The controversial director of the Galapagos National Park—which controls 97 percent of Galapagos land and the reserve extending to 40 miles offshore—has been fired, while an air of uneasy tension hangs over the islands, as the islanders prepare for election when they pick their representatives in Ecuador’s national assembly.

　　“It’s a very tense situation, ”said Leonor Stjepic, director of the London-based Galapagos Conservation Trust, which raises money to help projects on the islands. “We are watching it with concern. ”

　　The violence has been triggered by an alarming growth in the islands’ population. Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz island, housed just 45 inhabitants in the 50s. Today there are more than 10, 000, while the islands’ total population is more than 19, 000 and growing by 6 percent a year, despite recently introduced a law to limit waves of immigrants fleeing the poor areas of Ecuador for a life “in paradise(天堂)”. On top of this, more than 100, 000 tourists visit the islands every year.

　　Such numbers have put the islands, special ecology under intense pressure. Conservationists backed by the Ecuador government, have replied by exercising strict controls to protect the islands’ iguanas, blue-footed boobies, and giant tortoises.

　　These moves have angered many local people, however. They want to exploit(开发利用)the islands’ waters and catch protected species of sharks, lobsters and sea cucumbers, which can fetch high prices in Japan and South Korea.

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