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Evacuations ahead of expected tsunami
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador - 27 February 2010
1. People in trucks and on motorbikes evacuating from lowland areas
2. Pan of truck transporting residents
3. Various of vehicles evacuating people
4. Pan of people crowded on back of truck...
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USA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON SAID TO BE DYING OUT (2)
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"El Nino" -- the weather phenomenon that has caused unusual weather patterns since the beginning of 1997 is said to be dying out.
Using the latest satellite technology, NASA researchers say that for the first time they can...
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Scientists are working to save the Mangrove Finch from extinction in the Galapagos islands, which are the birds that helped confirm Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Scientists are working to save the Mangrove Finch from extinction in the Galapagos islands, which are the birds that helped confirm Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
The Galapagos Islands, located about 950 kilometers (590 miles)...
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Fauna and flora in the Galapagos Islands
Images of marine species, birds and giant tortoises that inhabit the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : Las mujeres de Galápagos, fuerza invisible de los campos y el océano
Las islas Galápagos son famosas por su fauna y flora únicas en el mundo. En cambio su agricultura en un suelo hostil de rocas volcánicas y la pesca artesanal son sectores menos reconocidos donde el trabajo de las mujeres es esencial...
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GALAPAGOS ISLAND: VESSEL TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE
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The crew working on the recovery of the oil tanker, Jessica, which ran aground off the Galapagos Islands, has begun preparations to bring the vessel to the surface.
The tanker, which hit trouble on January 16th with about...
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Galapagos Islands, Central America / El Salvador, Congo, USA
Birds, seals, crabs and lizards on the Galapagos Islands
Oil tanker Jessica aground off Galapagos Islands
Oil spill in water
Attempting to contain oil spill with floating barriers
Cleanup of oil polluted bird
Godfrey Merlin (Galapagos...
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GALAPAGOS ISLAND: TANKER CREW ARRESTED
Voice and effects
The captain and crew of a stricken tanker that has spilled at least 185-thousand gallons of diesel into the fragile marine environment of the Galapagos Islands have been arrested pending formal criminal...
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Sniffer dogs join battle against poaching of rare animals
1 February, 2009
1. Four officers standing with sniffer dogs
2. Close up sniffer dog
3. Officers standing in a line with dogs
4. Dog resting on the ground
5. Dog searching truck with officer
6. Officers finding a shark fin under the...
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New hope for tortoise species thought to be lost after death of Lonesome George
FILE: Galapagos National Park, Santa Cruz Isle, Ecuador - date unknown
1. Wide of family of tourists observing a tortoise on Santa Cruz isle, one of the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos National Park, Santa Cruz Isle, Ecuador - 21 November,...
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Lots of eggs, but no babies for Galapagos tortoise
By this point in his long life, Lonesome George should be at least a grandfather.
Yet even fatherhood appears to be eluding the Galapagos tortoise believed to be between 75 and 80 years old.
George lives in the Galapagos National Park in...
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An oil spill threatening the fragile Galapagos Islands is continuing to spread, according to authorities.
An oil spill threatening the fragile Galapagos Islands is continuing to spread, according to authorities.
The Emergency Operations Committee in Galapagos confirmed in a news release on Friday the presence of contaminating material - a...
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4:3 Fisherman adrift for a month rescued off Ecuador
San Cristobal, Galapagos archipelago - 26 March 2012
1. Set up of Ecuador Navy official (left), Captain Hugo Espinosa of the Ecuador Navy Coast Guard (centre) who took part in rescue operations and Panamanian rescued castaway Adrian...
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Galapagos: Goodbye Lonesome George, hello Diego!
Lonesome George and his species may be gone, but there's a new star of the show at the Santa Cruz Island tortoise breeding center in the Galapagos.
And unlike his predecessor, Diego is territorial AND prolific.
Staff figure he's fathered...
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Swiss solar powered ship promotes new energy technologies
1. Various of solar-powered boat Turanor PlanetSolar
2. Various of solar panels on boat
3. Various close-ups of boat at sea
4. Tilt down from sky to solar panels
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Raphael Domjan, Founder of PlanetSolar:
"So when I...
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Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George dies
In mid-June Lonesome George had been living life as usual, in his enclosure at the Charles Darwin research station in the Galapagos Islands. He was believed to be the last living member of the Pinta Island subspecies of giant tortoise....
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USA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON SAID TO BE DYING OUT
English/Nat
"El Nino" -- the weather phenomenon that has caused unusual weather patterns since the beginning of 1997 is said to be dying out.
Using the latest satellite technology, NASA researchers say that for the first time they can...
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CLEAN : Sexploits of Diego the Tortoise save Galapagos species
CLEAN : Sexploits of Diego the Tortoise save Galapagos species
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VOICED : Diego la tortuga macho que salvo a su especie en las Galapagos
La poblacion de tortugas gigantes de la isla Espanola en el archipielago ecuatoriano de las Galapagos tiene mucho que agradecer a Diego el super macho que saco a su especie del peligro de extincion al reproducir en cautiverio unas 800 crías
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CLEAN : Diego la tortuga macho que salvo a su especie de la extincion
Tiene mas de 100 anos pero se mantiene sexualmente muy activo Diego macho del archipielago ecuatoriano de las Galapagos saco a su especie del peligro de extincion al reproducir en cautiverio unas 800 crias
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VOICED : Turistas sin souvenirs de Galapagos por ley ambiental
VOICED : Turistas sin souvenirs de Galapagos por ley ambiental
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VOICED : Donfaustoi las gigantes en cautiverio en Galapagos
Las tortugas Donfaustoi llegaron a Galapagos hace mas de tres millones de anos y luego de sobrevivir a piratas y balleneros hoy comienzan su vida en cautiverio
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Scientists in Peru find tortoise believed to be extinct
Ecuadorian park guards and a U.S. conservation organization have found a tortoise whose species was believed extinct for a century in one of the islands of the Galapagos archipelago.
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CLEAN : Ecuadoran Navy monitors Chinese fishing fleet off Galapagos Islands
Ecuadoran naval and air units monitor the country's economic exclusive zone at sea to prevent foreign fishing vessels venturing outside the high seas (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)