Evolution for World Heritage: The Galapagos Islands National Park

Authors

  • Elke Ackermann Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Germany

Abstract

The Galapagos Islands National Park, which was established in 1959, shelters Charles Darwin’s showcase of evolution and has become a testing field for international nature conservation concepts.

Author Biography

Elke Ackermann, Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Germany

Elke Ackermann is a Doctoral Researcher at the Leibniz-Institute of European History in Mainz. Her PhD-project is about the history of the Galapagos Islands as UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1949 to 1998 within the Research Group “Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage”. Elke holds a BA in Latin American Studies (University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla) and an MA in World Heritage Studies (Technical University of Cottbus and Universidad Central de Venezuela Caracas).

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Published

2014-10-21

Issue

2014

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Copyright (c) 2014 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Elke Ackermann