Welcome to
Tiputini Biodiversity Station
From biodiversity monitoring to local community empowerment, TBS contributes to a more sustainable future for all.
The Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS) is a research facility established in Amazonian Ecuador in 1994 by Universidad San Francisco de Quito in collaboration with Boston University. We serve as steward of 744 hectares (about 1800 acres) of lowland primary rainforest approximately 300km (200 mi) ESE of Quito. TBS is situated on the north bank of the Tiputini River, a southern tributary of the Napo River within the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. Our primary activities are associated with research and education.
Located within the world’s greatest biodiversity hotspot, according to the study “Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park” published in the renowned journal PLoSONE, and one of the planet’s last wilderness areas, our main goal is to better understand nature so that appropriate and effective conservation strategies may be implemented.
TBS also serves as a non-official guard post for the Yasuní National Park.
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!
When you donate you can choose which initiative you would like to support:
-TBS field staff sustainability
-Dissertation grants for Ecuadorian students
-TBS Research projects
-Climate and Carbon offset for the station
-Indigenous communities outreach program
-Yasuni National Park rangers equipment and technical support
