Research Opportunities in the Peruvian Amazon
Approximately 160km down the Amazon River and up the Napo from
Iquitos, Peru, the Amazon Conservatory of Tropical Studies (ACTS)
field station is managed by the Peruvian non-profit organization CONAPAC.
Constructed in one of the most biologically diverse forests in the
world, the ACTS serves as an open laboratory for tropical research,
educational initiatives, workshops, and sustainable development
projects. The thatched buildings provide both laboratory and rooming
facilities for scientists as well as overnight lodging for tourists.
Solar batteries and a gasoline generator provide for the station's
electrical needs. A short hike from the station is the ACTS aerial
canopy walkway network, more than 500 m long and 36 m high. The
walkway consists of a series of platforms and bridges that connect
more than a dozen trees. In addition to the canopy walkway, extensive
trails in over 250,000 hectares of primary rainforest are available
for exploration by visitors and scientists. The facility maintains a
5 ha medicinal plant garden that contains over 250 species of native
plants valued for their pharmaceutical use and potential. We are
seeking and will assist scientists that are interested in conducting
research at this extraordinary site.
Requests for additional information and research guidelines for the
ACTS Field Station may be made to Dr. Stephen R. Madigosky, Director
of the ACTS Scientific Advisory Board, Widener University, One
University Place, Chester, PA 19013 email address:
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] (or
[email protected] or office phone: 610 499-4269 after September 1, 2011).
