Good move, Ecuador

 

Just a brief note here;  Ecuador has done a good thing for wildlife and nature preservation in the Galapagos Islands.

Ecuador expands protections around Galápagos, creating ‘a new highway’ for sea life

"On Friday [January 14, 2022], the government of Ecuador announced it will curb fishing in more than 20,000 square miles of ocean to the northeast of the archipelago, in essence erecting guardrails around an underwater animal freeway between the Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands and Costa Rica’s Cocos Island. ... No fishing will be allowed in half of the newly protected area, while longline fishing will be banned in the other half."

Thank you, Ecuador.

As if to celebrate (though slightly ahead of the announcement), Wolf volcano, for which I have a bit of affection due to it's well-chosen name, started erupting about a week earlier and provided a Mauna Loa-esque "curtain of fire" as lava fountains burst from a long fissure.