Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities

The main goal of this paper is to quantify the green house gas emissions (also referred to as carbon footprint) of the Galapagos Islands. The analysis includes emissions from energy generation and of related economic activities of the tourism industry, including international travel to the islands....

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Main Authors: Cordova-Vallejo, Ximena M., Blanco, Edgar E., Yang, Xu, Ponce-Cueto, Eva
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102930