¡Nueva estación de campo!
En agosto de 2019 FCAT terminó de construir una estación de campo con capacidad para 44 personas. Fue inaugurado oficialmente con la presencia de las comunidades locales, Ministerio del Ambiente, familiares y amigos.
En agosto de 2019 FCAT terminó de construir una estación de campo con capacidad para 44 personas. Fue inaugurado oficialmente con la presencia de las comunidades locales, Ministerio del Ambiente, familiares y amigos.
Tulane University students came for a field course: Tropical Field Biology & Conservation. The two-week course helped students develop skills and abilities to become better scientists and also understand the social and economical reality related to conservation efforts in the area.
FCAT received a grant from the LUSH Charity Pot for the project: “Connecting local youths to nature through the study and protection of a threatened rainforest lake”. We will focus on the importance of Cube Lake (Laguna de Cube) in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador for avian diversity while teaching students ages 11-16 how to …
We are extremely exited to announce that FCAT purchased 164ha of primary forest for conservation inside the Reserva Mache-Chindul (Mache-Chindul Reserve)!! The reserve has a lek of the long-wattled umbrellabird, along with many other endangered species of bird and primate. We started building a scientific station that will support our local community engaged research project …
Compra de terrenos y construcción de una estación de investigación Leer más »
We are very excited to announce that FCAT was recently awarded a grant to study the endangered Banded ground-cuckoo through the National Geographic Species Recovery Program. The banded ground-cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus is an under- studied species of terrestrial bird. The species is endemic to the Chocó Biogeographic Zone in South America and is categorized by the IUCN as …
Beca de National Geographic para estudiar el cuco terrestre anillado Leer más »