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<title>IGTOA Announces Nearly $110,000 in Galapagos Conservation Grants in 2025</title>
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<title>El aumento de las tarifas del Parque Nacional Galápagos es un paso en la dirección correcta</title>
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<pubDate>2024-03-21 16:31:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>IGTOA Awards Over $100,000 in Conservation Grants for 2024</title>
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<pubDate>2024-03-05 17:57:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>The Galapagos National Park Entrance Fee Increase Is a Step in the Right Direction</title>
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<pubDate>2024-03-02 14:58:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>Can Regenerative Tourism Save the Galapagos? </title>
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<pubDate>2023-08-19 21:54:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>UNESCO World Heritage Committee Once Again Sounds the Alarm Over Galapagos Tourism Growth</title>
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<pubDate>2023-07-31 17:19:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>IGTOA Calls Upon Ecuador to Implement Zero Growth Galapagos Tourism Policy</title>
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<pubDate>2023-07-24 19:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/igtoa_calls_for_tourism_regulations</link>
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<title>Don't Miss IGTOA’s 2023 Member Meeting this October in the Galapagos!</title>
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<pubDate>2023-06-18 23:23:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/igtoa_2023_member_meeting</link>
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<title>Ecuador’s Record Breaking Debt-for-Nature Swap to Provide $450 Million in Galapagos Conservation Funding through 2041</title>
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<pubDate>2023-05-15 18:21:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/galapagos_debt_for_nature_swap</link>
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<title>IGTOA Awards Over $110,000 in Grants to Support Galapagos Conservation</title>
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<pubDate>2023-02-25 22:11:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/igtoa_2023_grants</link>
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<title>When Is the Best Time to Visit the Galapagos Islands?</title>
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<pubDate>2023-01-03 21:56:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title> Packing for a Galapagos Adventure, Part I: Clothing</title>
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<pubDate>2022-12-09 15:50:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/packing_for_galapagos_part_one</link>
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<title> Packing for a Galapagos Adventure, Part II: Shore Landings and Documents</title>
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<pubDate>2022-12-01 19:40:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/packing_for_galapagos_part_two</link>
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<title>IGTOA Launches Fundraiser for the Community Library in Puerto Ayora</title>
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<pubDate>2022-02-23 18:08:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>IGTOA Launches New Fundraiser to Help Galapagos Guides</title>
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<pubDate>2021-03-19 19:24:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>IGTOA and Its Member Companies Raise More Than $26,000 to Support Galapagos Guides</title>
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<pubDate>2021-02-08 20:50:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>IGTOA Launches Fundraising Program to Help Galapagos Guides</title>
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<pubDate>2020-10-03 18:12:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>Grant Status Report: $25,000 to Island Conservation for the Floreana Island Restoration Project</title>
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<pubDate>2020-08-03 18:49:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>Massive Chinese Fishing Fleet Continues to Threaten the Galapagos Islands</title>
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<pubDate>2020-08-03 16:05:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/chinese_fishing_fleet_threatens_galapagos</link>
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<title>Grant Status Report: $60,000 to Ecology Project International for  Empowering Youth Conservation Leaders in Galapagos</title>
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<pubDate>2020-07-03 14:57:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>IGTOA Member CNH Tours Raises over $54,000 to Help Support the Crew of the Samba. You Can Help, Too!</title>
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<pubDate>2020-06-30 14:52:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>Grant Status Report: $12,500 to the Scalesia Foundation for Education for Sustainability in Classrooms</title>
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<pubDate>2020-06-26 21:57:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>Grant Status Report: $18,000 to AGIPA for the &quot;Library for the Galapagos and the World&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>2020-06-26 20:33:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<title>Grant Status Report: $25,000 to the Charles Darwin Foundation for Green Sea Turtle Conservation and Research</title>
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<pubDate>2020-06-24 18:07:00 UTC</pubDate>
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<link>https://www.igtoa.org/blogs/grant_update_cdf_green_turtles</link>
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<title>The Galapagos Islands Have Been Declared COVID-19 Free and Plans to Reopen are Underway</title>
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<pubDate>2020-06-01 17:47:00 UTC</pubDate>
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