Sustainable Organic Control of Introduced Plant Species in Galapagos

Galapagos Organic Rescue is an organic conservation and sustainable development project to help rescue the sensitive ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, from invasive introduced plant species.

Volunteer opportunities with Galapagos Organic Rescue will be for conservation volunteers to do mostly manual work on this environmentally-friendly project, but are temporarily unavailable.  Volunteers in the Galapagos will help with to eradicate some of the troublesome introduced plant species which are currently "crowding out" endemic native species on privately-owned land in the Galapagos Islands.  They will plant native species or non-invasive organic crops on the cleared land.  Organic agriculture of carefully selected crops will help prevent the invasive species from returning.

One example of these organic crops is sugar cane, and the charity behind Galapagos Organic Rescue, CRACYP, will use its extensive expertise in cultivating organic sugarcane to help the Galapagos farmers.   CRACYP has developed and implemented many conservation and development projects over the years, and Galapagos Organic Rescue is the latest "green progress" initiative - social and economic development which protects the environment.

Galapagos Organic Rescue will start on the island of San Cristóbal.  The project plans to use organic alcohol made from sugar cane as an environmentally-friendly fuel.    

Explore this website to find out more about Galapagos Organic Rescue and volunteering with us in the Galapagos Islands.