ON ONE side of the gates is a mob of fishermen, many armed with sticks. They are trying to force their way in. On the other side are national park wardens, trying to keep them out. The wardens’ new boss has come to resolve the crisis. Except he is standing shoulder to shoulder with the fishermen on the wrong side of the gates.
Welcome to Puerto Ayora, the largest town in the Galapagos Islands, which is at the centre of one of the most significant conservation battles of recent times – an environmental war being fought among fishermen, politicians, conservationists…
