Visit the Galapagos Islands responsibly {Gadling}

Aug 19th 2009 11:45AM Hi, my names Layla Baker from Imagine Publishing. There are two new books coming out, one in August the other in September, the first Galapagos, The Untamed Isles by Pete Oxford & Renee Bish. Pete's photographs are simply stunning and depict the wildlife in the Galapagos and it's paired with a foreword from Graham Watkins who is a former director of the Charles Darwin Foundation. Each picture will leave you breathless from iguanas swimming in deep blue waters, to a sea lion mother with her baby and a brilliantly-colored vermilion flycatcher on Spanish moss. Besides snapshots of animals in this beautifully made book, it includes pictures of the volcanic eruption of Fernandina in the winter of 1995.

The second book, out in September, is Galapagos Both Sides of the Coin by Graham Watkins and Pete Oxford with a foreword by His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. This book really gives the reader an insight into the complicated dilemmas were having with conserving the ecosystem in the Galapagos Islands. The year of 2009 is the year of Charle Darwin. From the 150th anniversary of the publication of his study that changed the world, to the 200th birthday of Darwin and the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Galapagos National Park and also the 50th anniversary of the making of the Charles Darwin Foundation. It's also a two-sided coffee book, so that when you begin reading, its the gorgeous pictures of the islands beauty and the second section is a description of the important battle to maintain this environment.

Both of these books are simply amazing and will help understand the beauty and uniqueness of the Galapagos and how important it is to conserve its sanctity