Galapagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution Training few lives rival Grouard’s for

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Galapagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin's Cradle of Evolution Training few lives rival Grouard’s forAs eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassetts portrait of todays Galpagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the worlds last Edens. For millions, the Galpagos Islands represent nature at its most unspoiled, an inviolate place famed for its rare flora and fauna. But soon todays 30,000 human residents could surpass 50,000. Add invasive species, floods of tourists, and unresolved conflicts