Essay On The Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands are astonishing and beautiful set of islands. Wild life is incredibly diverse among each of the islands, nowhere else could this be found on the planet earth. The Galapagos Island are a dream and haven to tourist and researchers everywhere. The Galapagos Island gave British scientist Charles Darwin the opportunity to create his theory of evolution. The variety of life can be found on water,land and aerial and some of these animals have not changed since prehistoric times because there was no disruption by humans . Today I will be discussing my opinions, viewpoints and facts on The Galapagos Islands movie we watched in class. I am also going to discuss The origin of the The Galapagos Islands, The variety in species especially

The Galapagos Islands were discovered in March 10,1535 ,but humans didn 't actually live there till the mid 1800s because of harsh terrain and climate. Fray Tomas de Berlanga is usually credited with the discovery of the islands when he accidently stumbled upon them while sailing from panama to peru. In 1570 a mapmaker named Abraham Ortelius mapped the The Galapagos Islands and called them ‘Las Isolas de Galapagos’ which means islands of the tortoises.(The Islands Of Evolution) The Galapagos Island were formed as a result of volcanic activity.The galapagos stationary hotspot formed a chain of volcanoes which then created the island. They are 13 major islands and 7 smaller island that make of the Galapagos. These islands are relatively young compared to other landmasses ,probably no more than five million years

Some of these results include migration,over fishing and tourism. Recently they have had many more migrant people come into the island ,because they are looking for jobs. The more human population living in the island means more of the islands get destroyed and less available habitat for the wild life. Some of the damages that humans cause is waste like trash and a damaged local environment because pollution and building settlements. The Galapagos islands are quite the tourist attraction people come from all over the world to witness the wonderful the diversity of the wildlife.As a result toritism brings an execsive amount of trash to the isalnd evey year.(Galapagos Islands) Another way humans have been intrusive is by overfishing or illegal fishing of endangered or rare animals this affects the ecosystem of the wild life and also disrupts many of the local communities that rely on hunting.This illegal fishing endangers many types of fish species that would not be endangered if it were not for the illegal fishing. All of these is causing a lot of harm to the island ,but a number of prevention to preserve the the environment. one of the safeguards is a newly introduced law the limits the amount of visitors that the island can ammit each year. one thing visitors could do to help preserve the islands is to learn about the dangers that they can bring to the island accidentally; learn what not to bring to the islands.