The Charles Darwin Research Station conducts and facilitates research in the Galapagos Islands and the Galapagos Marine Resources Reserve of Ecuador. The Darwin Station is part of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands, an international non-profit organization dedicated to scientific research in the Galapagos Islands since 1959.

Galapagos Conservation Trust is a British registered charity set up to raise funds for, and awareness of, the conservation needs of the Galapagos Islands. It was launched in April 1995 at the Royal Society in London. The Trust is affiliated to the Charles Darwin Foundation and is a member of the international network of Friends of the Galapagos.

Galapagos Coalition, a group of biologists, other scientists, and lawyers with expertise in environmental and international law, many of whom have done research in the Galapagos and all of whom are interested in the understanding of the relationship between the conservation of Galapagos and human activities.