Radical changes and new threats in Galapagos (pp. 6-7) -- Our strategies and our Progress (pp. 8-10) -- Lonesome George. The last of a dying race (pp. 11-12) -- The threat of introduced species (pp. 14-15) -- Technology in the service of ecological monitoring (p. 16) -- Mysterious disease in Santa Cruz tortoises studied (p. 17) -- Conservation of the rarest land bird in Galapagos: the mangrove finch (p. 18) -- The snakes of Galapagos: beginning to know them (p. 19) -- Effect of introduced geckos (p. 19) -- Land iguanas: how are they after their return home? (p. 20) -- More than 2000 tortoises have returned home (p. 21) -- The Isabela project: ambitious work of ecological restoration (pp. 22-23) -- In search of the rare plants of Galapagos (p. 24) -- Advances in the fight against introduced plants (p. 25) -- The scale insect pest: is biological control the answer? (p. 26) -- Quarantine: better to prevent than lament (p. 27) -- Project of sustainable agriculture (p. 28) -- Threats to our birds require study (p. 29) -- International biodiversity workshop: conclusions of the terrestrial group (pp. 30-32) -- The Galapagos marine reserve – a great new protected area (pp. 35-36) -- Approval of the new management plan and the technical support of the CDF (p. 37) -- Biodiversity studies (pp. 38-39) -- Dynamics of the algal communities (p. 40) -- Census of penguins and cormorants and estimation of the penguin population (p. 41) -- El Niño and the Galapagos sea lion (p. 42) -- Study of an exploited species: lobster (p. 43) -- Study of a key species: the white sea urchin (p. 43) -- One more year of fisheries monitoring (p. 44) -- Sea cucumber fishery, 1999 season (pp. 45-46) -- Strategy for social participation in the conservation of Galapagos (p. 48) -- Environmental education centers (p. 49) -- Support to formal education (p. 50) -- Social action for the prevention of introduced species (p. 51) -- Support for participatory management of the marine reserve (p. 52) -- Environmental advice for regional policies (p. 52) -- Campaigns of environmental communication (pp. 53-59) -- Scholarship student and volunteer program (p. 60) -- Institutional strengthening (p. 61).

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