Funding for the
GGEPL project was provided by a grant awarded to Dr. Simon Goodman, Dr.
Andrew Cunningham and Dr. Virna Cedeño by the UK
government's Darwin Initiative scheme. The Darwin Initiative is a grants
programme that seeks to promote biodiversity, conservation and sustainable
uses of resources in less developed countries. The initiative is funded and
administered by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
More information about this programme may be found by visiting the website:
http://www.darwin.gov.uk
Galápagos National Park Service (SPNG)
The GGEPL project is jointly managed with the
Galapagos National Park Service (SPNG), the governmental institution
responsible for the protection and management of the protected areas in the
Galápagos archipelago. Its objective is to protect and preserve the
ecosystems of the archipelago and their biological diversity for the benefit
of humanity, local community, science and the education. SPNG headquarters
are located directly on Santa Cruz island. For information regarding park
programmes and news please visit us at
http://www.galapagospark.org
University of Guayaquil, Ecuador
The GGEPL laboratories are part of the Biotechnology Programme of
the University of Guayaquil, Galápagos extension. A Masters programme in
Biotechnology, taught by our staff, is now being offered at the Galápagos
extension. Classes include hands-on practical training in molecular biology
at the GEPL facility. In future, we also anticipate offering training
programmes tailored to the staff of local insititutions involved with
Galápagos conservation. For details of classes associated with this
programme, please contact Virna Cedeño by Email at
virna@spng.org.ec
The Institute of
Integrative and Comparative
Biology at Leeds University is a major centre of excellence in biological
teaching and research, with around 50 academic staff. It has research
programmes in Ecology and Evolution, Conservation Biology, Genetics and
Genomics, Parasitology, Plant Biology, and Biomechanics, Comparative
Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Cell and Molecular Biosciences. For more
information see
http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/.
Zoological Society of London, UK
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a UK charity
devoted to conservation and education. Our key goal is the worldwide
conservation of animals and their habitats. The Institute of Zoology (IoZ)
is the research division of the ZSL, specialising in scientific issues
relevant to the conservation of animal species and their habitats. The
Institute is based at ZSL's Regents Park site in London and is affiliated
with the University of Cambridge. Please visit the ZSL website at
http://www.zsl.org
For more details of the research programmes at the Insititute of Zoology
please visit
http://www.ioz.ac.uk.
ZSL is a registered UK Charity 208728
GGEPL is a partnership
between Galápagos National Park; the School of Biology, University of Leeds
UK, the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London; and the
University of Guayaquil. The funding for this project is provided through
the UK government's Darwin Initiative scheme (Grant number 162-12-017).
Updated 21st September 2005 by Simon Goodman
(c) GGEPL 2005
