By Lindsay Rogers Earlier this month, Ecuador created a new marine reserve around the Galapagos Islands as part of a broader effort to protect endangered migratory species — including hammerhead sharks, whale sharks and turtles — following a promise President Guillermo Lasso made back in November 2021. “Today we’re declaring a marine reserve with an area of 60,000 square kilometers, equivalent to an area three times the size of Belize,” Lasso said after signing a decree that would make the new reserve — named Hermandad — official, per a report from Reuters. Currently, the reserve measures arou…