The Galapagos National Park Service (SPNG), is the governmental institution in charge of the protection and the management of the protected areas in the Galapagos Archipelago. Its objective is to protect and preserve the ecosystems of the archipelago and their biological diversity for the benefit of humanity, local community, science and the education.
This effort guarantees the evolutionary processes, also foments the sustainable development of the human activities in the archipelago
Both the Galapagos National Park and Galapagos Marine Reserve Management Plans are masterpieces and key tools with which the Galapagos National Park Service administers these Natural World Heritages with their different interrelated management programs.
The integrated system of zones is a technical tool that allows management , avoiding conflicts by giving permission for the different uses of each zone, (Information and Technical Workshops for the Re-Creating of Zones of the National Park of the Galapagos, June 1993). The systems of creating zones defines the permitted uses and provides limits for the coordinated management of natural resources and human activity.
The zones are an integrated system, each zone is related to the adjacent zone. Altering the use of a zone has repercussions for the whole system, therefore the management of all zones must be integrated.

Source. Galapagos National Park System
For more information please visit the SPNG web page: www.galapagospark.org