• Los Cedros Scientific Station staff with Santa Lucía Reserve staff outside the lodge

    A Field Trip to the Santa Lucía Ecological Reserve

    In December 2024, we made a visit to the Santa Lucía Ecological Reserve in Pichincha’s northwestern parish of Nanegal. Including Los Cedros Scientific Station (LCSS) staff and key players from the Manduriacos Valley, we went with the aim of learning more about other conservation projects in northwest Ecuador.

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  • Samples of Lauraceae plants collected at Los Cedros Scientific Station by botanist Tom Wells.

    Lauraceae Research by the Kew Gardens in the Chocó forests of the Ecuadorian Andes

    English botanist Tom Wells—a researcher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens)—went into the Los Cedros Protected Forest for a few weeks in November to research the Lauraceae family, whose members include plants such as the aguacatillo and cinnamon tree. Lauraceae is of great interest, in part, because this family is widespread throughout Chocó […]

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  • Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador students at Los Cedros with Scientific Station staff holding banner describing the cloud forest as Josef DeCoux's legacy

    Moving the Class to the Cloud Forest! Students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador visited the Los Cedros Protected Forest

    In November, we had a wonderful visit with students from the Biological Sciences program out of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador as part of a field trip by the Natural Resources Management chair, led by PhD advisor and professor Dr. Rafael E. Cárdenas. Dr. Cárdenas is an important ally as a researcher and academic […]

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