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Nature 408, 761 (14 December 2000) | doi:10.1038/35048739
Galapagos ecologists under threat from violent protests
Mark Schrope
Forced to flee by angry fishermen protesting against lobster quotas, staff at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands spent a night late last month cowering in a mangrove thicket, until they were rescued by the Ecuadorian navy.Work at the famous ecological research station is returning to normal, but eminent researchers associated with it are calling on Ecuador, which governs the Galapagos, to provide better protection for researchers and to stand by the measures needed to conserve the islands' ecosystems.
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