Transcripts For DW Treasures Of The World - Galapagos Island

Transcripts For DW Treasures Of The World - Galapagos Islands Ecuador 20180418

Political infighting has hindered progress and islamist extremists are gaining more influence joe marcus against the rule of law are on shaky ground you just couldnt get in the ocean now while there should be. A million. And a. Bangladesh the dawn of islam as a and exclusive d. W. Report starting april twenty first. Man. Perhaps it was carried here on wings like the. Washed up. By some unknown life all right on news on. Our shapes of balance rock the shield volcanoes of the Galapagos Islands rise up out of the pacific. A little archipelago belongs to ecuador and it lies directly over the equator forty five islands of various sizes about a thousand kilometers from the south american coast europe has been around for billions of years but the Galapagos Islands were for much more recently just five million years ago which seems like yesterday if you look at the history of the world it all began here at the galapagos hotspot when glowing hot lava broke through this unusually thin part of the earths crust to form a volcano in china whole section of the earths crust the nasca plate proved away to the southeast taking the volcano with it and making way for moonwalking us and islands. Wars and seeds of the first plants on the islands were probably carried here by birds bloomin on the wind. Majuli life started to develop. The boat. You see around the islands is home to over three hundred species of fish this ritual riot is supported by a cool nutrient rich stream which flows past the un and the home both current. Eventually new forms of life arose here adapted to the islands unique conditions. Archaic forms reminiscent of the beginning of time have survived to. The galapagos maybe one of the last remnants of paradise a true garden of eden. We. Live. God. God. God god. When in eight hundred thirty five the english theologian and scientist Charles Darwin came to the galapagos he hoped to find a new garden of eden he was trying to prove the literal truth of the story of the creation as told in the bible and he imagined that these remote Pacific Islands would turn out to be a center of creation with a species were preserved as god had created them. Instead darwin discovered something even more miraculous this isolated world of plants and animals showed him that all life is constantly changing that all the things are continually evolving and adapting to their environment. Darwins theory of Natural Selection was published in eight hundred fifty nine in his book the origin of species it was to change radically and forever our whole understanding of humanity and its place in creation. Was. The name galapagos comes from a spanish word for tortoise in fact it was through his observations of the tortoises on the islands and the schoolies of forests that darwin arrived at his discoveries he saw here plants. In animals which it clearly originated far away to come here by chance but adapted to their environment by developing into new forms of life found nowhere else on earth come. Because the process of evolution can be seen at work so clearly on collaborators the islands with their incomparable fauna and flora are the true showcase of nature and thats why they were chosen head of so many other places to be a World Heritage site. Sadly though mans increasing interference here is putting this part of the World Heritage more and more at risk. Move. Move. Move. Move move. Toward were moving. Move. Man. In the galapagos darwin wrote he felt himself brought closer in time and space to the mystery of mystery appearance on earth of new living creatures. Closer in the word to creation. Move. Into the conflict zone fronting the powerful twenty years ago the good friday agreement paved the way to end of two decades of the conflict in the law but the results have been mixed my guest this week here in dublin is. For my Prime Minister just how fragile is the process not. A lamp. Table. Furnishings can be a lot more than just functional. Playing with games combining materials. Reinventing interior. Room and. Personalized living spaces. Design. In sixty minutes. Or so. With. Some special. Federal troops. Twenty years ago the good friday agreement paved the way for an end to decades of bitter conflict in the with an island but the results have been mixed my guess this week here in dublin is but for my irish Prime Minister and one of the co signatories of the agreement in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight just how fragile is the Peace Process now and what would it take to get it back on

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