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Our Vision – a sustainable Galapagos –

is to help establish an ecologically sustainable and stable social economy for the Galapagos archipelago by providing support in the education, conservation and development sectors.

Our mission – conservation through education –

is to work in the island of Isabela to generate educational, economic and social benefits for the community of Puerto Villamil. IOI will assist local institutions with the execution of existing long term projects, re-enforce management and development of the education sector, and help the community further investigate human environmental interaction to increase understanding and protection of the local environment, thus generating benefits for the eco-system as well as for the local eco-tourism.

What We Do

IOI's operations take place in Puerto Villamil and around Isabela. IOI is a Florida-based non-profit organization that operates in close affiliation with leading international academic institutions in the US and Europe.

Hiking in the GalapagosIOI’s operations take place in Puerto Villamil and around Isabela. IOI is a Florida-based non-profit organization that operates in close affiliation with leading international academic institutions in the US and Europe for the exchange of professors, students, and researchers.

IOI offers an institutional framework for supporting the growth of community concepts and strategies for grassroots ecotourism based on stewardship and participatory management to save the ecology.

IOI is financially independent and is currently raising a critical fund base from which to give out scholarships and expand community projects over the next years.

Sea Lion in the Sunset at the GalapagosTo achieve our mission we run several programs and projects: