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Tiputini Biodiversity Station

From biodiversity monitoring to local community empowerment, TBS contributes to a more sustainable future for all.

Photo by Murray Cooper 

The Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS), located within the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve in eastern Ecuador, lies in the world’s most species-diverse region – western lowland Amazonia at the intersection of the equator and the Andean foothills. TBS spans ~7km² on the left bank of the Tiputini River and was established in 1994 by Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) through a stewardship agreement with the Amazonian Kichwa community of El Eden and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment.

Recognized in the study “Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park”  published in PloS ONE, TBS is located in one of the planet’s last wilderness areas. The station has three principal objectives: investigation, education, and conservation. Its research is reflected in hundreds of scientific publications and shared with tens of thousands of students globally. TBS also serves as a gateway for students to experience a complex tropical wilderness. Each year, hundreds of students from over a dozen universities connect with the Amazon’s flora and fauna at TBS.

Donations

TBS has partnered with the Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation to strengthen the station's education, research, and conservation programs. We are proud to join forces with Ceiba, an organization with a twenty-year history of protecting wild habitat in Ecuador and leading world-class field courses to TBS. To learn more about Ceiba's study- abroad programs, click here. Ceiba's successful conservation campaign in Andean cloud forests led to the establishment of the Chocó-Andino de Pichincha Biosphere Reserve, and their focus on threatened Pacific dry forests has culminated in the establishment of the largest biological corridor on Ecuador's coast. To support our joint Amazon rainforest conservation efforts, click here. 

Every donation is important. Thanks to all TBS supporters! 

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