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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 to offer 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.

The Isabela Oceanographic Institute was founded as a non-governmental Florida-based nonprofit in 2006 and has as its mission promoting conservation through education. The organization operates in the small fishing community of Puerto Villamil, Isabela. We connect international entities and academic institutions with local government bodies and organizations for the common goal of supporting the development of community concepts and strategies which encourage good stewardship and participatory management of this unique natural and social environment. We run several outreach programs and projects:

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