En el mes de diciembre del 2024 organizamos una visita hacia la Reserva Ecológica Santa Lucía ubicada en la parroquia Nanegal, al noroccidente de Pichincha. De esta experiencia participamos el equipo operativo de la Estación Científica Los Cedros (ECLC) y varios actores clave del Valle de Los Manduriacos con el objetivo de conocer otras proyectos de conservación en el noroccidente del Ecuador.
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 […]
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 […]