ecotourists is posing a new threat.
 By Stan Sesser
Most of the wild goats that ravaged this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Iron Seeding Scheme in Limbo</title>
		<link>http://www.igtoa.org/news/2008/01/03/ocean-iron-seeding-scheme-in-limbo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.igtoa.org/news/2008/01/03/ocean-iron-seeding-scheme-in-limbo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigtoad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a public outcry, a plan to seed the ocean with iron dust near the Galapagos Islands has been thwarted. As IGTOA reported last year, Planktos, a California-based private company, planned to dump tons of iron dust into the ocean in hopes of encouraging plankton blooms, which according to the company would then absorb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic Ranks IGTOA Member, Wildland Adventures, among &#8220;Best Outfitters on Earth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.igtoa.org/news/2007/12/17/national-geographic-ranks-wildland-adventures-among-best-outfitters-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigtoad</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IGTOA Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The November 2007 issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine released results of an extensive survey of hundreds of travel companies worldwide and Wildland Adventures scored 94.3% putting us 4th overall among the &#8220;Best Outfitters On Earth!&#8221;
Kurt Kutay, Wildland Adventures&#8217; founder, has been a steadfast supporter of IGTOA. Wildland is participating in IGTOA&#8217;s new Traveler Funding [...]]]></description>
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