Plastic in paradise: the battle for the Galápagos Islands’ future
The Galápagos Islands are supposedly one of the most pristine locations on the planet, but plastic pollution arriving by sea is threatening this unique habitat and wildlife. Leah Green travels to the islands to see how our reliance on plastic is affecting even the most remote of locations, and to see how the archipelago is hoping to lead the worldwide fight against plastic
Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian
Post Series: Ecuador
- 1.Plastic in paradise: the battle for the Galápagos Islands’ future
- 2.The Galápagos Tortoise
- 3.Tracking Giant Galapagos Tortoises | BBC Earth
- 4.Lonesome George: The Last Tortoise of His Kind – Equator – BBC
- 5.Giant tortoise thought to be extinct discovered in Galapagos
- 6.A Galapagos giant tortoise, feared extinct for a century, rediscovered
- 7.Giant baby tortoises hatch on the Galapagos Islands
- 8.Giant Galapagos Tortoise (extreme closeup!)