INBioparque is an amazing educational facility
that offers students an interactive experience with
Nature and helps them to discover the reasons for
Costa Rica’s enormous biological diversity and
the importance of conserving it. If they so wish,
students may also visit the collection of arthropods
and/or the Bio-prospecting laboratories or attend
a lecture given by one of our experts.
Visit the Collection of Arthropods
INBio’s Arthropod Unit is devoted
to the generation of information on Costa Rica’s
insects and arachnids, whose diversity is estimated
at some 365,000 different species. During the visit,
students will learn about the work of collecting in
the field (parataxonomists), as well as how to determine
the identity, geographical and temporal distribution,
natural history, conservation status and potential
use of insects and arachnids. They will also visit
part of INBio’s collection of nearly three
million specimens.
Visit to the Bio-prospecting Laboratories:
(minimum of 15 people)
Visitors to the bio-prospecting
labs have an opportunity to see the different processes
used in the search for chemical substances and genes
present in plants, insects, marine organisms and micro-organisms,
which may be used by the pharmaceutical, medical,
biotechnology and cosmetic industries, and also in
nutritional and agricultural applications. They will
also learn about the different agreements made with
various national and international institutions to
develop new products of commercial interest.
General
Lecture Program in Spanish:
(minimum of 15
people)
Topics:
Importance
and use of mollusks
Basic taxonomy
of Gastropods and Bivalves
The study of terrestrial
mollusks in Costa Rica
Program to Support
the Development of Biodiversity by Small Businesses
INBio-B
Modern biotechnology
and biodiversity
INBio’s
experience in the sustainable use of biodiversity
through bio-prospecting
Search for new
biodiversity products: adding value to biological
diversity through bio-prospecting
NBio’s experience
in the sustainable use of biodiversity
INBio and its
bio-prospecting strategy
Use of Biodiversity:
Strategic Action Unit– Bio-prospecting
The advantages
of bio-prospecting, INBio’s experience
Strategic Action
Unit -Bio-prospecting: the Experience of INBio
Mutually agreed
conditions for granting CPI
Mapping the diversity
of Costa Rica’s ecosystems
Biodiversity in
Costa Rica or Biodiversity and Environment in
Mesoamerica
Genesis of INBioparque
Recreational,
educational and cultural activities
Costa Rica: its
place in the tropical world
Conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity: evaluating Costa
Rica’s experience
Conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity: INBio’s
experience
General Lecture Program in English:(minimum of 15 people)
Topics:
INBio Prospecting Biodiversity
for pest control
INBio and Its Bioprospecting Strategy
The experience of INBio in Conservation
and Sustainable use of Biodiversity
INBio- Bioprospecting Developing
Products Through Strategic Partnerships
Developing Bioprospecting Collaboration
Agreements: The INBio Experience
INBioparque´s Genesis
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable
use: The experience of INBio”
Practical experiences on Freshwater
Preservation through Voluntary Environmental Agreements
(VEAs)”
Ecotourism and communities: opportunities
and challenges”
Conservation and sustainability:
the Guanacaste experience
Brief analysis on the emergence
of Costa Rica’s national biodiversity policy
Biodiversity in Costa Rica or Mesoamerican
Biodiversity
