The El Dosel nursery is located in the village of Rio Claro, in the municipality of Támesis, department of Antioquia , a space with a storage capacity of up to 20 thousand plants per year.
About 70 students from the rural schools of Pueblo Rico and Mistrató, in the department of Risaralda learn about bird watching and interpretation of the natural wealth of their environment.
I give to you and you give back to me. Spaces to share knowledge where the important thing is to understand, recognize, build and exchange experiences around the integrated management of moorlands.
Poetry, environmental management and peace building.
On May 25 and 26, the national workshop on participatory biodiversity monitoring experiences in moorlands and high mountains was held at Bogotá .
Science Humboldt is a space where different researchers present their projects to the community.
The Asociación de Mujeres Amazónicas Agroindustriales (Amazur) develops various products from the canangucha. They are currently seeking to make sustainable use of the fruit through community monitoring.
The tenth session of the IPBES plenary in Bonn, Germany, has been underway since August 28 and will continue until September 2. Invasive species, the main topic to be discussed.
We are sure you already know all about the jaguar, the Andean bear, the condor and the anaconda.
The national development plan 2022-2026 "Colombia world power of life".
Although ornithology has been a field in which the work of men has been emphasized throughout history, the naturalist Elizabeth Kerr left an important legacy to this discipline.
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are places of great importance for the protection of species and ecosystems.
The experiences I present below reveal the intertwining of the life trajectories of people who inhabit the city.
There are presumably a little more than 75,000 finds, distributed among 2,636 plants native to the area, 603 bird species, 61 mammal species and 80 insect species.
On October 19, the Institute Humboldt launches BiodiverCities by 2030: Transforming Cities with Biodiversity, the second publication of the BiodiverCities by 2030 initiative.
For the first time in Colombia, more than 80 individuals of six species of birds and eight species of mammals can be monitored by means of automated communication technology.
Although amphibians and reptiles have historically been grouped within the field of study known as herpetology, these two groups of animals have very different evolutionary histories and characteristics.
From September 19 to 23, the third workshop on capacity building in the management of biological collections will be held at Bogotá and Villa de Leyva.
Discover how the Institute's work Humboldt serves as an input for decision-making by communities and institutions in the process of delimiting the moorland complex.
The Federico Medem Herbarium Bogotá of the Institute Humboldt, located in the cloister of San Agustín in Villa de Leyva, is the third largest in the country.
It is a group of beetles with one or more horns on their heads, a feature similar to the physical appearance of the emblematic herbivorous mammals of Africa and Asia.
The Institute Humboldt signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Museum of Natural History in New York that deepens a scientific partnership to conserve biodiversity in the country.
The Seaflower Plus 2021 Expedition had the support of the local and Raizal communities from the beginning.
217 years ago, the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt found a fish with long whiskers and a greenish color in the river Bogotá, known to the local inhabitants as Captain of the Savannah.
In 2021, Colombia will have 43 introduced fish species: 30 exotic species originating from other continents and countries (including one hybrid and one variety) and 13 species transplanted from one river basin to another.
There are 10,000 trees that were planted in the agreement between the Institute Humboldt and the San Jorge Botanical Garden of Ibagué.
Trees that cross rivers in carriages, trees that climb mountains on the back of mules and trees that travel along trails in pickup trucks to the rhythm of vallenato songs were seen at La Guajira.
An animal that for many people looks more like a dog than a cat.
The use of technology for the assessment and monitoring of endangered species has been increasing.
The natural regeneration of the tropical forest brings great benefits that science is gradually beginning to glimpse.
(BiodiverCities by 2030) is a global initiative coordinated by the Institute Humboldt and the World Economic Forum.
Details are not something that Paula Romero and Emmanuel Laverde leave to chance.
Between November 15 and 16, 2020, hurricane Iota , category five (according to the Saffir-Simpson scale), struck the island during the early morning
Colombia's more than 114 million hectares are home to at least 520 species of mammals.
Villa de Leyva is a municipality of Boyacá that seems suspended in time.
In addition to the emblematic frailejones, Colombia's páramos are home to some 4,000 species of plants.
"In nature, one sees very little of what one hears," is how biologist Mauricio Álvarez describes his experience of more than 25 years traveling through jungles and different ecosystems in Colombia.
The song of birds, the roar of felines, the grunts of primates, the buzzing of insects and the sounds of frogs in the moonlight.
There are 20,000 trees planted in the agreement between Coreducación and the Institute Humboldt for the enrichment of the forests in the region. In addition, education will play an important role in the process of ecosystem restoration and conservation.
The cloister of San Agustín is the oldest religious building in Villa de Leyva. It was founded in 1590 and its construction lasted 30 years.
More than a century later, Colombian scientists will repeat the expeditions made by naturalists from the American Museum of Natural History led by Frank M. Chapman.
They are so similar to us that they make an impression and cause us great curiosity.
At daylight, he and his older brother entered a cave.
the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) made an urgent call for
The meeting Climate and Deforestation in Colombia: Policy, Challenges and Opportunities, an event organized by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bogotá
To make visible the conservation initiatives, and especially the management process of high mountain ecosystems, as well as the ways of working and relating to the different actors of the territory.
The country has reported in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) a list of nearly 300 species of fish, amphibians, mammals and birds.
Diurnal or nocturnal; with general or specialized diets; of contrasting colors, sizes, and skins
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) revealed in its most recent global assessment on the state of biological diversity
As part of the initiative for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in dry ecosystems
Publication that gathers the results of a research work on the presence of these soft-bodied invertebrates.
The catalog of the Environmental Sound Collection (CSA) of the Institute Humboldt will now be available for consultation on the following platform