Name: Galapagos: Travel Tips & Conservation Challenges
Start: 2026-01-08T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-08T20:00:00-08:00

**PLEASE NOTE: 7PM Eastern time (Montreal / Miami time)**

ON-LINE ZOOM EVENT: **[Register here](https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88462841521?pwd=ZU0vYVAycllWYkxBeTI1ZGtjRFZCdz09)**

Galapagos stimulates the imaginations of most adventure travellers. We've seen the documentaries and read about it in the press. It's one of those "bucket list" destinations.

But there's a lot more going on behind the scenes. How and why did it become **the first ever site to receive "World Heritage" status**? What is the conservation status of its many iconic species? Is tourism a problem?

We'll have a look at what forces of nature came together to create the archipelago which helped Charles Darwin come to the realization that species change over time.

We'll follow-up with some travel tips: What's the best way to see the islands? What should I consider before choosing a trip? What makes for a good itinerary? When's the best time to visit? How about costs?

We'll wrap up with a open discussion, question/answer session.

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Marc Patry spent four years living and working in Galapagos, where he led the development and start-up of the largest ever ecological restoration project in the history of those islands.

He started working in nature conservation and sustainable resource use in 1990. First with the protection of valuable farmland from urban sprawl in Ontario, he then joined a project focusing on sustainable community forestry in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. That's what took him to Galapagos in 1998, just after getting married.

From 2003 to 2013, Marc worked at UNESCO's World Heritage Centre in Paris - monitoring the conservation status of natural World Heritage sites in Latin America and the Caribbean - while also managing conservation projects in Africa and Asia. His job had him travel to all kinds of remote natural heritage sites of the world - including the jungles of Sumatra in Indonesia, the Seychelles islands of the Indian Ocean, Tanzania's Serengeti and Brazil's expansive Pantanal wetlands.

After a short stint with UNESCO's office in Nairobi, mark left the UN world and joined his wife Heather in managing their own Ottawa-based travel company, Cultural & Natural Heritage (CNH) Tours.

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