As part of the efforts to strengthen the sustainable management of the country’s natural resources, researchers from the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) participated in a key technical meeting for the project "Conservation Status of Biodiversity in Emblematic Areas of PASNAP II."
This initiative, executed through the INABIO Knowledge Transfer Center—headquartered at the LFS—is led by MSc. Kevin Mindiola, a specialist from the National Institute of Biodiversity (INABIO). The project seeks to generate robust scientific information to support decision-making regarding conservation within the country's marine and coastal protected areas.
ESPOL was represented by Ph.D. Paolo Piedrahita, an LFS research professor, and MSc. Peter Pibaque, a faculty technician. Both experts from the faculty’s biodiversity area, who also collaborate as associate researchers for INABIO, provided their technical expertise in designing scientific protocols to accurately assess the conservation status of the country’s most fragile and representative ecosystems. Defining these methodologies is a critical step for PASNAP II, as it will allow for the collection of comparable and rigorous data on wildlife and flora in the field.
