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Location This PASI will be held at the Tambopata Chemical Ecology Institute (TCEI) in the Tambopata National Reserve in southeastern Peru. TCEI is a subproduct of the Tambopata Project created by the Institute for Environmental Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and is the product of a unique collaboration between an academic institution (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) and a private resort (the Explorer’s Inn); it offers rustic yet comfortable accommodations in a spectacular natural setting. The Explorer´s Inn can accommodate up to 60 people and has a full-service restaurant. The lodge has resident naturalists, over 30 miles of trails, and provides easy access to the surrounding forest. Facilities are Spartan but comfortable (bedrooms have bathrooms, including toilets and showers), with a reliable wireless internet service, a small library, and radio communication with the outside world. Tambopata National Reserve is located in the heart
of the neotropical Andes, one of the global “epicenters”
of biodiversity. TNR covers at least 14 different forest types,
and together with neighboring Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP)
is home to 592 species of birds, 103 species of mammals, 74 species
of reptiles, 127 species of amphibians, and 94 species of fish.
The Tropical Andes region has vast numbers of insects, most of which
are thought to be yet unidentified by science; in the TNR and the
BSNP these include 1,234 species of butterflies, 152 types of dragonflies,
135 varieties of ants, 40 species of termites and 39 types of bees
catalogued to date. |
Tambopata Chemical Ecology Institute Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Institute for Environmental Studies Center for Rhizosphere Biology Information about traveling to Peru
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