Institute of Ecology – Higher University of San Andrés
Bolivia
The Institute of Ecology of the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA) has spent nearly five decades studying Bolivia's biodiversity to understand it, conserve it, and promote the sustainable use of its resources. Created in 1978 and headquartered in the city of La Paz, it conducts research in four major areas of ecology: aquatic, terrestrial, plant and botany, and animal and zoology.
His work combines scientific research, training of new professionals, and collaboration with local communities and national and international institutions. The Amazon is part of his scientific history. His researchers worked on the Beni, Madre de Dios, Mamoré, and Madeira rivers, and generated knowledge about aquatic biodiversity, mercury contamination, fauna, forests, and useful plants and animals. In territories such as Alto Beni and Tumupasa, he also studies the relationships between biodiversity, production, and local knowledge, articulating scientific research and the wisdom of Amazonian communities.
As part of the Bioamazon Network, the Institute of Ecology contributes Bolivia's scientific expertise to a cross-border challenge: understanding, valuing, and conserving one of the most diverse territories on the planet.
Website: www.umsa.bo
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Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development – IDSM
Brazil
The Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development (IDSM) is an applied research institution created in 1999 and linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil. Based in Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, it carries out scientific research, sustainable management of natural resources, and social development actions, mainly in the Middle Solimões region. Its work aims to generate knowledge and solutions for the conservation of Amazonian biodiversity and the improvement of the quality of life of the populations living in the region.
His research covers diverse areas of the natural and social sciences, including biodiversity, ecology, natural resource management, health, anthropology, geosciences, and archaeology. One of its main characteristics is the integration between scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom, developing models for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity alongside riverine communities and indigenous peoples. Currently, the institute develops around 130 research projects and operates in 36 protected areas of the Amazon, with a special focus on floodplain forest ecosystems.
The Mamirauá Institute features an extensive infrastructure for field research, which includes land-based and floating research bases, vessels, laboratories, scientific collections, and specialized equipment. Its collections bring together materials of mammals, reptiles, and fish, in addition to holdings in material culture and archaeology. This infrastructure allows for research to be conducted in rivers, lakes, várzea and igapó forests, management areas, archaeological sites, and other Amazonian environments.
Throughout its history, the Mamirauá Institute has developed sustainable management models that have become references for conservation and social development in the Amazon. Among them, the community-based management of the Amazonian pirarucu stands out, which contributed to recovering the species' populations in the managed areas and generating income for the communities. Its experience has also extended to other areas of the Amazon and to other countries, consolidating the institute as a benchmark in applied research, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development based on the participation of local populations.
https://mamiraua.org/
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National Institute of Amazonian Research
Founded in 1952 and launched in 1954, the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA/MCTI) is a global reference in Tropical Biology. Its mission is to generate and disseminate knowledge and technology for the sustainable development of the Amazon.
Over the course of seven decades, it transitioned from conducting fauna and flora inventories to the challenge of sustainably expanding the use of natural resources, with a commitment to biodiversity, social diversity, and forest and water resources.
The Institute is headquartered in Manaus, Brazil, and is divided into three campuses, totaling nearly 380,000 m², in addition to three forest reserves, two biological reserves, four experimental stations, floating bases and laboratories. It also has four Research Support Centers in Acre, Pará, Rondônia, and Roraima.
Its structure includes four research coordinations (Biodiversity, Environmental Dynamics, Technology and Innovation, and Society, Environment and Health), the Training Coordination (COCAP) —in charge of postgraduate studies—, the Biological Scientific Collections Program —which brings together nine botanical, microbiological, and zoological collections—, thematic laboratories, the INPA Publishing House, and the Science Forest —a 13-hectare space, inaugurated in 1995 and dedicated to scientific dissemination and environmental education.
https://portal.inpa.gov.br
Instagram: @inpa_mcti
YouTube: @INPAdaAmazonia
Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará
Brazil
The Emílio Goeldi Paraense Museum (MPEG), a pioneering center for scientific studies of the natural and sociocultural systems of the Amazon, is a research institution affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Brazil (MCTI), founded in 1866 in Belém, in the state of Pará. For 160 years, it has generated and disseminated knowledge about the biodiversity, natural systems, and sociocultural processes of the Amazon.
His research spans the human, biological, social, and Earth sciences. As one of the oldest, largest, and most popular Brazilian museums, it holds one of the most important scientific collection sets in the region: already more than 4.5 million items preserved in 19 collections, which include data on fossils, plants, animals, archaeological ceramics, objects from indigenous peoples, and records of indigenous languages, among others. In the 21st century alone, the Goeldi Museum has led research on Amazonian biodiversity, alongside its partners, which has described 789 new species of fauna, flora, and fungi.
Currently, it offers the community seven postgraduate courses (Biodiversity and Evolution, Sociocultural Diversity, Zoology, Tropical Botany, Environmental Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology, and Biodiversity and Biotechnology), which are supported by scientific, bibliographic, documentary, and laboratory collections, such as those for Scanning Electron Microscopy, Analytical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Amazonian Archaeology, and Linguistic Analysis and Documentation.
The museum is distributed across three units: the Zoobotanical Park and the Research Campus, in Belém, and the Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, in the Caxiuanã National Forest, which functions as a cutting-edge laboratory for studies on Amazonian ecosystems.
Throughout its history, the Goeldi Museum has contributed to expanding knowledge about the Amazon, supporting biodiversity conservation, and promoting the region's knowledge and heritage.
https://gov.br/museugoeldi
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Humboldt Institute
Colombia
The Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute is one of the research institutes that make up Colombia's National Environmental System (SINA). It generates knowledge about the country's biodiversity and continental ecosystems and their connection to human well-being.
It is responsible for consolidating the national scientific inventory and conducting basic and applied research on the biotic, hydrobiological, and genetic resources of the country's flora and fauna. In doing so, it generates data, knowledge, and narratives to promote conservation, the sustainable use of nature, and informed decision-making, in coordination with communities, authorities, academia, and productive sectors.
Her experience and capacity to mobilize data and generate scientific knowledge allow her to connect biodiversity information and evidence with territorial governance, climate resilience, and community well-being, while also recognizing local knowledge. In the Amazon, this relevance has materialized through strategic projects in the region, such as Yaguara II, through which she consolidated an operational agreement with the Yaguara II Indigenous Reserve, in the Llanos del Yarí forest development core, to involve local researchers in the socio-ecological restoration of 280 hectares and strengthen the governance of their territory.
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SINCHI Amazonian Institute of Scientific Research
Colombia
The SINCHI Amazonian Institute of Scientific Research is affiliated with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia. Its mission is to conduct, coordinate, and disseminate scientific studies on the biological, ecological, and social reality of the Colombian Amazon, guiding the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of regional biodiversity.
Through the generation of knowledge, innovation, technology transfer, and social appropriation, the Institute satisfies the needs and expectations of its stakeholders. Its work fosters comprehensive land management and the sustainable development of the region, supported by highly qualified human talent and adequate technical infrastructure to respond to current major environmental challenges.
Likewise, the entity has research programs focused on the flora, fauna, soils, and socio-environmental dynamics of the Amazonian ecosystem, to ensure that science responds to the realities of the local communities that inhabit the territory.
Headquartered in Leticia, with a liaison office in Bogotá, territorial offices in Florencia, San José del Guaviare, and Inírida, and sub-offices in Mitú and Puerto Asís, SINCHI articulates scientific research with traditional knowledge to preserve the integrity of the Amazon rainforest.
This broad regional presence allows it to directly support environmental governance processes, the strengthening of sustainable productive chains, the bioeconomy, and informed decision-making by the country's environmental authorities, which consolidates the institution as an indispensable benchmark in the study of the Pan-Amazon region.
https://sinchi.org.co/
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National Institute of Biodiversity – INABIO
Ecuador
The National Institute of Biodiversity (INABIO) is a public research institution, attached to the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Ecuador, created in 2014 to generate knowledge and develop science, technology, and innovation aimed at the conservation of the country's natural heritage and the sustainable use of biodiversity.
Its work encompasses the study of Ecuador’s biological diversity, ranging from taxonomic and ecological research to the generation, management, and dissemination of scientific information. The institute conducts research on flora, fauna, and ecosystems, and collaborates with national and international academic and scientific institutions to expand knowledge about biodiversity and provide evidence to support its conservation and management. It currently has 55 projects, 60 of which are carried out by INABIO itself.
One of its main strengths is its scientific collections, which include specimens from botany, invertebrates, mammalogy, ornithology, herpetology, and ichthyology, and constitute a fundamental infrastructure for research on Ecuadorian biodiversity. Among them are more than 5,500 mammal specimens, representing about 73 % of the mammal species recorded in Ecuador, and more than 9,500 bird specimens belonging to more than 1,000 species.
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, INABIO helps document and understand the biodiversity of one of the most diverse territories in the country. Its research has generated new records and knowledge about Amazonian species and ecosystems, including recent studies in Yasuní National Park and Sucumbíos Province. Its scientific output also helps expand knowledge about species that are still little studied: in 2024 alone, the institute published 89 scientific articles and participated in the description of more than 20 new species for science.
Website: https://inabio.biodiversidad.gob.ec/
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Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon
Peru
The Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) is a public research organization attached to the Peruvian Ministry of Environment, dedicated to generating scientific knowledge and technologies for the sustainable development of the Peruvian Amazon. For more than 44 years, it has researched the region's biodiversity, ecosystems, and natural resources, promoting their responsible management, the conservation of standing forests, and alternatives that contribute to the well-being of Amazonian populations.
His work integrates science, innovation, and indigenous knowledge to address challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change, environmental degradation, food security, and the development of sustainable economies. His main lines of research encompass Amazonian family farming and food security, environmental quality and restoration of degraded ecosystems, biodiversity-based economic alternatives, characterization and monitoring of flora and fauna, traditional knowledge and territorial governance, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, with an emphasis on peatlands and wetlands.
The IIAP seeks to transform research into evidence, technologies, information, and useful solutions for communities, producers, authorities, and decision-makers, thereby contributing to the design of evidence-based public policies. To this end, it has more than 20 specialized laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technology and carries out its activities in Loreto, Ucayali, Madre de Dios, San Martín, and other Amazonian regions of Peru, with six regional offices and research coverage extending to more than 60 % of the national territory.
Due to its track record and territorial presence, the IIAP has established itself as a reference institution in research on the Peruvian Amazon. In 2025, the FAO granted it the Global Award for Best Practices and Innovation in Sustainable Production and Protection, in recognition of its capacity to integrate scientific rigor and technical innovation. Its work contributes to strengthening forest conservation, the sustainable use of natural resources, and the well-being of Amazonian populations.
Web: https://gob.pe/iiap
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