Annual Report 2009

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Annual Report 2009
Annual Report
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Mission
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To promote a greater awareness of the value of biodiversity as a means to ensure
its conservation and to improve the quality of life of human beings.
Vision
INBio will make nature the central axis of the nation’s culture, educational
processes and competitive strengths. It will become a hub of scientific
development that will guide the use of Costa Rica’s natural capital, becoming
the most prestigious institution in Latin America in its field.
Values
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Commitment
Service
Transparency
Integrity
Respect
Equity and justice
Environmental responsibility
Innovation and leadership
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Contents
Message from the President........................................................................ 2
For Our XX Aniversary............................................................................ 4
Scientific and technological development............................................. 8
Natural capital administration............................................................. 13
Bioliteracy.............................................................................................. 17
Involvement in decision making.......................................................... 24
Enterprise management........................................................................ 27
Institutional strengthening................................................................... 30
A financial glimpse............................................................................... 35
Independent Auditors´ Report.............................................................. 44
Annex 1: Scientific publications 2009................................................. 47
Annex 2: Taxonomists collaborating in 2009...................................... 56
Acronyms used...................................................................................... 68
Institutional Bodies............................................................................... 69
Credits
Writing and editing: Diana Ávila Solera
Desing and layout: Rodrigo Granados
Photograpies: Carlos Hernández, Fabio Hidalgo, Rodrigo Granados, Milagro Mata,
Luis Diego Vargas
Traslation to English: Cindy Taft
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Message from the President
I begin this introductory message to our Annual Report for 2009, the year in which we
commemorated the XX Anniversary of the founding of INBio, repeating a phrase that I
believe makes a lot of sense on this special occasion: “Life can only be understood by
looking backwards, and it can only be lived by looking forward.”
Indeed, this report is a glimpse backward of the year, complemented by several thought
and analytical exercises in which we condense our main achievements, in order to explain
to society the reason to celebrate these twenty years since INBio was created.
Making this retrospective of the institution’s work was very pertinent, as it allows us to
objectively demonstrate the magnitude of INBio’s contribution to saving, learning about
and using Costa Rican biodiversity. We can be rightly proud of what we have done for
Costa Rica and for its biodiversity.
All this gives us many good reasons to continue our work in the future, grounded in the
achievements of the past but making realistic adjustments to our plans for the institution’s
tasks. This is very important given the transformation that the national and international
contexts have undergone in many aspects. These are changes that have directly and
indirectly impacted our institution.
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Toward this end, we are now looking forward to making new and greater efforts for
conservation and the intelligent use of Costa Rican biodiversity.
Among the main themes that will guide our activities are integral territorial management
for addressing the challenges of the nation’s social and economic development, global
change and climate change in particular, clean and renewable energy sources, and
innovation and enterprise as engines for sustainable development.
We must reposition our institution to face these challenges based on the four strategic
elements that we have identified for a sustainable INBio: the excellence of our work, the
flexibility and efficiency of our organization, the permanent building and consolidation
of strategic alliances with other people and institutions, and the sustainable financial
foundation over time.
As the Costa Rican citizen’s organization that INBio is, all these considerations will allow
us to continue making progress in the future, contributing to the fundamental cause for
humanity that is the conservation of our biological diversity.
Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo
President
National Biodiversity Institute
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For Our XX Aniversary
As INBio president Rodrigo Gámez stated in an article published in Costa Rica’s La Nación
newspaper on October 27, 2009: two decades after defining its mission, the philosophy
behind this reason is more appropriate than ever. The many practical applications that
are derived from the sustainable use of biodiversity for fields such as agriculture, tourism,
medicine, education and industry are more evident and underscore the challenge that we
human beings have to learn to live in harmony with nature.
During its 20 years, INBio has contributed to strengthening this awareness and to
generating information about biodiversity, which serve as inputs for decision making
regarding conservation and defining actions that promote the equilibrium of life on the
planet.
The year 2009 was marked by an institutional adjustment or alignment that allowed the
different processes and projects to respond to the guiding themes defined in the new
Strategic Plan for 2009–2013.
INBio did not escape the international economic crisis that affected many sectors
significantly. This represented a challenge as well as an opportunity for improvement,
innovation and the creation of new alliances.
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In this context in response to the new needs and challenges, a new five-year plan was
approved in October 2008, consisting of six strategic elements: Scientific and technological
development, Natural capital administration, Bioliteracy, Involvement in decision making,
Enterprise development and Institutional strengthening.
INBio made an adjustment in its processes and projects with regard to the following
priority themes:
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climate change
food security
alternative energy (bioenergy, etc.)
health
integral territorial management
water
information and communication technologies
conservation
The year 2009 was characterized by a greater institutional presence within and outside
of the country, as expressed in the production of many materials in different formats,
an increase in the numbers of visitors, greater coverage by communication media and
strengthening of the formation of alliances with the public and private sectors.
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The institute increased its participation in different scientific–technological and enterprise
initiatives, intensified its joint work with public sector entities (both national and foreign)
and strengthened actions aimed toward an institutional culture of sound entrepreneurship
and innovation.
INBio is distinguished by its capacity for innovation–mainly in the field of research–, its
ability to respond to different needs, its flexibility and the variety of its products.
The Strategic Action Units (SAU) and other INBio divisions carried out their activities
achieving high levels of performance. Some of the new actions that were implemented in
the different projects are:
– knowledge generation: research aligned with the priority themes.
– participation in the integral territorial management: The definition of ecoregions
and national socio-ecological management units.
– integration and processing of strategic information: participation in the formulation
of the IV Country Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
– enterprise management: creation of the institute’s Directorate for Enterprise
Management and advances in the formation of the Bio-innovation Center as an
affiliate of INBio.
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– INBio abroad: work and alliances were strengthened in the Central American
region and in countries such as Benin, Bhutan, Spain, Korea and China.
A summary of the most relevant achievements during 2009, organized according to the
six strategic elements defined in the new plan for 2009-2013, is given below.
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Scientific and technological development
Development of scientific and technological knowledge according to the priority themes
is the main objective of this element, in which the following accomplishments were
achieved:
Knowledge generation
Numerous research projects are in development that address the priority themes (health,
global change, food security, energy, conservation of species and ecosystems). Some of
these have been the basis for the publication of 95 scientific articles. Examples of these
projects are:
– Inventory and monitoring of vector arthropods and insects: in the cantons of
Buenos Aires and Osa.
– Characterization of ecosystems, biological inventories and the natural history of
fungi, plants and arthropods: in Tapantí, Río Frío, La Amistad International Park
(PILA), Veragua Rainforest, Hotel Villa Blanca.
– Breeding and rearing of edible insects and fungi.
– Study of the activity of chemical compounds extracted from endophytic fungi with
potential action against cancer, malaria and neurodegenerative diseases.
– Microbial biocatalysts for converting biomass into sugars.
– Use of lignocellulose wastes.
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– Pharmaceuticals based on natural products (lichens, macrofungi and plants).
– Biogeographical analysis and endemism in coprophagic beetles and initiation of a
study on bees, butterflies, ants and spiders.
– Distribution of threatened plant species in Central America.
Negotiated work proposals addressing new fields of action:
Proposals were coordinated with different governments and national and international
bodies such as: the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the governments
of China and Norway, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research
(CONICIT), the National Center for Biotechnological Innovation (CENIBIOT) and the
Foundation for Peace and Democracy (FUNPADEM–European Commission). The scopes
of these proposals take new fields of action into account such as:
– Virtual and bioliteracy tools
– Monitoring of aquatic insects
– Climate change
– Genetic enhancement and food security
– Industrial scaling up of processes
– Socio-ecological units for territorial management
– Species with therapeutic and food potential (fungi and insects).
– Genetic bar codes
– Biomimetics1
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The examination of models or systems in nature that can be imitated to solve human problems in various
fields.
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Enrichment of the national biodiversity inventory:
In 2009, 45,836 specimens of plants, fungi, insects and spiders were collected and added
to the more than 3.5 million samples deposited in the INBio collection. During the same
year, 46,389 specimens were identified to species, including 177 species new to science.
Furthermore, there is a collection of 13,000 isolates of microfungi and bacteria.
A table regarding the status of the collections through December 2009 is presented
below.
National Biodiversity Institute
Status of the collections through December 2009
Accumulated specimens collected and identified to species and morphospecies as of 2009
Collection
Arachnids
Plants
Insects
Fungi
Mollusks
Myriapods
Nematodes
Onychophorans
Total
Gibbifer impressopunctatus
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Specimens
collected
2.276
322.691
2.985.234
49.448
201.013
1.059
18.674
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Accepted
species
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1.867
271.073
882.508
20.909
125.192
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1.436
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Specimens
identified to
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10.585
12.831
2.495
1.746
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Specimens
identified to
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268.769
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270.294
Species
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5.659
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Scientific and technological capacity increased:
INBio enhanced its scientific and technological capacity through the following
initiatives:
– Laying the groundwork for the development of the Atta II biodiversity information
system, which will be an improved version with greater functionality over Atta I
that is currently in use.
– Continuation of the development of biodiversity information systems for
application in Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.
– Continuation of the process of digitalization and georeferencing of the bat and
plant collections of Central America.
– Conducting tests for the application of unified messaging and mobile computing
(Skype and IP telephone systems) in the institution.
Dissemination of scientific knowledge:
One of INBio’s priority objectives is to inform the greatest number of people, within and
beyond the country, about the results of its research. This year 32 articles were published
in print and electronic media and the general press that share with society the results of
the scientific work done in 10 projects, including:
– Herbariums of Central America, with support from the government of Norway.
As part of this project, Web page bulletins and books about the plants of Central
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America and the uses that are made of different species in the region were
published.
– Botanical project developed in the LAIP with support from the Darwin Initiative,
generating information for this park that is shared with society by publishing the
discovery of new species and new distribution records in the press, and disseminating
the results of biological studies and the map of plant species distribution on the
Web page.
– Results of other projects were published in different media and included studies
about land cover, ecosystems and management of the access and use of genetic
and biochemical resources from biodiversity.
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Natural capital administration
INBio promoted and supported the formulation of policies, tools and products aimed
at strengthening national capacity for conserving and achieving the sustainable use of its
natural capital. With support from and in alliance with public entities (MINAET–SINAC,
National Power and Light Company, Costa Rican Electricity Institute and municipalities)
and non-governmental organizations, the institute is participating in initiatives that
include:
Generation of baseline information for projects and
organizations that develop plans and programs for integral
territorial management such as:
– Regulatory plans: Upala, Guatuso and Los Chiles.
– Management plans: Tapantí National Park, Reventazón River Basin, Tempisque
Conservation Area and La Amistad International Park.
– Osa on-site monitoring plan.2
– Rehabilitation plan for degraded quarry areas in Cartago.
– Environmentally responsible planning and management for the El Diquís
Hydroelectric Project.
– The national agenda for research on wildlife emphasized the themes of animals in
captivity and commerce in species for 2009.
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Includes the Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA) and part of the LAIP.
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Participation in the project for Socio-ecological Territorial
Management (USEG):
INBio provides technical support and administers the funds for the USEG project3
stemming from the Costa Rica–Spain debt swap program; some aspects addressed by the
program in 2009 were:
– Progress on territorial planning for the Río Frío Basin, with basic studies for
management and regulatory plans and a pilot project in the Northern Zone.
– The proposal for the ecoregionalization of the country.
Status of biodiversity
Main achievements include INBio’s participation in preparing the IV Country Report
to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).4 This report analyzes the status of
the nation’s biodiversity and this constitutes a tool for revision and decision making
regarding national compliance with the CBD.
INBio as Administrator of the United States–Costa Rica Debt
Swap for Nature Fund
In 2009 INBio was designated the resource administrator for this Fund, after a public
competition in which several organizations participated.
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Socio-ecological territorial management, www.usegcr.com
http://www.inbio.ac.cr/estrategia/Informe4/indice.htm
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The resources will be allocating financial assistance to projects that promote the
conservation, maintenance and restoration of tropical forests and the geographic areas
prioritized by the Fund (www.canjeusacr.org).
Support to initiatives for the development of products in the
tourism and education–recreation sectors:
Technical assistance was provided to different initiatives, including:
– Biological stations at the Hotel Villa Blanca (Las Nubes de San Ramón) and the
Veragua Rainforest Park (Limón). Scientific research is carried out at these places,
which is also converted into added value for the sustainable tourism products that
these businesses offer.
– Support in the environmental component during the development of the first
phase of the educational park that is being built in the canton of Desamparados,
which will provide the public with a space for environmental and cultural activities.
The project is being developed by the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ) with
support from the La Libertad Park Foundation.
– Native species garden at Hotel Parque del Lago.
– Sustainable tourism in the community of Santa Juana, Puntarenas province, with
support from Greentique Hotels (formerly Green Hotels).
– Environmental Botanical Garden of León (JBA), Nicaragua, with support from the
government of Norway.
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– Tree-planting project for La Sabana Metropolitan Park, with support from
Scotiabank, the Costa Rican Institute for Sports and Recreation (ICODER), SINAC
and the Ministry of Justice (MJ).
Alliances and formulation of work proposals with national
businesses for the development of products derived from
biodiversity or for the improvement of processes:
– A proposal was made to CENIBIOT, with economic support from the Ministry
of Science and Technology (MICIT), that the laboratory results obtained in the
joint research of INBio and the national firms Laboratorios Vaco and Laboratorios
La Gavilana will be validated and confirmed in their semi-commercial scale
installations (upscaling). With this, the business executives are assured that
they will not be investing in semi-commercial scale equipment without having
confirmed the potential from their laboratory research.
– Negotiations were conducted with the companies RIMAC S. A. and FLOREX
regarding a search for natural elements that will allow the development of more
sustainable processes and environmentally-friendly products that simultaneously
generate added value.
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Bioliteracy
The main objective of this element is to improve capacity for information processing,
integration and transfer to different target publics regarding the priority themes.
Creation of the Education Unit
Bioliteracy is one of INBio’s fundamental principles. During 2009, several environmental
education processes were emphasized. The decision was also made to reinforce the work
team with the creation of the Education Unit.
Inauguration of four new educational exhibits in INBioparque:
The renovation and development of exhibits in INBioparque offers visitors options to
learn interactively and become aware of topics regarding biodiversity and its sustainable
use. For 2009, the following were inaugurated:
– Hydroponics Station: The purpose is to show visitors a new kind of highly efficient
gardening that achieves greater productivity and higher quality at lower cost.
Tomatoes, lettuce and other products are grown at this station and people can buy
them. Courses on hydroponics are also given.
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– Fungi Station: The purpose is to demonstrate the production and use of fungi.
It also allows INBio to strengthen its research for promoting the cultivation of
fungi, new native species as well as commercially-known species. The initiative is
supported by a South-South project for the countries of Benin, Bhutan and Costa
Rica, funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and implemented through the
Fundecooperación for Sustainable Development.
– Self-sufficient House: In this house, sunlight is used to heat water and cook,
rainwater is captured and filtered (it is also potable) and food is grown in a
hydroponic garden. This exhibit shows visitors that a home can be self-sufficient
using renewable alternative energy, recycling waste materials and using the
advantages offered by nature, among others. This project, carried out jointly with
the National Power and Light Company (CNFL), shows more than 12 sustainable
techniques that families can implement at home.
– Exhibit and video about climate change: Its purpose is to teach what climate change
is and what specific actions can be taken to mitigate it in an easily understood
way. Entitled “Climate change: causes and consequences”, this hall includes threedimensional figures such as polar bears and penguins, photographs and scientific
data of the effects of climate change on the planet. It also incorporates a video
that alerts visitors about how thousands of Costa Rican species could disappear
if manmade climate change continues, as well as the effects this would have on
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the wellbeing of people. The exhibit was produced thanks to support from the
government of the United Kingdom.
Use of information and communication technologies for
bioliteracy:
In our actions to explore different mechanisms for promulgating bioliteracy, we often
resorted to the use of information and communication technologies; in 2009 these were
centered on:
– Starting the renovation of the institutional Web page with high standards of quality
that will allow the user to easily access an interactive site.
– The publication of books and articles in digital format.
– Incorporation of INBio into social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
and Wikipedia.
Diversification of the educational offering:
Over the years, INBio has been developing bioliteracy activities in which large numbers of
people from many disciplines participate for different purposes. For this, the institution
prepares programs that allow it to meet the needs identified and incorporate, together
with its allies, actions that give those programs more impact. Below, some of the new
achievements attained in 2009 are mentioned:
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– INBio was accredited by the National Learning Institute (INA) to give the Course
for Local Naturalist Guides, endorsed by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).
– Executed the Environmental Education Program for the Río Frío Basin, whose
purpose is to introduce teachers and students from the area’s educational centers
to the biodiversity that surrounds them, with special emphasis on the theme of
wetlands and their importance for the equilibrium of this ecosystem as well as for
the wellbeing of the communities.
– Created the Diverciencia Program, a new educational application that will allow
the development of activities on the environmental theme, in alignment with the
programs of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) and adjusted to the particular
characteristics of each zone or locality.
The impact of these and other actions are reflected in the number of people who
were exposed to or participated in bioliteracy processes during the year, which totaled
approximately 150,000:
– Nearly 20,000 examples of outreach products about Central America distributed
in the region.
– Nearly 118 inquiries addressed on the askinbio web site.
– Around 10,253 people from different countries and communities of Costa Rica
participated in courses, workshops, talks, congresses and fairs (on themes such as
ecotourism, cultivation of fungi, rearing insects, bio-achievements, conservation,
and others).
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– 106,753 people visited INBioparque.
– Nearly 3,000 people visited the INBio biological stations at the Hotel Villa Blanca
and Veragua Rainforest locations.
– Sold 7,636 Editorial INBio books.
Editorial INBio’s 12 best-selling books in 2009
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Guía de Aves de Costa Rica, 4ª ed.
Mariposas de Costa Rica
Manual para el manejo de mariposarios
Árboles de Costa Rica, Vol. III
Costa Rica, ambiente y biodiversidad, 2ª ed.
Peces de la Isla del Coco, 2 ed.
Plantas ornamentales nativas de Costa Rica, 3ª ed.
Murciélagos de Costa Rica
Ranas de vidrio
Diccionario de la biodiversidad
Creencias populares sobre los reptiles en Costa Rica
Orquídeas de Costa Rica, Vol. III
Number of copies
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318
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– Workshop at Cerro de la Muerte: Traditional knowledge of Bhutan for fungi
cultivation.
– In Benin, INBio staff participated in experience exchanges at Abomey University
and in several communities about edible insects, their rearing and the management
of collections.
– Workshop on Bioinformatica Tools for countries participating in projects funded
by the JRS Foundation.
– Rubén Darío School, Santo Domingo de Heredia: workshop on “I have a universe
of talents.”
– Participation in the AMBIENTICE Fair, organized by ICE in the Children’s Museum,
where nearly 6,000 people, most of them students, had an opportunity to learn
about many aspects of biodiversity.
– Participation in the Brazilian Botany Congress: Symposium on Apocynaceae.
Presence in communication media and access to Web site:
The press has been one of the most effective means used by INBio for informing society
about conservation and environmental topics and carrying out its bioliteracy mission.
Likewise, tools such as the Web page are a frequently used means of accessing knowledge
generated by the institution. Both instruments allow a large number of people to become
informed and learn about biodiversity and its sustainable use. The results obtained for
2009 were:
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– An increase of 47% over 2008 in the number of informative notes published
in the press about INBio’s endeavors (a total of 498 notes in print media, on
radio and television, national as well as foreign). One noteworthy activity has
been the permanent presence of publications in the El Financiero magazine and
our relationship with the Channel 11 news “La Escuelita” television program to
address frequent inquiries about biodiversity made by the viewers.
– There were 118,399 hits on the INBio Web site made by 71,039 different users
from 147 countries.
Integral program of environmentally- sustainable practices in
the institution’s work:
As part of its values and principles, INBio has been developing a series of internal practices
for the efficient use and administration of resources such as water, electricity, vehicle
fleet and sound solid waste management. Some of these practices are shared with the
general public in the bioliteracy programs, mainly through the Self-sufficient House in
INBioparque. Some of these efforts also involved preparing the action plans for obtaining
Ecological Blue Flag, Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Tourism certifications. The
measurement of indicators and the preparation of the documents required for attaining
these certifications were initiated in 2009.
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Involvement in decision making
The main objective of this element is to improve INBio’s capacity for processing and
transferring information to support the formulation of policies and decision making.
Standards, commissions and various entities:
The institution supported processes for discussing and preparing standards related to the
administration of biodiversity and natural capital, in conjunction with MINAET–SINAC,
the Assembly Legislative and other entities. This included:
– Drafting the Law for Protected Areas
– Evaluation of proposals for modifying legislation regarding incentives for Science
and Technology and analysis of changes to the Law for the Development Banking
System.
Moreover, the participation and technical assistance given to commissions and specific
work groups allowed the institute to support decision making and also kept it up to
date in different themes, in both national and international contexts. Some examples
of the initiatives and commissions to which INBio provided technical assistance or had
representation in 2009 are:
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National Commission on Biogenetic Resources
Commission of Environmental Educators of MINAET
Peace with Nature Initiative
Sustainable Tourism Certificate Commission
Socio-ecological Territorial Management Initiative (USEG)
Climate Change and Adaptation of Biodiversity Sub-commission as part of the
National Strategy for Climate Change
National Commission on Biological Corridors
SIDA Trust Committee for ACLA–P
Committee for the Global Plant Conservation Strategy
National Committee of the IUCN
GEF Small Grants Program
Osa Technical Coalition
In another level of participation, INBio’s presence and support in meetings, forums and
conferences (within and outside the country) related to the management of biodiversity
has been relevant for periodic information exchanges on trends and opportunities and
for raising the institute’s profile, allowing it to create new alliances, among other things.
The meetings in which INBio participated in 2009 were:
– National Inter-ministerial Dialogue on Climate Change (MINAET-UNDP)
– XV Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (Copenhagen)
– Third International Conference on the Barcode of Life (Mexico)
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– Electronic Biosphere Conference (E–Biosphere) (London)
– Meetings of the biodiversity information networks of IABIN (meeting of the
technical team in Panama) and GBIF (meeting of the notes and experience
exchanges in Denmark).
– Meeting of the Advisory Board to the Education and Learning Group for the
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Initiative
– IUCN World Congress (Spain).
– Workshop on the "Central American Strategy for Rural Territorial Development"
(Costa Rica).
– V Forum on Caribbean Ecosystems (Colombia)
– III Meeting of the Plant Initiative (LAPI) (Colombia)
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Enterprise management
Enterprise management is an element that INBio has been strengthening since the second
semester of 2008, through specific actions and the positing of concrete goals in the
institutional strategic plan.
It was decided that INBio’s knowledge would be made available to different sectors of the
population, specifically for projects that are meant to improve the management of natural
capital and stimulate enterprise development based on the sustainable use of biodiversity.
It is hoped that this technical assistance will also contribute to the financial sustainability
of the institute and help with continuing processes for knowledge generation, processing
and transfer.
New steps toward consolidation
In its first steps, the Directorate of Enterprise Management was consolidated in 2009. Its
responsibility is to oversee the achievement of the proposed objectives and also includes
external negotiations and actions for strengthening an internal culture aimed at innovation
and entrepreneurship.
Another determinant action was the decision to create the Bio-innovation Center, as an
affiliate of INBio that will accompany and stimulate enterprising ideas for bio-businesses
with a high degree of innovation, from the harnessing of initiatives to their acceleration
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(access to sources of financing and upscaling). During 2009 progress was made on the
legal and constitutive aspects of this new entity.
This year an advisory process was consolidated as an additional entrepreneurial unit
within INBio. Despite the difficult global economic situation, homogeneous growth was
recorded in the demand for technical assistance and training services that the institute
offers.
This led to the decision to strengthen this area and work on a strategy that will allow
concentrating efforts on products and services of high impact for the institutional mission,
which will be sufficiently competitive so as to generate financial income that can be
reinvested in the operation of scientific and technical processes. This involves a change
in some work areas, promoting participation and innovation, improving the efficiency of
internal processes and better channeling the demand for services.
Editorial INBio, INBioparque, Bioprospecting and
Consultancies
The roles played by the Editorial, INBioparque, Bioprospecting and SAU Consultancies
allow INBio to process and share the information in different formats and contribute
to initiatives that seek sustainable biodiversity management and the development of
environmentally-responsible actions. These units provide approximately 70% of the
institution’s financial income, which is used to maintain the different processes for the
fulfillment of its mission.
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For 2009, these were some of the results that are associated with indicators for the
strengthening of enterprise management:
- Editorial INBio increased its income from the sale of publications and services by
more than 100% over 2008 levels.
- INBioparque increased its income by 2% over 2008 levels.
- Bioprospecting increased its income by 36% over 2008.
- Consultancies were strengthened, increasing income by 52% over 2008. INBio
negotiated nearly $800,000 for consultancies.
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Institutional strengthening
Despite the international financial crisis and thanks to its organizational culture, INBio
maintained institutional stability in labor aspects (183 staff members) as well as in its
programs and projects. Likewise, it managed to renegotiate some of its liabilities with the
commercial bank and confront substantial changes at the managerial level.
The main initiatives the institution developed in 2009 in this field were:
Development of an organizational culture that contemplates
enterprise management and technical capacity-building:
- An assessment of the internal situation was prepared as an input for the development
of a plan that will help expand INBio’s capacity for innovation.
- Processes to strengthen the information mechanisms used to determine the costs
of products and services supplied by INBio were initiated.
- Continuity was given to processes for strengthening technical capacities, mainly
through exchanges and negotiations with other institutions and allies.
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Improvement of tools, processes and resources that support
the institution’s work:
- Measures were implemented to improve efficiency in institutional management
related to internal communication, holistic vision processes, a culture of savings
and the sound management of resources.
- Computer information systems were developed to support internal tasks regarding
human capital, consultancies and follow-up on the network of relations, among
others.
- Periodic checks were made of antivirus protection, updates and monitoring of the
information network, servers and equipment.
Internal communication, strengthening of values and
attitudes:
Two specific achievements for 2009 that we are emphasizing are:
– Implementation of the Intranet, which allows periodic updating of INBio staff on
internal administrative topics, projects underway, news, institutional events and
other issues of interest. This tool also allows us to hold opinion forums and make
surveys.
– Development of a campaign to promote best practices for environmental
sustainability among staff, within and outside the institution.
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Administrative processes:
The sound execution of INBio’s different administrative processes is reflected in the
achievements made during 2009 as noted in this report and in an audit report that was
100% positive. Furthermore, for this year:
- We continued with the succession process at the managerial level, with a special
emphasis on the General Directorate.
- Given the global economic situation and the change in the mechanisms for accessing
funds, detailed oversight was given to the financial sustainability strategy. In this
process, the support of INBio’s Board of Directors and advisors on the theme was
strategic.
- The volunteer program developed at INBio filled the equivalent of 12 positions in
the year.
- Continuity was given to the health and occupational safety program with the
creation of brigades, development of plans and training.
Strategic alliances:
Since its beginning 20 years ago, INBio has always felt that the best way to make its
proposed goals become a reality is in alliance with other institutions, businesses and
people. To obtain results with national and international impact, forces from diverse
fields, experiences and disciplines must be brought together. In this way, year after year,
the strategic alliances and the strengthening of the network of collaborators have been a
constant in the institution’s work.
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Below, we list some of the actions that exemplify our work in the field of alliances made
in 2009:
– An active network of 425 taxonomists and investigators from several countries
who contribute their time and knowledge to different processes was maintained.
– Processes are coordinated and executed and future projects are analyzed with a
network of 64 allies for carrying out initiatives on:
– Health (insects: INCIENSA, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Gorgas Institute)
– International graduate study program on biodiversity (UCR–UNED, UNA,
ITCR, CIBIO)
– Virtual learning communities (EOL)
– Barcoding (Universidad de Guelph)
– Science and innovation (China Academy of Sciences)
– INBio–PIF Station for Bird Monitoring, Education and Training (Partners
in Flight and the US Forest Service)
– Domestication and cultivation of wild fungi (University of Barcelona, UCR
and the Forest Mycology Enterprise)
– Wildlife (SENASA, SINAC, WSPA, Preserve Planet, Costa Rican Postal
Service)
– Territorial management (Sait Institute, Euskadi Biodiversity Center, SINAC–
MINAET, University of Barcelona, CIBIO, Araucaria, UNA, ITCR, CNFL,
ICE)
– Bioinformatica (IABIN, GBIF, OTS, National Museum and others)
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– Biomimetics (UCR, The Biomimicry Institute)
– Entrepreneurship and innovation (INVENIO, CADEXCO, CENECOOP,
INNOVARE, INCAE, ACORDE, Yo Emprendedor, CENIBIOT and others)
– Environmental education and ecotourism (Cádiz, Araucaria Program,
schools of the Northern Zone, Tortuguero Conservation Area, MAG, Green
Hotels, CNFL, ICE, Veragua, ACOPROT, CATIE, University of Georgia, The
Biomimicry Institute, Ministry of Culture and Youth and the Museum of
Costa Rican Art).
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A financial glimpse
INBio consolidated funds
An overview of INBio’s financial panorama for 2009 is presented below, which includes
the origin of the funds and their use, as well as some comparisons with 2008.
ORIGIN OF THE FUNDS
The funds for 2009 totaled US$8.14 million (¢4,513 million), 0.43% more than in 2008.
These resources came from three major areas: Foreign Cooperation, Self-generated Funds
and Special Projects, as shown in this comparative table:
National Biodiversity Institute Association
Income Comparison for 2009 and 2008
CR Colones
2009
US Dollars
%
CR Colones
2008
US Dollars
%
%
Variation
INCOME:
Foreign cooperation
Self-generated funds
Special projects
Income total
703.695.184
1.269.051
16%
412.581.367
791.508
10%
60,33%
3.015.303.894
5.437.830
67%
2.862.358.980
5.491.231
68%
-0,97%
794.681.218
1.433.136
18%
949.962.089
1.822.434
22%
-21,36%
4.513.680.296
8.140.017
100%
4.224.902.435
8.105.173
100%
0,43%
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The following graphic shows the percentage shares of the various types
of income received during the year.
TOTAL REVENUE
US$8.140.017
External Cooperation
16% US$1,269,051
Special Projects
18% US$1,433,136
Earned Income
67% US$5,437,830
Source: INBio Financial Unid
Details are provided below on the participation of each one of the
three major areas in the composition of the funds:
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1. FOREIGN COOPERATION
16%
¢703,695,184
Amount in colones
$1,269,051
Amount in dollars
This fund is the result of funding from bilateral agencies such as the
Fundación JRS, IDB, UNDP, OAS, Bhutan, GBIF, TNC, Darwin, Los
Angeles County Museum and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
2. SELF-GENERATED FUNDS
67%
Amount in colones
¢3,015,303,894
Amount in dollars
$5,437,830
Self-generated funds are broken down as follows:
Agreements with bilateral agencies
20.79% Amount in colones
¢627,011,553
Amount in dollars
$1,130,759
These include the participation of the governments of Spain and Norway.
Contracts with companies
1.69%
Amount in colones
¢51,075,000
Amount in dollars
$92,109
This includes the contribution of the DIVERSA Project.
Research agreements
11.86%
Amount in colones
¢357,567,099
Amount in dollars
$644,840
This includes resources from MMV, EARTH-CRUSA, Korea Project,
ICBG, NCDDG and Laboratorios Vaco.
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Sales of services, interest and other
59.93%
Amount in colones
¢1,807,138,831
Amount in dollars
$3,259,013
This includes resources from Fideicomiso RMN, Support Funds, Inkind donations of assets, Overhead, Editorial, INBioparque, Sales of
Services and Consultancies.
International organizations
1.01% Amount in colones
¢30,406,694
Amount in dollars
$54,836
This involves the participation of CECEXI and JICA.
Conservation NGOs
4.71% Amount in colones
¢142,104,717
Amount in dollars
$256,273
This includes the participation of the Ibero-American Biodiversity
Center, Linden Trust and CONICIT.
3. SPECIAL PROJECTS
18%
Amount in colones
¢794,681,218
Amount in dollars
$1,433,136
These resources were distributed as follows:
Bilateral agencies
58.27%
Amount in colones
¢463,061,711
Amount in dollars
$835,090
This involves the participation of the Government of Spain.
2009
Foundations
5.22%
Amount in colones
¢41,484,255
Amount in dollars
$74,813
This involves the participation of Fundecooperación and the CRUSA
Foundation.
International organizations
0.91%
Amount in colones
¢7,227,292
Amount in dollars
$13,034
This involves the participation of Parismina Watershed Study.
Conservation NGOs
3.33%
Amount in colones
¢26,459,067
Amount in dollars
$47,717
This includes the participation of the Missouri Botanical Garden and
Concultura El Salvador.
Universities
32.27%
Amount in colones
¢256,448,893
Amount in dollars
$462,483
This includes the participation of the University of Pennsylvania.
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USE OF FUNDS
In its operations, INBio used US$8.87 million (¢4,941 million) distributed among four
major areas of action, the Government of Norway and financial expenses:
National Biodiversity Institute Association
Expense Comparison for 2009 and 2008
2009
CR Colones
US Dollars
Platform of Services
397.532.254
716.914
General Directorate
257.665.697
2008
%
%
CR Colones
US Dollars
%
Variation
8%
382.223.364
733.268
10%
-2,23%
464.677
5%
220.908.973
423.798
6%
9,65%
2.320.548.849
4.184.902
47%
2.241.358.670
4.299.886
56%
-2,67%
887.665.348
1.600.825
18%
780.807.987
1.497.924
20%
6,87%
3.863.412.148
6.967.317
79%
3.625.298.994
6.954.877
91%
0,18%
726.020.084
1.309.312
15%
190.443.512
365.352
5%
258,37%
Interest paid
216.003.585
389.543
4%
164.593.696
315.761
4%
23,37%
Financial commisions
115.093.680
207.561
2%
– – –
– – –
0%
100,00%
Exchange rate differences
21.209.537
– – –
0%
155.451.308
– – –
0%
0,00%
Total Financial expenses
352.306.802
597.104
7%
320.045.005
315.761
4%
89,10%
4.941.739.033
8.873.733
100%
4.135.787.511
7.635.990
100%
16,21%
General expenses:
SAUs
Special projects
Total General expenses
Government of Norway
Financial expenses:
Total expenses
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The following graphic shows the percentage shares for the various
activities in the total expenses.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
US$7.635.990
Special Projects
18% US$1,600,825
Service Plataform
8% US$716,914
Directorate
5% US$464,677
Financial Costs
7% US$597,104
Government of Norway
15% US$1,309,312
Strategic Action Units
47% US$4,184,902
Source: INBio Financial Unid
The use of the funds in INBio’s operations occurred in four major areas
of action as follows:
2009
1. PLATFORM OF SERVICES
8%
Amount in colones
¢397,532,254
Amount in dollars
$716,914
The Platform of Services is an institution-wide support entity that
facilitates administrative and financial operations (human resources
and internal communication, budget and programming, procurement,
general maintenance, technical support and networks, general services,
treasurer’s office, project formulation and oversight, accounting and
platform management).
2. GENERAL DIRECTORATE
5%
Amount in colones
¢257,665,697
Amount in dollars
$464,677
This unit is in charge of strategic management, technical orientation,
excellence control, strategic planning, programming-budget, and
more.
3. STRATEGIC ACTION UNITS (SAU)
Amount in colones
Amount in dollars
The group of SAUs consists of the following areas:
Communication 0.26%
Amount in colones
Amount in dollars
47%
¢2,320,548,849
$4,184,902
¢6,144,270
$11,081
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This unit is responsible for the dissemination of the information
and knowledge generated about biodiversity through the media, to
support INBio’s Strategy for Bioliteracy. It is in charge of detecting
and addressing the opportunities for guidance and dissemination;
strategically prioritizing public relations activities in which the
institution should be present; developing press releases, press
conferences, informative articles, audiovisual shorts, media strategies
for different target publics; and attending to special visitors (VIPs,
media, etc.). It also maintains a database on the representation of the
institution in the communications media.
Bhutan Project
4.98%
Amount in colones
¢115,556,616
Amount in dollars
$208,396
This unit forms part of the cooperative projects for biodiversity between
Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica, funded by Fundecooperación through
the South-South Cooperation Program.
Arthropods
5.84%
Amount in colones
¢135,624,567
Amount in dollars
$244,587
This is the unit responsible for collecting and processing arthropod
species and transmitting information about their diversity, distribution
and natural history in a way that supports decision making for
conservation and sustainable use, particularly in education and
tourism.
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Plants
4.24%
Amount in colones
¢98,378,853
Amount in dollars
$177,417
This is the unit responsible for collecting and processing plant species
and transmitting information about their diversity, distribution and
natural history in a way that supports decision making for conservation
and sustainable use, particularly in education and tourism.
Fungi
1.18%
Amount in colones
¢27,355,799
Amount in dollars
$49,334
This is the unit responsible for collecting and processing fungus species
and transmitting information about their diversity, distribution and
natural history in a way that supports decision making for conservation
and sustainable use, particularly in education and tourism.
Vertebrates
2.40%
Amount in colones
¢55,660,042
Amount in dollars
$100,378
This is the unit responsible for collecting and processing vertebrate
species and transmitting information about their diversity, distribution
and natural history in a way that supports decision making for
conservation and sustainable use, particularly in education and
tourism.
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Geographic Information Systems
1.37%
Amount in colones
¢31,878,724
Amount in dollars
$57,490
This is the unit in charge of collecting ecological data and mapping
the distribution of ecosystems and their vegetation in Costa Rica’s
conservation areas.
Computer science developments
3.53%
Amount in colones
¢81,827,890
Amount in dollars
$147,569
This is the unit in charge of developing and maintaining the computerized
information systems for INBio and its projects, allowing the institution
to carry out its core activities efficiently. It is responsible for training
activities in computer use for biodiversity and specialized courses and
talks. It also offers services related to information management about
biodiversity to other entities (museums, herbariums, NGOs, etc.).
Information networks and web site
3.36%
Amount in colones
¢78,010,157
Amount in dollars
$140,684
This is the unit in charge of overseeing the transfer of information
about biodiversity; the conceptualization, design and development
of tools for multimedia education; and the administration, updating
and technical coordination of the INBio web site.
2009
Bio-prospecting
21.61%
Amount in colones
¢501,547,012
Amount in dollars
$904,495
This is the unit in charge of generating knowledge about the sustainable
uses and commercial applications of genetic and biochemical resources
from biodiversity, through its own projects and the establishment
of strategic alliances with public or private entities in the academic
and business sectors interested in the sound and intelligent use of
biological diversity, as a means of promoting its appreciation and
conservation.
Training and advising
3.22%
Amount in colones
¢74,769,833
Amount in dollars
$134,841
This unit supports capacity-building for conservation and the
sustainable use of biodiversity through consultancies, advising,
training, courses, workshops, talks, internships and other activities. It
is in charge of ensuring that INBio’s services meet the needs of diverse
audiences on national and international scales. This unit attracts
projects and clients, follows up on opportunities, evaluates the quality
of the services, coordinates the services offered with the other INBio
units and helps generate income for the institution.
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Editorial
9.23%
Amount in colones
¢214,120,872
Amount in dollars
$386.148
Editorial INBio aims to incorporate new technological, commercial
and production trends to strengthen the knowledge dissemination and
bioliteracy processes that INBio promotes, to maintain its leadership
and position in the continent’s book publishing market.
INBioparque
31.80%
Amount in colones
¢737,942,017
Amount in dollars
$1,330,812
This is the unit in charge of meeting the demand for services (visitation,
food, activities and special events) by the general public, students and
tourists, with the primary objective of educating about biodiversity in
an entertaining way. It is the public face of INBio in charge of sharing
information and knowledge about biodiversity, to fulfill its mission
while generating financial resources.
Directorate Consultancies
5.53%
Amount in colones
¢128,419,286
Amount in dollars
$231,593
This unit is in charge of carrying out high level consultancies,
through talks and other activities related to the themes of biodiversity
management and use.
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Other Strategic Units
1.44%
Amount in colones
¢33,312,911
Amount in dollars
$60,077
These minor units include the Educational Program, Publications for
SINAC, IABIN Modeling and Scenarios, Spain Bioliteracy, Parismina
Watershed Study and Bioinnovar.
4. GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY
15%
Amount in colones
¢726,020,084
Amount in dollars
$1,309,312
The project “Building capacity and sharing technology for biodiversity
management in Central America,” financed by the Government of
Norway, has the objective of strengthening
the capacity of selected
herbariums of the Central American region at individual, institutional
and systemic levels, and helping the region advance toward an agenda
for the conservation and sustainable use of its biodiversity. This project
addresses the need to strengthen leadership and expand capacity for
sustainable management of biodiversity in Central America.
5. SPECIAL PROJECTS
Amount in colones
Amount in dollars
The special projects consist of the following:
18%
¢887,665,348
$1,600,825
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Special Projects - various
79.21%
Amount in colones
¢703,130,158
Amount in dollars
$1,268,032
These are projects administered by INBio. They may include their
administration only or support in the execution of activities for which
INBio has been hired as a service provider.
Larvae - Janzen
20.79% Amount in colones
¢184,535,190
Amount in dollars
$332,793
This project’s responsibility is to collect and process Lepidoptera species
and transmit information about their diversity, distribution and natural
history in a way that supports decision making for conservation and
sustainable use, particularly in education and tourism.
6. FINANCIAL EXPENSES
7%
Amount in colones
¢352,306,802
Amount in dollars
$597,104
These expenses correspond to the payment of interest on short and
long term debts with Scotiabank, Bank of Costa Rica, National Bank
of Costa Rica and ASEINBio, as well as expenses for formalization
commissions and honorariums in the acquisition of loans with the
National Bank and Grupo E3.
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Auditors´ Report
Deloitte & Touche, S.A.
Barrio Dent, San Pedro
3667-1000 San José
Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 2246 5000
Fax: (506) 2246 5100
www.deloitte.com
INFORME DE LOS AUDITORES
INDEPENDIENTES
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
A la Junta Directiva de
Asociación Instituto Nacional de
Biodiversidad (INBio):
To the Board of Directors of
Asociación Instituto Nacional de
Biodiversidad (INBio):
Hemos auditado los estados financieros combinados
de Asociación Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(INBio) para los años que terminaron el 31 de
diciembre de 2009 y 2008, de los cuales se derivaron
los estados combinados de posición financiera, y los
estados combinados de actividades y de flujos de
efectivo que les son relativos, de acuerdo con las
Normas Internacionales de Auditoría. En nuestro
dictamen del 9 de abril de 2010, expresamos una
opinión sin salvedades sobre los estados financieros
combinados, de los cuales se derivaron los estados
financieros combinados resumidos.
We have audited, the combined financial statements of
Asociación Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(INBio) for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008, from which the summarized combined
statements of financial position and the related
combined statements of activities and of cash flows
were derived, in accordance with International
Standards on Auditing. In our report dated April 9,
2010, we expressed, an unqualified opinion on the
combined financial statements from which the
summarized combined financial statements were
derived.
En nuestra opinión, los estados financieros
combinados resumidos adjuntos, son consistentes, en
todos los aspectos importantes, en relación con los
estados financieros combinados de los cuales se
derivaron.
In our opinion, the accompanying summarized
combined financial statements are consistent, in all
material respects, in relation to the combined financial
statements from which they were derived.
Para una mejor comprensión de la situación
financiera combinada de Asociación Instituto
Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) y de sus
actividades combinadas y del alcance de nuestra
auditoría, los estados financieros combinados
resumidos deberían leerse conjuntamente con los
estados financieros combinados de los cuales se
derivaron los estados financieros combinados
resumidos y nuestro dictamen de auditoría respectivo.
For a better understanding of the Asociación Instituto
Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)’s combined
financial position, its combined activities and of the
scope of our audit, the summarized combined financial
statements are to be read in conjunction with the
combined financial statements from which the
summarized financial statements were derived and our
audit report thereon.
Póliza No. R-1153
Vence: 30 de setiembre de 2010
Exento del Timbre de Ley No.6663 por
disposición del Artículo No.8
Policy No. R-1153
Expires: September 30, 2010
Exempt of Law No.6663 Stamp
by provision of Article No.8
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12 de abril de 2010
April 12, 2010
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ASOCIACIÓN INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD
ASOCIACIÓN INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD
ESTADOS COMBINADOS RESUMIDOS DE LA POSICIÓN FINANCIERA
SUMMARIZED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009 Y 2008
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Cifras Expresadas en Dólares Estadounidenses)
(Amounts Stated in U.S. Dollars)
ESTADOS COMBINADOS RESUMIDOS DE ACTIVIDADES
SUMMARIZED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES
AÑOS TERMINADOS EL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009 Y 2008
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Cifras Expresadas en Dólares Estadounidenses)
(Amounts Stated in U.S. Dollars)
2009
ACTIVOS / ASSETS
ACTIVOS CORRIENTES: / CURRENT ASSETS:
Efectivo y equivalentes de efectivo / Cash and cash equivalents
Donaciones por cobrar / Donations receivable
Otras cuentas y documentos por cobrar / Other accounts and
document receivables
Otros activos corrientes / Other current assets
US$
Total de activos corrientes / Total current assets
Inmuebles, mobiliario y equipo - neto / Property, furniture and
equipment - net
Otros activos / Other assets
TOTAL DE ACTIVOS / TOTAL ASSETS
PASIVOS Y ACTIVO NETO / LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
PASIVOS CORRIENTES: / CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Porción circulante de la deuda a largo plazo / Current portion of
long-term debt
Documentos por pagar / Loans payable
Cuentas por pagar / Accounts payable
Donaciones diferidas / Deferred donations
Gastos acumulados y otras cuentas por pagar / Accrued expenses
and other accounts payable
2009
64,147
628,293
2008
US$
32,858
717,108
935,390
574,609
379,424
467,950
2,202,439
1,597,340
12,034,524
265,792
12,375,817
284,840
US$14,502,755
US$14,257,997
Ingresos / Income
GASTOS: / EXPENSES:
Generales y administrativos / General and administrative
Financieros y otros / Financial and other
Pérdida realizada en disposición de inversiones disponibles
para la venta / Realized loss from disposal of securities
available for sale
Total de gastos / Total expenses
Total de pasivos corrientes / Total current liabilities
Deuda a largo plazo / Long-term debt
Provisión para prestaciones legales / Provision for severance
indemnities
Total de pasivos / Total liabilities
ACTIVOS NETOS: / NET ASSETS:
Saldo de los fondos restringidos y no restringidos / Restricted and
unrestricted funds’ balances
Superávit por revaluación / Surplus from revaluation
Total de activos netos / Total net assets
233,788
250,000
552,472
217,105
US$
345,000
865,398
942,417
61,161
124,780
116,627
1,378,145
2,330,603
4,972,935
2,758,571
123,461
116,107
6,474,541
5,205,281
341,979
7,686,235
1,127,312
7,925,404
8,028,214
9,052,716
TOTAL DE PASIVOS Y ACTIVOS NETOS / TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND NET ASSETS
US$14,502,755
US$14,257,997
SALDO DE CUENTAS DE ORDEN / MEMORANDA ACCOUNTS’
BALANCE
US$
US$
403,318
2008
US$ 7,586,733
US$ 7,107,282
(7,736,764)
(583,686)
____________
(8,320,450)
Exceso de gastos sobre ingresos antes de diferencial cambiario /
(Deficit)excess of expense over income exchange rate differences
Pérdidas de cambio / Exchange rate losses
US$
2009
Déficit neto de gastos sobre ingresos / Net deficit of expenses over
income
ACTIVOS NETOS AL INICIO DEL AÑO / NET
ASSETS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
(6,282,622)
(355,477)
(266,945)
(6,905,044)
(733,717)
202,238
(38,249)
(298,222)
(771,966)
(95,984)
1,127,312
1,300,610
Pérdida en valoración de inversiones disponibles para la
venta / Loss on valuation of available-for-sale investments
Ajuste por conversión del año / Currency translation adjustment for
the year
ACTIVOS NETOS AL FINAL DEL AÑO / NET ASSETS AT THE
END OF THE YEAR
(13,367)
US$ 341,979
(77,314)
US$ 1,127,312
(Concluye) (Concluded)
494,793
(Continúa) (Continues)
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ASOCIACIÓN INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD
ASOCIACIÓN INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD
ESTADOS COMBINADOS RESUMIDOS DE FLUJOS DE EFECTIVO
SUMMARIZED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
AÑOS TERMINADOS EL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009 Y 2008
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Cifras Expresadas en Dólares Estadounidenses)
(Amounts Stated in U.S. Dollars)
ESTADOS COMBINADOS RESUMIDOS DE FLUJOS DE EFECTIVO
SUMMARIZED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
AÑOS TERMINADOS EL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009 Y 2008
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Cifras Expresadas en Dólares Estadounidenses)
(Amounts Stated in U.S. Dollars)
2009
ACTIVIDADES DE OPERACIÓN: / OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
Déficit neto de ingresos sobre gastos / Net deficit of income over
expenses
Ajustes para conciliar el exceso neto de gastos sobre ingresos con el
efectivo neto usado en las actividades de operación: / Adjustments to
reconcile net excess of expenses over incomewith net cash used in
operating activities:
Depreciación y amortización / Depreciation and amortization
Pérdida (ganancia) cambiaria no realizada / Unrealized exchange rate
losses (gains)
Pérdida realizada en disposición de inversiones disponibles
para la venta / Realized loss from disposal of securities
available for sale
Estimación inventario lento movimiento /
Estimación para incobrables / Allowance for doubtful accounts
Cambios en activos y pasivos que generan efectivo: / Changes in
assets and liabilities that generate cash:
Donaciones por cobrar / Donations receivable
Otras cuentas documentos por cobrar / Other accounts and
document receivables
Otros activos corrientes / Other current assets
Cuentas por pagar / Accounts payable
Donaciones diferidas / Deferred donations
Provisión para prestaciones legales / Provision for severance
Indemnities
Gastos acumulados y otros pasivos / Accrued expenses and other
Liabilities
Efectivo neto (usado en) provisto por las actividades de
operación / Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
ACTIVIDADES DE INVERSIÓN:/ INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Adquisición de bienes inmuebles, mobiliario y equipo / Acquisition of
fixed assets
Retiros de bienes inmuebles, mobiliario y equipo / Disposals of fixed
Assets
US$ (771,966)
2008
US$ (95,984)
272,155
303,004
41,373
352,031
266,945
25,383
11,829
2009
Inversiones disponibles para la venta / Available for sale investments
Otros activos / Other assets
ACTIVIDADES DE FINANCIAMIENTO: / FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
Aumento en documentos y préstamos por pagar / Increase of notes
and loans payable
Amortizaciones de documentos y préstamos por pagar / Repayment
of notes and loans payable
1,796,003
6,003,551
976,657
(4,455,414)
(3,560,486)
1,548,137
(2,583,829)
11,558
(DISMINUCIÓN) AUMENTO NETA EN EL EFECTIVO Y
EQUIVALENTES DE EFECTIVO /NET (DECREASE) INCREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
(7,742)
53,360
67,174
(440,390)
(579,067)
(145,780)
(366,093)
157,492
(63,156)
15,629
488,783
6,734
EFECTIVO Y EQUIVALENTES DE EFECTIVO AL INICIO DEL
AÑO / CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF
YEAR
32,858
82,490
EFECTO DE LA VARIACIÓN DEL TIPO DE CAMBIO EN LOS
SALDOS DE EFECTIVO / EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE
CHANGES ON CASH
39,031
(102,992)
10,292
(18,532)
11,105
14,564
(1,266,103)
EFECTIVO Y EQUIVALENTES DE EFECTIVO AL FINAL DEL
AÑO / CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
841,186
*****
(322,494)
US$
64,147
US$
32,858
(Concluye) (Concluded)
(343,482)
22,266
5
46
10,452
(289,776)
Efectivo neto provisto por (usado en) actividades de
financiamiento / Net cash Provided by (used in) financing
activities
(Continúa) (Continues)
4
US$
Efectivo neto (usado en) provisto por las actividades de
inversión / Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
2008
US$2,147,347
(7,862)
Annual Report
2009
Annex 1: Scientific publications 2009
1. Aptroot, A.; Thor, G.; Lücking, R.; Elix, J.A.; Chaves, J.L. 2009. The lichen genus
Herpothallon reinstated. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 99: 19-66.
2. Baloch, E.; Grube, M. 2009. Pronounced genetic diversity in tropical epiphyllous
lichen fungi. Molecular Ecology 18(10): 2185-2197.
3. Barbut, J. 2009. Description de trois nouvelles espèces du genre Epidromia Guenée,
1852 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique
de France 114(2): 163-166.
4. Barton, D.N.; Faith, D.P.; Rusch, G.M.; Acevedo, H.; Paniagua, L.; Castro, M. 2009.
Environmental service payments: Evaluating biodiversity conservation trade-offs and
cost-efficiency in the Osa Conservation Area, Costa Rica. Journal of Environmental
Management 90: 901-911.
5. Bell, R.T.; Bell, J.R. 2009. Rhysodine beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae): new
species, new data III. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 78(1): 45-77.
6. Borkent, A. 2009. World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). British
Columbia: Art Borkent, 236 p.
7. Brake, I. 2009. Revision of Milichiella Giglio-Tos (Diptera, Milichiidae). Zootaxa
2188: 1-166.
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8. Brown, B.V.; Borkent, A.; Cumming, J.M.; Wood, D.M.; Woodley,
N.E.; Zumbado, M. 2009. Manual of Central American Diptera.
Volume 1. Ottawa, Ontario: NRC Research Press, 714 p.
14. Coronado-Rivera, J. 2009. Filogenia de avispas del género Netelia
(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) con énfasis en las especies
costarricenses. Revista de Biología Tropical 57(Suppl. 1): 213-238.
9. Brown, J.W. 2009. The discovery of Megalota in the Neotropics,
with a revision of the New World species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae:
Olethreutini). Zootaxa 2279: 1-50.
15. Couri, M.S.; Marques, B. 2009. Graphomya Robineau-Desvoidy
from Costa Rica: descriptions and first records (Diptera, Muscidae).
Brazilian Journal of Biology 69(3): 951-956.
10. Camacho, Y.E. 2009. Benthic opisthobranchs. In: Wehrtmann,
I.S.; Cortés, J. (eds.). Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central
America. Monographiae Biologicae Series, vol. 86. Dordrecht:
Springer Science + Business Media B.V. Pp. 371-386.
16. de Armas, L.F.; Víquez, C. 2009. Primer registro del género
Piaroa Villarreal, Giupponi et Tourinho, 2008 (Schizomida:
Hubbardiidae) en Centroamérica, con la descripción de una
especie nueva de Costa Rica. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica
Aragonesa 44: 131-133.
11. Chatzimanolis, S.; Ashe, J. 2009. A revision of the neotropical
genus Ocyolinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini).
Zootaxa 2162: 1-23.
12. Colby, J. 2009. Monographic revision of the genus Aegidinus
Arrow (1904) and generic phylogeny of the world Orphninae
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae). Insecta Mundi 76: 1-41.
13. Constantino, L.M.; Rodríguez, G. 2009. Pierella helvina amalfi, una
nueva subespecie de la Cordillera Central de Antioquia, Colombia
(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Boletín Científico del
Centro de Museos de la Universidad de Caldas 13(1): 176-84.
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17. Engel, M.S. 2009. Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella
(Hymenoptera, Halictidae), Part I: Central American species.
Zookeys 23:47-75.
18. Fikácek, M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the New World species of
the genus Oosternum Sharp III. A new species of the O. aequinoctiale
species group from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae:
Sphaeridiinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 79: 179-187.
19. Fikáček, M.; Hebauer, F. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the New World
species of the genus Oosternum Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae:
Sphaeridiinae) II. The Oosternum convexum species group. Acta
Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 103-117.
Annual Report
20. Folmer, F.; Jaspars, M.; Solano, G.; Cristofanon, S.; Henry, E.;
Tabudravu, J.; Black, K.; Green, D.H.; Küpper, F.C.; Aalbersberg,
W.; Feussner, K.; Dicato, M.; Diederich, M. 2009. The inhibition
of TNF-a-induced NF-kB activation by marine natural products.
Biochemical Pharmacology 78: 592-606.
21. García, A.; Morón, M.A.; Micó, E.; Galante, E. 2009. Two new species
of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 2062: 37-45.
22. Gibson, G.A.P. 2009. Revision of New World Spalangiinae
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Zootaxa 2259: 1-159.
23. González, R.; Solís, M.A. 2008. Estado actual del conocimiento
de Lepidoptera en el Sector Altamira, Parque Internacional La
Amistad, 2008. Tesis, Licenciatura en Manejo y Protección de
Recursos Naturales, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Escuela de
Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, San José (Costa Rica).
24. Grayum, M.H. 2009. Two New Trifoliolate-Leaved Species of
Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbiteae) from Central and South America.
Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 19(4): 465-474.
25. Hammel, B.E. 2009. A new species of Cyclanthera (Cucurbitaceae)
from Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. Novon 19(1): 49-51.
2009
26. Hammel, B.E.; Cornejo, X. 2009. Forestiera isabelae (Oleaceae),
una especie nueva para Costa Rica. Novon 19(1): 52-55.
27. Hansen, B.F.; Morales, J.F. 2009. Typifications in the genera Forsteronia
and Laxoplumeria (Apocynaceae). Darwiniana 47(1): 227-228.
28. Hanson, P.; Coronado, J.; Ugalde, J.; Godoy, C.; Zúñiga, R.J.
2009. In memoriam: Ian David Gauld (1947-2009). Su legado a la
biodiversidad entomológica de Costa Rica y el mundo. Revista de
Biología Tropical 57(Suppl. 1): p. xxv-xxx.
29. Hansson, C. 2009. The genus Microdonophagus Schauff
(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species.
Zootaxa 2200: 54-60.
30. Hansson, C. 2009. Eulophidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea), 3, the genus Horismenus. Memoirs of the American
Entomological Institute 82: 1-916.
31. Hayden, J.E. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Dicepolia
Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Zootaxa 2237: 1–33.
32. Hernández, F.; Mata, E.; Monge, J. 2009. Biovisualizador: Visualizando
los anfibios de Costa Rica. Tecnología en Marcha 22(1): 15-23.
33. Hespenheide, H.A. 2009. Two new weevils (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae: Conoderinae) from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. The
Coleopterists Bulletin 63(3): 333-339.
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34. Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W.; Blandin, P.; Burns, J.M.; Cadiou, J.M.;
Chacón, I.A.; Dapkey, T.; Deans, A.R.; Epstein, M.E.; Espinoza,
B.; Franclemont, J.G.; Haber, W.A.; Hajibabaei, M.; Hall, J.P.W.;
Hebert, P.D.N.; Gauld, I.D.; Harvey, D.J.; Hausman, A. 2009.
Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of
complex tropical biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources 9
(Suppl. 1): 1–26. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.x
35. Kameneva, E.P. 2009. A new species of the genus Cymatosus
(Diptera, Ulidiidae) from Central America, with a key to species.
Vestnik Zoologii doi 10.2478/v10058-009-0012-z.
36. Kohlmann, B.; Solís, A. 2009. New species of Ateuchus and
Canthidium (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa
Rica. Zootaxa 2219: 31-37.
40. Kung, G.A. 2009. Four distinctive new Neotropical species of
Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) with patternedwings. Zootaxa 2273: 49-58.
41. Lafontaine, J.D.; Sullivan, J.B. 2009. A review of the genus
Megalographa Lafontaine and Poole (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae:
Plusiinae) with the description of a new species from Costa Rica.
Insecta Mundi 77:1-10.
42. Lawrey, J.D.; Lücking, R.; Sipman, H.J.M.; Chaves, J.L.; Redhead,
S.A., Bungartz, F.; Sikaroodi, M.; Gillevet, P.M. 2009. High
concentration of basidiolichens in a single family of agaricoid
mushrooms (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae).
Mycological Research doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2009.07.016.
37. Kriebel, R.; Almeda, F., Jr. 2009. Three new species in the neotropical genus Clidemia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). Brittonia 61(3):
206-217.
43. Letcher, S.G. 2009. Phylogenetic structure of angiosperm
communities during tropical forest succession. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences
doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0865.
38. Kruse, J.J.; Powell, J.A. 2009. Systematics of Sparganothoides
Lambert and Powell, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae:
Sparganothini). Zootaxa 2150: 3-78.
44. Letcher, S.G.; Chazdon, R.L. 2009. Rapid recovery of biomass, species
richness, and species composition in a forest chronosequence in
Northeastern Costa Rica. Biotropica 41(5): 608-617.
39. Kumar, A.; Longino, J.T.; Colwell, R.K.; O’Donnell, S. 2009.
Elevational patterns of diversity and abundance of eusocial paper
wasps (Vespidae) in Costa Rica. Biotropica 41(3): 338-346.
45. Longino, J.T. 2009. Additions to the taxonomy of New World
Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2181: 1-90.
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46. López-Martínez, V.; Savedra-Aguilar, M.; Delfín-González, D.;
Figueroa-de la Rosa, J.I.; García-Mamírez, M. de J. 2009. New
Neotropical distribution records of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera:
Braconidae). Neotropical Entomology 38(2): 213-218.
47. Lücking, R. 2009. The taxonomy of the genus Graphis sensu Staiger
(Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae). The Lichenologist
41(4): 319-362.
2009
America. Monographiae Biologicae Series, Vol. 86. Dordrecht:
Springer Science + Business Media B.V. Pp. 387-398.
52. Marshall, S.A.; Buck, M.; Skevington, J.; Grimaldi, D.A. 2009. A
revision of the family Syringogastridae (Diptera: Diopsoidea).
Zootaxa 1996: 1-80.
53. Mata, E. 2009. e-Ciencia en el Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad.
Boletín de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICIT/MICIT) 85: 1-3.
48. Lücking, R.; Archer, A.W.; Aptroot, A. 2009. A world-wide key to
the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae). The Lichenologist
41(4): 363-452.
54. Mayer, G.; Whitington, P.M. 2009. Velvet worm development links
myriapods with chelicerates. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0950.
49. Lücking, R.; Lawrey, J.D; Sikaroodi, M.; Gillevet, P.; M., Chaves,
J.L.; Sipman, H.J.M.; Bungartz, F. 2009. Do lichens domesticate
photobionts like farmers domesticate crops? Evidence from a
previously unrecognized lineage of filamentous cyanobacteria.
American Journal of Botany 96(8): 1409-1418.
55. Mengual, X.; Ruiz, C.; Rojo, S.; Ståhls, G.; Thompson, F.C. 2009. A
conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae)
with description of a new subgenus and species. Zootaxa 2214:
1-28.
50. Lücking, R.; Rivas Plata, E.; Chaves, J.L.; Umaña, L.; Sipman, H.J.
M. 2009: How many tropical lichens are there... really? In: Thell,
A; Seaward, M.R.D.; Feuerer, T. (eds.). Diversity of Lichenology Anniversary Volume. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 100: 399-417.
51. Magaña, J.A.; Espinosa, J. 2009. Bivalves. In: Wehrtmann, I.S.;
Cortés, J. (eds.). Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central
56. Miller, J.S. 2009. Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera:
Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Part 2: Josiini. Bulletin
of the American Museum of Natural History 321: 1-1022.
57. Mlynarek, J.J.; Wheeler, T.A. 2009. Revision of the Neotropical genus
Goniaspis Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zootaxa 2033: 26-40.
58. Monro, A.K. 2009. A new species of Pilea (Urticaceae) from the
Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica. Phytotaxa 2: 24-28.
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59. Monro, A.K.; Rodríguez, A. 2009. Three new species and a
nomenclatural synopsis of Urera (Urticaceae) from Mesoamerica.
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(2): 268-285.
60. Montero, J.J.; González, J.F. 2009. Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae,
Satyrinae, Cissia terrestris: First record from Costa Rica. Check List
5 (1): 83-85.
61. Morales, J.F. 2009. Orquídeas de Costa Rica, Vol. 1. 2 ed. Santo
Domingo de Heredia: Editorial INBio, 183 p.
62. Morales, J.F. 2009. Orquídeas de Costa Rica, Vol. 2. 2 ed. Santo
Domingo de Heredia, Editorial INBio, 168 p.
63. Morales, J.F. 2009. Orquídeas de Costa Rica, Vol. 3. Santo Domingo
de Heredia, Editorial INBio, 168 p.
64. Morales, J.F. 2009. Orquídeas de Costa Rica, Vol. 4. Santo Domingo
de Heredia, Editorial INBio, 170 p.
65. Morales, J.F. 2009. Orquídeas de Costa Rica, Vol. 5. Santo Domingo
de Heredia, Editorial INBio, 76 p.
66. Morales, J.F. 2009. La Familia Apocynaceae (Apocynoideae,
Rauvolfioideae) en Guatemala. Darwiniana 47(1):140-184.
67. Morales, J.F. 2009. Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales
XXXVI: Una Nueva Especie de Lacmellea (Apocynaceae,
Rauvolfioideae) para Colombia. Novon 19(4):482-484.
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68. Morales, J.F. 2009. Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales
XXXVII: tres nuevas especies de Mandevilla (Apocynoideae,
Mesechiteae) para Colombia y Venezuela. Journal of the Botanical
Research Institute of Texas 3(2): 565-571.
69. Morales, J.F. 2009. Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales
XXXVIII: Monografía del género Rhabdadenia (Apocynoideae:
Echiteae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
3(2): 541-564.
70. Morales, J.F. 2009. Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales
XXXIX: revisión de las Apocynoideae y Rauvolfioideae de
Honduras. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 66(2): 217262.
71. Morales, J.F. 2009. Novedades y notas misceláneas en las
Bromeliaceae de Mesoamérica. Journal of the Botanical Research
Institute of Texas 3(1): 113-116.
72. Morales, J.F. 2009. Una nueva especie y novedades nomenclaturales
en el género Meliosma (Sabiaceae). Journal of the Botanical
Research Institute of Texas 3(2): 535-540.
73. Morales, J.F.; Grayum, M.H. 2009. Mollinedia maxima
(Monimiaceae), un nuevo nombre para Mollinedia macrophylla.
Darwiniana 47(1): 229-30.
Annual Report
74. Morales, J.F.; Idárraga, A. 2009. Una nueva especie y notas
misceláneas en el género Oreopanax (Araliaceae) en Centroamérica.
Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(1): 117121.
75. Morales, J.F.; Cerén, J.C. 2009. Una nueva combinación y nuevos
reportes en las Bromeliaceae de El Salvador. Darwiniana 47(2):
344-348.
76. Morales, J.F.; Jiménez, Q. 2009. Una nueva especie de Xylophragma
(Bignoniaceae) de Costa Rica. Caldasia 31(2): 247-250.
77. Moreno, T. 2009. Efecto de los cambios ambientales en la
biodiversidad de la cuenca del Río Frío utilizando grupos
bioindicadores y su aplicación en los programas de desarrollo
sostenible. Informe del Primer Taller de Difusión [s.l.]: Universidad
para la Cooperación Internacional de Costa Rica / Centro
Iberoamericano de Biodiversidad de la Universidad de Alicante /
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, 20 p.
78. Murillo, C.; Albertazzi, F.J.; Carranza, J.; Lumbsch, H.T.; Tamayo,
G. 2009. Molecular data indicate that Rhytidhysteron rufulum
(Ascomycetes, Patellariales) in Costa Rica consists of four distinct
lineages corroborated by morphological and chemical characters.
Mycological Research 113: 405-416.
2009
79. Noh, J.K. 2009. Conocimiento local sobre plantas medicinales y su
relación con las estrategias de vida de los caficultores del Corredor
Biológico Volcánica Central-Talamanca, Costa Rica. Tesis, Mag. Sc.
en Socioeconomía Ambiental, Centro Agronómico Tropical de
Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 99 p.
80. Norrbom, A.L.; Korytkowski, C.A. 2009. A revision of the
Anastrepha robusta species group (Diptera: Tephritidae). Zootaxa
2182: 1-91.
81. Obando, V.; Herrera, A. 2009. Conocimiento y conservación de
la biodiversidad en Centroamérica. Santo Domingo de Heredia,
Editorial INBio, 88 p.
82. Platnick, N.I., Dupérré, N. 2009. The goblin spider genera Opopaea
and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American
Museum Novitates 3649: 1-43.
83. Platnick, N.I.; Dupérré, N. 2009. The goblin spider genus
Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Oonops.
American Museum Novitates 3672: 1-72.
84. Pulido, L. A. 2009. Diversidad y distribución potencial de
escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
bajo escenarios de cambio climático en un paisaje fragmentado
al sur de Costa Rica. Tesis, Mag. Sc. en Manejo y Conservación de
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Bosques Tropicales y Biodiversidad, Centro Agronómico Tropical
de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 88 p.
85. Retana-Salazar, A.P. 2009. Monografía de los grupos genéricos
Anactinothrips – Zeugmatothrips (Tubulifera: Idolothripinae). San
José: Editorial Fundación Instituto Centroamericano para la
Investigación Biológica y Conservación. 140 p.
86. Ricart, M.; Bueno, S.; Caballero, L.; Coloma, C.; Boada, M.;
Galante, E.; Acevedo, H. 2009. Diagnóstico de la cuenca del río
Frío, Arenal-Huetar Norte, Costa Rica: Memoria del Proyecto
Final de Carrera de Ciencias Ambientales. Bellaterra, Barcelona:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Ciències / Grupo
Caño Negro / INBio, 246 p.
87. Rojas, A.F. 2009. Two new species and a new combination in
Elaphoglossum sect. Polytrichia subsect. Apoda (Dryopteridaceae)
from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 61(3): 293-300.
88. Rotheray, G.E.; Marcos-García, M.A.; Hancock, G., Pérez-Banon,
C.; Maier, C.T. 2009. Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae)
breeding in Agavaceae and Cactaceae including seven new species.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 697-749.
89. Savage, J. 2009. A new genus and new species of Neotropical
Reinwardtiini (Diptera: Muscidae). Annals of the Entomological
Society of America 102(3): 354-359.
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90. Savini, V.; Furth, D.; Joly, L.J. 2009. Bubiscus, un género nuevo
neotropical (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticinae). Boletín de la
Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 53-61.
91. Schmidt, B.C. 2009. A new genus and two new species of arctiine
tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica.
ZooKeys 9: 89-96.
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Annex 2: Taxonomists collaborating in 2009
Abel Pérez, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adalberto Santos, Instituto Butantan, Brazil
Alberto Schigel, Universidad de Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Albino Sakakibara, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Alejandra García, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Alejandro Valerio, University of Illinois, United States
Alessandra Baptista, University of Maryland, Brazil
Alex Monro, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Alexander Aguiar, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alexander Rojas, Museo Nacional, Costa Rica
Alexey Tishechkin, Louisiana State University, United States
Alfred Newton, The Field Museum of Chicago, United States
Alfredo Cascante, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Allen Norrbom, United States Department of Agriculture, United States
Allen F. Sanborn, Barry University, FL, United States
Alma Solis, United States Department of Agriculture, United States
Deinopis longipes
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Alonso Santos, Universidad de Panama, Panama
2009
Amy Pool, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Art Borkent, Royal British Columbia Museum, American Museum of
Natural History, Canada
Ann Marie Ray, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United
States
Atilano Contreras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico
Ana Franco, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Barries Wolfgang, independent, Austria
Ana Valentina Castro Huertas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia,
Colombia
Barry Hammel, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
André Aptroot, Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Holland
Bernardo Espinoza, independent, Costa Rica
Andrew Bennett, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Bert Kohlmann, Escuela de Agricultura de la Región Tropical Húmeda,
Costa Rica
Andrew Deans, University of Illinois, United States
Andrew Hamilton, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada
Andrew Short, Cornell University, United States
Andrew Smith, University of Nebraska, United States
Andy Halmilton, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Antonio Creao-Duarte, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil
Antonio Cruz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antonio Santos-Silva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Armando Estrada, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Armando Ruíz, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Benoit Jahyny, CEPEC/CEPACL, Brazil
Brian Brown, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, United
States
Brian Eya, University of California, Berkeley, United States
Carl Dick, Texas Tech University, United States
Carl W. Schaefer, University of Connecticut, United States
Carla Penz, University of New Orleans, United States
Carlos J. Einicker, independent, Brazil
Carlos R. Ferreira Brandao, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Molineri, INSUE-CONICET, Argentina
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Carlos Sarmiento, University of Kentucky, United States
Daniel J. Bickel, Australian Museum, Australia
Carlos Víquez, independent, Costa Rica
Daniel Herbin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural en Paris, France
Catherine N. Duckett, Rutgers University, United States
Daniel Janzen, University of Pennsylvania, United States
Celeste Pérez-Bañon, Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad,
United States
Daniel Ventura, independent, Spain
Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware, United States
David Adamski, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Charles Mitter, University of Maryland, United States
Daniel Maeda Takiya, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Charles H.F. Rowell, Zoologisches Institut der Universitaet Basel,
Switzerland
David Baumgardner, Texas A&M University, United States
Charles Triplehorn, College of Biological Sciences, United States
David Greathead, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Charlotte Taylor, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
David Grimaldi, American Museum of Natural History, United States
Christer Hansson, Lund University, Sweden
David Kavanaugh, California Academy of Sciences, United States
Christian Thompson, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
David McAlpine, Australian Museum, Australia
Christopher Darling, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Christopher Lyal, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Christopher Starr, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Claudio Barros de Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Dalton Amorin, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
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David Furth, Smithsonian Institution, United States
David Smith, United States Department of Agriculture, United States
David A. Rider, North Dakota State University, United States
David Wahl, American Entomology Institute, United States
Diomedes Quintero, Universidad de Panama, Panama
Donald M. Wood, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Donald R. Davis, Smithsonian Institution, United States
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Donald S. Chandler, University of New Hampshire, United States
Donald Quicke, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Donald Webb, University of Illinois, United States
Douglas Currie, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Eduardo Flores, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Eduardo Galante, Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad and
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
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Evert Schlinger, The World Spider-Parasitoid Research Laboratory,
United States
Fernando Fernández, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, United
States
Fernando Muñoz, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Fernando Pérez-Miler, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Filippo M. Buzzetti, independent, Italy
Edward Riley, Texas A&M University, United States
Floyd Shockley, University of Georgia, United States
Egon Horak, Geobotanical Institute, Switzerland
Francisco De Diego, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Spain
Emmanuel Arriaga, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico
Francisco Serna, Universidad de Texas, United States
Elena Korneyev, I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukraine
Frank Almeda, California Academy of Sciences, United States
Elizabeth Baloch, Karl-Frazens-Universitat Graz, Austria
Franz Krapp, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum A. Koenig,
Germany
Erick Fisher, California Department of Food and Agriculture, United
States
Francois Genier, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada
Erwin Holzer, independent, Austria
Fred R. Barrie, Missouri Botanical Garden y The Field Museum, United
States
Estefanía Mico, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Fredric Vencl, State University of New York, United States
Eugenie Phillips, independent, Costa Rica
Garrett Crow, University of New Hampshire, United States
Evert E. Lindquist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Gary Gibson, Biosistematic Research Institute, Canada
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Geoffrey Hancock, University of Glasgow and National Museum of
Scotland, United Kingdom
Gunnar Brehm, Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany
Georg Mayer, University of Melbourne, Australia
Gustavo Hormiga, The George Washington University, United States
Gerad Delvare, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche
Agronomique pour le Developpement, France
Gustavo R. Spinelli, Museo de La Plata, Argentina
Germano Rosado-Neto, Universidade Federal de Paraná, Brazil
Gunilla Stahls-Makela, University of Helsinki, Finland
Harrie Sipman, Freie University of Berlin, Germany
Gerrit Davidse, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Harry Brailovsky, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico
Gerry Krantz, Oregon State University, United States
Heimo Rainer, independent, Austria
Gino Nearns, Universidad de Florida, United States
Heinrich Schatz, Institute of Zoology and Limnology, Austria
Giraldo Alayón, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba
Henry A. Hespenheide, University of California, LA, United States
Gitanjali S. Bodner, University of Arizona, United States
Herb H. Neunzig, North Carolina State University, United States
Glavis B. Edwards, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, United
States
Herbert Levi, Harvard University, United States
Graham E. Rotheray, National Museum of Scotland, United Kingdom
Gregory A. Dahlem, Northern Kentucky University, United States
Gregory Courtney, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Gregory Mueller, The Field Museum of Chicago, United States
Gregory Thorn, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Grube Martin, Karl-Frazens-Universitat Graz, Austria
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Hortensia Carrillo-Ruiz, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico
Ian Gauld, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Ian Swift, Placerita Canyon Natural Area, United States
Imke Schmitt, The Field Museum of Chicago, United States
Isidro Chacón, independent, Costa Rica
Iván Cruz, independent, Costa Rica
J. Bolling Sullivan, Smithsonian Institution, United States
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J. Mark Rowland, University of New Mexico, United States
Jeffrey Cumming, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Jack D. Rogers, Washington State University, United States
Jeffrey Skevington, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
United States
Jacques Rifkind, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
United States
Jens-Hermann Struke, independent, Germany
Jade Savage, McGill University, Canada
Jens Prena, University Rostock, Germany
Jadranka Rota, University of Connecticut, United States
Jeremy Miller, Smithsonian Institution, United States
James B. Whitfield, University of Illinois, United States
Jerry Powell, University of California, Berkeley, United States
James Coronado, independent, Panama
Jesús Romero N., Instituto de Fitosanidad, Mexico
James E. Coffey, independent, United States
Jim Pecor, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, United States
James Hayden, Cornell University, United States
Joaquín Baixeras, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
James Lazell, The Conservation Agency, United States
Joaquín Sánchez, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
James M. Carpenter, American Museum of Natural History, United
States
Joe Ammirati, University of Washington, United States
James Miller, American Museum of Natural History, United States
Jon K. Gelhaus, Academy of Natural Sciences, United States
James Pitts, Utah State University, United States
John Brown, United States Department of Agriculture, United States
Jan Ove Rein, University Library in Trondheim, Norway
John Burger, University of New Hampshire, United States
Janet Beccaloni, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
John Burns, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Jason Cryan, New York State Museum, United States
John Jack Longino, The Evergreen State College, United States
Javier Benayas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
John Noyes, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Joe E. Eger, independent, United States
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John Pruski, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Juan Nieto, Universidad de León, Spain
John Rawlins, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, United States
Julia Checa B., Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
John Vargas, Organismo de Investigación Judicial, Costa Rica
Julieta Carranza, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
John Swann, University of Toronto y Centre for Biodiversity and
Conservation Biology, Canada
Karl-Henrik Larsson, Goteborg University, Sweden
Jonathan Coddington, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Kevin N. Barber, Canadian Forest Service, Canada
Jorge Angulo, RADIOL, S.A., Panama
Kira Zhaurova, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Jorge Gómez, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
José A. Marín, Universidad Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Kirby L. Wolfe, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, United
States
José A. Rafael, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Brazil
Laura May Collado, Universidad de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico
José A. Sáenz, independent, Costa Rica
Laure Desutter, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, France
José González, Organización para Estudios Tropicales, Costa Rica
Lawrence R. Kirkendall, University of Bergen, Norway
José M. Ayala, El Mundo de los Artrópodos, Venezuela
Leendert-Jan Van Der Ent, University of Wyoming, United States
José M. Salgado, Universidad de León, Spain
Leif Ryvarden, University of Oslo, Norway
José Navarrete H., Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Leticia Montoya, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico
José Pacheco, Universidad de Texas, United States
Lois O’Brien, Florida A&M University, United States
Joseph Fortier, Univeristy of Wyoming, United States
Luciane Marinoni, Universidade Federal de Paraná, Brazil
Jozep Razowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Lucinda McDade, The Academy of Natural Sciences, United States
Juan Mata, University of Tennessee, United States
Luis F. de Armas, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Cuba
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Katherine Schick, University of California, Berkeley, United States
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Luis M. Hernández, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Martín J. Ramírez, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Argentina
Luis Poveda, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Mathias Buck, University of Guelph, Canada
Luiz A. Campos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Mathias Jaschhof, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden
Lukasz Kaczmarek, A. Mickiewicz University, Poland
Matthew Nelsen, University of Wisconsin, United States
Lynn Bohs, University of Utah, United States
Michael A. Ivie, Montana State University, United States
Marcia Couri, Museu Nacional, Brazil
Michael Branstetter, The Evergreen State University, United States
Marcio Leitao B., Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Brazil
Michael E. Dillon, Field Museum of Chicago, United States
Manuel Baena, I.E.S. Trasierra, Spain
Michael E. Irwin, University of Illinois, United States
Marc Epstein, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Marc Pollet, KBIN, Belgium
Michael Gates, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Marc Soula, independent, France
Michael Grayum, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
María A. Marcos, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Michael J. Sharkey, University of Kentucky, United States
María Luiza Felipe-Bauer, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
Michael Pogue, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Marie Trest, University of Wisconsin, United States
Mario Saavedra, Instituto de Fitosanidad, Mexico
Marius Wasbauer, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
United States
Mark Metz, University of Illinois, United States
Martin Hauser, University of Illinois, United States
Michael R. Wilson, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, United
Kingdom
Michael S. Caterino, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, United
States
Michael Thomas, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station,
United States
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Michele Price, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Paul Johnson, South Dakota State University, United States
Mick Webb, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Paul Lago, University of Mississippi, United States
Miguel Alonso, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
Paul Maas, National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Holland
Miguel A. Eligio, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Paul Marsh, independent, United States
Miguel Simó, Facultad de Ciencias, Uruguay
Paul N. Thomas, The Field Museum of Chicago, United States
Mireya Correa, Universidad de Panama, Panama
Paul Thiaucourt, Natural History Museum of Paris, France
Neal Evenhuis, Bishop Museum, United States
Pavel Štys, Charles University, Czech Republic
Neville Winchester, University of Victoria, Canada
Pedro Lozada, Museo de Historia Natural, Perú
Nico Franz, Cornell University, United States
Peter Cate, independent, Austria
Norman D. Penny, California Academy of Sciences, United States
Peter Chandler, independent, United Kingdom
Norman Woodley, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Peter Cranston, University of California, Davis, United States
Olof Bistrom, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Finland
Orlando T. Silveira, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Brazil
Peter Hibbs, Smithsonian Institution y University of Maryland, United
States
Owen Lonsdale, University of Guelph, Canada
Peterson Lasaro, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Patricia Gentili, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Petter Jordan, University of Bergen, Norway
Patrick Bouchard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Paul Freytag, University of Kentucky, United States
Pierre Escoubas, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire,
France
Paul Hanson, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Pieter van Doesburg, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Holland
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Peter Adler, Clemson University, United States
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Philip D. Perkins, Harvard University, United States
Robert Bandoni, University of British Columbia, Canada
Phillip DeVries, University of New Orleans, United States
Robert Dressler, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Piotr Naskrecki, Harvard University, United States
Robert Hamilton, Loyola University Chicago, United States
Priscila Chaverri, The Pennsylvania State University, Costa Rica
Robert Luecking, The Field Museum of Chicago, United States
Rainer Thiele, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe,
Germany
Robert Raven, Queensland Museum, Australia
Ralph Harbach, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Roberto Cambra, Universidad de Panama, Panama
Ralph Holzenthal, University of Minnesota, United States
Robin Moran, New York Botanical Garden, United States
Ralph W. Flowers, Florida A&M University, United States
Rodrigo Feitosa, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Raymond Gagné, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Rogerio Bertani, Instituto Butantan, Brazil
Ricardo Ayala, University of Kansas, United States
Ricardo Callejas, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Ricardo Rueda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua,
Nicaragua
Richard Vockeroth, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Richard Westcott, Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, United States
Richard Wilkerson, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Robert Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada
Robert Roughley, University of Manitoba, Canada
Rolando Tuerel, Museo de Historia Natural “Tomas Romay”, Cuba
Roman Rakitov, Illinois Natural History Survey, United States
Ronald Ochoa, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Ronald Zúñiga, independent, Costa Rica
Rosser Garrison, independent, United States
Roy E. Halling, New York Botanical Garden, United States
Rudiger Wagner, Limnologische Fluss-Station Schlitz der MPG,
Germany
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Santiago Chacón, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico
Steve Davis, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Santos Rojo, Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Spain
Steve L. Heydon, University of California, Davis, United States
Scott Brooks, McGill University, Canada
Stewart B. Peck, Carleton University, Canada
Scott Fitzgerald, Oregon State University, United States
Stuart Longhorn, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
Scott Miller, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Stuart McKamey, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Scott Mori, The New York Botanical Garden, United States
Scott Shaw, University of Wyoming, United States
Sean O’Keefe, Texas A&M University, United States
Sergey Kasantsev, independent, United States
Sergio Ibáñez, independent, Mexico
Shawn Clark, West Virginia Dept. of Agriculture, United States
Silvia Lobo, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Sjaak Koster, National Museum of Natural History, Holland
Sohn Jae-Cheon, University of Maryland, United States
Sonia Casari, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Stephanie Boucher, McGill University, Canada
Susan Rab Green, American Museum of Natural History, United
States
Susan W. Wolf, University of Wisconsin, United States
Sydney Cameron, University of Illinois, United States
Sydney Camras, independent, United States
Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Terry L. Griswold, United States Department of Agriculture, United
States
Terry Pennington, Kew Garden, United Kingdom
Terry Wheeler, McGill University, Canada
Stephen A. Marshall, University of Guelph, Canada
Thomas J. Henry, United State Department of Agriculture, United
States
Stephen D. Gaimari, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
United States
Thomas J. Lewis, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica
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Thomas Keller, independent, Switzerland
Volker Puthz, independent, Germany
Thomas Pape, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden
Vitor Becker, Collection Becker, Brazil
Thomas Pucci, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, United States
Vinton Thompson, Roosevelt University, United States
Thomas Zavortink, University of California, United States
Walter Rossi, Universitá dell´Aquila, Italy
Timothy Baroni, State University of New York, United States
Wayne Mathis, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Toby Pennigton, Royal Botanic Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Wendy Moore, University of Arizona, United States
Tom Goldschmidt, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany
Werner Mohrig, University of Greifswald, Germany
Tomás Yélamos, Museo de Zoología de Barcelona, Spain
Weston Opitz, Kansas Wesleyan University, United States
Thomas Zavortink, University of California, Davis, United States
William Anderson, University of Michigan, United States
Ulf Swenson, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden
William B. Muchmore, University of Rochester, United States
Ulrich Irmler, Universidad de Kiel, Germany
William Buck, New York Botanical Garden, United States
Urmas Kõljalg, University of Tartu, Estonia
William D. Shepard, California State University, United States
Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
William Eberhard, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Valery Korneyev, I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukraine
William L. Grogan, Salisbury State University, United States
Vera Silva, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil
William Mackay, Universidad de Texas, United States
Verner Michelsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Zachary Falin, University of Kansas, United States
Vicente Hernández, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico
Víctor Bandala, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Mexico
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Acronyms used
ACLA-P: La Amistad-Pacific Conservation Area
ACOPROT: Costa Rican Association of Tourism Professionals
ACORDE: Costa Rican Association for Organizations in
Development
ACOSA: Osa Conservation Area
ACTo: Tortuguero Conservation Area
CADEXCO: Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters
CATIE: Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education
Center
CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity
CENECOOP: Cooperative Study and Training Center
CENIBIOT: National Center for Biotechnological Innovation
CIBIO: Ibero-American Biodiversity Center
CNFL: National Power and Light Company
CONICIT: National Council for Scientific and Technological
Research
FUNPADEM: Foundation for Peace and Democracy
GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
IABIN: Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network
ICE: Costa Rican Electricity Institute
ICODER: Costa Rican Institute for Sports and Recreation
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ICT: Costa Rican Tourism Institute
INA: National Institute for Learning
INCAE: Central American Business Administration Institute
ITCR: Technological Institute of Costa Rica
JBA: Botanical Garden of León
JICA: Japanese Agency for International Cooperation
MAG: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Production
MINAET–SINAC: Ministry of the Environment, Energy and
Telecommunications–National Conservation Area System
MCJ: Ministry of Culture and Youth
MEP: Ministry of Public Education
MICIT: Ministry of Science and Technology
MJ: Ministry of Justice
OTS: Organization for Tropical Studies
PILA: La Amistad International Park
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
SENASA: National Animal Health Service
SIDA: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
UCR: University of Costa Rica
SAU: Strategic Action Units
IUCN: International Union for the Conservation of Nature
UNA: National University
USEG: Socio-ecological Territorial Management
WSPA: World Society for the Protection of Animals
Institutional Bodies
International Advisory Board
Dr. Karl Baadsvick
Dr. Neil Chalmers
Dra. Joanne DiCosimo
Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa
Dra. Yolanda Kakabadse
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
Dr. Peter H. Raven
Dr. José Sarukhán K.
Dr. Julio R. Villanueva
Dr. Edward O. Wilson
General Assembly of Associates
1. Lic. Guillermo Alonso Guzmán
2. Lic. Alvaro Sancho Castro
3. Dr. Carlos Valerio Gutiérrez
4. Dr. Ricardo Soto Soto
5. Lic. Sergio Salas Durán
6. Dr. Oscar Castro Castillo
7. Dr. Rodrigo Zeledón Araya
8. Dra. María Isabel Di Mare Hering
9. Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo
10. Dr. Luko Hilje Quirós
11. Dr. Jorge León Arguedas
12. Dr. Pedro León Azofeifa
13. Dra. Cecilia Lizano Madrigal
14. Dr. Gabriel Macaya Trejos
15. Prof. María Eugenia Dengo Obregón
16. Lic. Danilo Elizondo Cerdas
17. Dra. Claudia Charpentier Esquivel
18. Lic. Mauricio Ventura Aragón
19. Dr. Oscar Arias Moreira
20. Ing. Luis Fernando Arias Molina
21. M.Sc. José Andrés Masís Bermúdez
22. Arq. Roberto Villalobos Ardón
23. Lic. Carlos Espinach Phillips
24. Dr. Eduardo Lizano Fait
25. Dr. Guy de Teramond Peralta
26. Sr. Hans van der Willen
27. Sr. Carlos Roesch
28. Sr. Mario Socatelli
29. Dr. René Castro Salazar
30. Lic. Carlos Ml. Rodríguez Echandi
31. Sra. Margarita Herdocia
32. Sr. Carlos Fischel
33. Sr. Eduardo Alonso
34. Dr. Roberto Artavia
35. Dr. José Joaquín Campos Arce
36. Dr. Carlos Murillo
37. Sr. Álvaro Ugalde Víquez
Inactive partners
38. Dr. Alvaro Umaña Quesada
39. Lic. Juan Fernando Cordero Arias
Board of Directors
President
Vice-president
Secretary
Treasurer
Vocal I
Vocal II
Vocal III
Fiscal
Dr. Rodrigo Gámez Lobo
Dr. Carlos Valerio Gutiérrez
Dra. Cecilia Lizano Madrigal
Lic. Alvaro Sancho Castro
Dra. Claudia Charpentier Esquivel
Lic. Mauricio Ventura Aragón
Lic. Carlos Roesch Carranza
M.Sc. José A. Masís Bermúdez
Annual Report
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