Research for living systems. Research, monitoring, fieldwork and observation help us understand the landscape and the systems within it.
CIDS
Conservation knowledge.
Real-world solutions.
CIDS is Soqtapata’s research and development centre, connecting science, learning and innovation in one living conservation landscape. A place where questions become fieldwork, knowledge grows and ideas are put into practice.
CIDS
A place to research,
test and build.
The “Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Soqtapata” is a field-based platform within a living conservation landscape. It brings together research, learning and experimentation to develop knowledge and ideas that can be put to work.
Two dimensions
Understanding
the landscape.
Building from what we learn.
Inside CIDS, science and social innovation are two connected ways of working with the same conservation landscape.
Ideas that create opportunity. Testing ideas, models and collaborations that connect conservation with people and opportunity.
Current projects
Real work in real places.
Explore research initiatives investigating biodiversity, ecological relationships and conservation across Soqtapata’s landscape.
Butterfly diversity in the Tropical Andes. Exploring butterfly diversity in Soqtapata and its surrounding ecosystems to deepen our understanding of these species and their habitats.
Research lead: Geoffrey Gallice · Alianza para una Amazonía Sostenible / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
Dung beetles across the elevational gradient. Studying how dung beetle communities vary across Soqtapata’s elevational gradient and what they can reveal about forest ecosystems.
Research lead: Alejandro Lopera · Biologist and ecologist
Woolly monkey conservation and monitoring. Studying woolly monkey populations and other wildlife through field surveys and monitoring to inform long-term conservation in Soqtapata.
Research lead: Laura Abondano · Miami University, Ohio
Work with CIDS
Bring your questions.
Bring your projects.
01
Researchers
Bring your research into the field, with access to a living conservation landscape and research environment.
02
Universities
Develop field courses, research programmes and hands-on learning experiences in the Tropical Andes.
03
Students & theses
Turn academic questions into field research, from undergraduate projects to postgraduate theses.
04
Organisations & teams
Explore partnerships that connect conservation, scientific knowledge and social innovation.
Facilities
A base for
research and
collaboration.
CIDS provides a field base for researchers, students and collaborating teams, with spaces to stay, work and learn close to the ecosystems they study. It brings people and projects directly into the landscape.
Knowledge
Knowledge in the
public interest.
Sharing knowledge is an essential part of CIDS. This is where research findings, field observations and resources from work at Soqtapata can become accessible to researchers, collaborators and the wider public.
PDFResearch paper
Belladessus Soqtapata new species from Peru
PDFField report
Regeneración y renaturalización del bosque nuboso amazónico
PDFField report
Annual report
PDFField report
Diversidad de mamíferos en CC Soqtapata
Start something here
Have a question
worth exploring?
Bring us a research question, a field project or an idea connected to conservation. We can start from there.