by Rapa Nui’s marine ecosystem is unique, with many endemic species that occur nowhere else in the world. This ecological distinctive community has been able to form due to the island’s extreme remoteness: Rapa Nui is situated 2000 km from the closest Polynesian Islands and 4000 km off the South
PURE The Endangered Sea Snail by Ernesto Díaz CabreraEstudiante Doctorado en Ciencias, mención Ecología y Biología Evolutiva de la Universidad de ChileDoctoral candidate in Science of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chile Pure is a sea snail which has historically been used by the Easter Island community as a
Bees Rapa Nui Free of Pathogens, a Source of Life and Love Bees were introduced to Easter Island by the Catholic missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the decade of the 1860s, and since then have been pollinating guavas, mangoes, bananas and pasture flowers. In the last 50
The Tavake And its future, a challenge for Rapa Nui One of the loveliest spots on the Island is the Moai (statue) quarry at Rano Raraku. Anyone who has visited it has seen or heard the Tavakes, the red-tailed tropicbird. These majestic white birds, with their bright red tail trailing
Marine Reserve in the bay of hanga roa According to the experts and the international NGOs that are dedicated to marine conservation, the oceans should be managed as ecosystems and not as a cornucopia that the fishing industry can harvest at will. In the entire world, there are around 4
Toromiro Revives on Rapa Nui Etnobotany Recovery The toromiro, a sacred tree planted around ceremonial centers, was declared extinct over 50 years ago. The last one was seen in the crater at Rano Kau during Thor Heyerdahl’s expedition in 1956. There have been many attempts to recover this endemic
Wetlands of Rapa Nui affected by Climate Change by Tahira Edmunds (Consultora Independiente – Independent Consultant), Cristóbal Cox (GP Consultores – GP Consultores), Rachel Gauci & David Véliz (ESMOI) Climate change is affecting a great part of our planet, with the increase in sea level being one of the most
