About CHARLES DARWIN FOUNDATION

The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) is an international non-profit organization founded in 1959 with an operational base in the Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO world heritage site located 1,000 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador. The mission of the Charles Darwin Foundation and its Research Station is to tackle the greatest threats and challenges to Galapagos through scientific research and conservation action, in order to safeguard one of the world’s most important natural treasures.