By Erin E. Easton – School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – ESMOI Cientific Center, Universidad Católica del Norte. It was once thought that life could not exist in the deep ocean, but we now know the deep ocean harbors a phenomenal diversity
By William J. D’Andrea del Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, USA & Andrea Seelenfreund de la Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano. Rapa Nui is known worldwide for its moai and ahu, ceremonial platforms built along the coast. For centuries, these structures were a fundamental part of the social, political, and
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
