Ex-situ conservation and reintroduction of threatened species
Ex-situ conservation is defined by Law number 165,1994, as the conservation of the elements of biological diversity out of their natural habitats.
In this manner, the Humboldt Institute Conservation Biology Program develops research towards this aim, which is presented in the following list:
- Participation in the National Net of Botanical Gardens.
- Ex-situ conservation and reintroduction of the Cundinamarca wax palm (Ceroxylon sassaimae). A bank of plantules is being elaborated and will be available for Botanical Gardens and Private Reserves.
- Design of a germoplasm bank with emphasis on threatened flora species.
- Experimental reintroduction of the arpía eagle (Harpia harpija) in the high Sinú.
- Participation at the National Committee of the Condor Project, together with the Ministry of the Environment, Autonomous Regional Organizations and the Fundación Renaser .
- Effects of the introduction of the toro frog (Rana castelbianca) in the Valle del Cauca
- Scientific bases for a national policy on the introduction of foreign species.
- Protected Areas Information System: biogeographic covering, ecosistemic representation and the selfregulation capacity of the National Park System and Protected Areas. This work is carried out with the cooperation of the World Fund for Nature
- Andean forest dynamics at the Reserva La Planada in the Nariño Region, south of Colombia, with the cooperation of the FES Foundation.
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