Graphic design
Interactive media
Strategic communication
CV • mail@carlospi.com
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Carlos Pi • About me • CV • mail@carlospi.com
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Communications Department Galapagos, 2006 |
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How does research lead to policy? How is a healthy relationship between conservation and industry developed? What are the incentives and disincentives of conservation for the local communities? The Charles Darwin Foundation is the longest-running conservation organisation in Galapagos, created under Belgian law in 1959 with the support of UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). [1] For fifty years, the Charles Darwin Foudation has worked in collaboration with Ecuadorian authorities and the Galapagos National Park Service (the national institution in charge of the preservation of the natural resources of Galapagos) supplying the necessary scientific knowledge for the conservation of this living laboratory. Over one hundred scientists, educators, volunteers, researchers and support personnel from all parts of the world participate in this task. In 2006 I offered to work on a volunteer basis, helping out the Research Station's Communication Department. It was here that I gained an understanding of the human history of Galapagos and the real issues behind conservation in action, from confrontation to collaboration, from research to education, from advice to policy, from policy to enforcement. 2004 had been the year of greatest conflict at the Galapagos National Park Service, with violent demonstrations over the lucrative sea cucumber trade and a succession of many National Park Directors over a notoriously unstable period. Inmigration to the islands had been out of control for many years, and the first tests with 500+ passenger yachts were being carried out in 2005, signalling the start of massive tourism. At the same time, the Charles Darwin Foundation was confronting its own challenges. Many conservation NGOs, bilateral and multilateral projects were now operating in the islands, widening but further complicating the research landscape in the islands. When I arrived, a new ten year institutional strategy was being drawn up. |
 With Cristina Loayza, graphic designer and Anthongy G. Jepson, video man, both from the Charles Darwin Foundation...  ... as was MaryCarmen Moya, an excellent designer and creative. |
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Both the Charles Darwin Research Station and the Galapagos National Park Service facilities are just outside Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz island, on National Park grounds. |
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Several science buildings are dotted around an area that includes several giant tortiose and land iguana corrals, as well as access to the bay. |
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The Charles Darwin Foundation was a pioneer in environmental education and interpretation, activities that are now carried out by a variety of organisations as well, notably the National Park Service. |
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Part of my work consisted of the documentation of institutional corporate activities. In the photograph, Graham Watkins, Executive Director, during a 1996 Board Meeting to discuss the new financing strategy. |
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My work colleagues, excellent ecuadorian graphic designers, now pursuing their careers internationally. |
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During my volunteership and throughout my three-year stint on the islands I was asked to take the official staff picture for the Foundation's annual reports. |
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≡ NOTES[1] For more information, see www.darwinfoundation.org |
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