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Monday, 08-Nov-2004


Team's goals

Ig1
  • Pinta and Marchena (off-limits)
  • Wolf and Darwin- no inhabitants but diving offshore
  • Genovesa: no inhabitants, 2 main tourist sites: Darwin Bay and Prince; Phillip's steps
  • Our plan: don't put village on these islands
Ig2
  • Isabella and Fernandina
  • modify the existing structures to be cleaner for the environment
  • solar/wind power stored in hydrogen fuel cell batteries
  • organic waste decomposed to produce methane (-> power source) and inorganic waste shipped off
  • the economy: individual transferable quotas to solve fishing dilemma
  • emphasis on environmental education for everyone (EEEE)
  • aquaculture
Ig3
  • Santa Cruz and Santiago
  • Puerto Ayora- ~10k ppl, biggest city, core of tourism, darwin research center, baltra airport
  • make tall buildings to constract the area, make with eco-friendly materials, laws for restricting developments
  • wind power, get rid of farming, import everything, export waste, use toilet disposal technology
Ig4
  • San Cristobal
  • ~5k ppl, mostly in capital, fishing villages
  • need to deal with waste problems, only freshwater lake but on uninhabited side of island
  • nat'l parks spread throughout but tourism is not as big as Puerto Ayora
  • stop the use of wind power on the island, ass tourist attractions (discos, restauraraunts), airport near Byero Moreno, collect the invasive pigs for pig farm, not many animals near B.M.
Ig5
  • Floreana and Espanda
  • Floreana- currently 70 ppl, monitoring center for environmental sensors, education for tourists and residents (if exist), hotel
  • Espanda- no village, only tourists admitted for a few hours

 


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