In 2007, only 6 Galápagos snapdragons were known to survive on remote lava fields; after conservationists planted 94 nursery-grown shrubs, the wild adult population has grown to 28
Researchers transporting Galvezia leucantha subsp. Leucantha at the restoration site, preparing for its planting A critically endangered shrub that once came close to disappearing from the Galápagos Islands is showing signs of a slow but important recovery after a careful conservation effort lasting nearly three decades. According to findings published in the journal Nature Conservation…
