Education and Communication at INBio:Sharing knowledge and information about

Biodiversity with society

Costa Rica has 4% of world´s biodiversity in 0.03% of the territory

COSTA RICA´S NATIONAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY

Save representative samples of ecosystems

Know existing biodiversity, where it is and its natural history

Use these resources sustainably for socio-economic development

WHAT IS INBio?

• Created in 1989

• A non governmental,

non profit

organization

• Declared a national

public

interest institution in

2006

Mission

To promote a greater awareness

of the value of biodiversity as a

means to ensure its conservation and

improve the quality of life of human

beings.

Generate- Process- Share

Bioliteracy

Biobusiness development

Biodiversity conservation

Policy and legislation

Technical assitance and trainning

Other sources of information

TICS

Knowledge and information generation

From Forest to Society

IN A FEW WORDS:

Biological Collections

• 3.6 million specimens

• 28.294 species of the

country´s biodiversity

• 2.716 new species (a new

species every 2.6 days)

• 81 new genera

• 2 new subfamilies

Products

• 1.500 scientific publications

• 59 field guides published

• 21 electronic documents

published

• 4072 species pages

• 22.000 daily WEB page hits

• Educational materials

• Virtual Learning Communities

The Bioliteracy Concept“dynamic hands-on continous

learning process that empowers the individual to appreciate biodiversity, embrace an ethics of respect for life, and assume responsability in the management and conservation of all living beings and ecosystems. Behavioral changes will favor a harmonious relationship with nature and a human sustainable development will be achieved”.

Our House of Bioliteracy

•More than 145 products from books, guides, digital products and games to CD´s and didactic material.

•Publishing house enterprise in Science and Technology Award 2001 and 2005.

Bioliteracy Program North Zone -Trainning Program

Bioliteracy study of needs of students and teachers of 21 educational centers located in the upper middle and lower areas of the river.

Share knowledge and know how with a wide variety of audiences through workshops and courses in 10 different topics.

Cyberhives: Virtual Learning Communities

Digital information and media

•508 media reports in 2010 (TV, radio, press)•9.246.159 anual average web page visits in 2010 •14.241 Facebook friends up to October 17, 2011• 4 blogs (Arthropods, Fungi, Editorial and Dr. Gamez)•INBioparque Facebook 6,817friends to October 17, 2011

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love what we understand, we will understand only what we are taught.”

Baba DioumSenegal

www.inbio.ac.cr

Natalia ZamoraSanto Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica.Apartado 22-3100.Teléfono (506) 2507-8113 Fax: 2507-8270.E-mail: nazamora@inbio.ac.cr