Bring your project
Aerial view of the Soqtapata forest canopy and field base clearing.

Work with Soqtapata

Bring your questions.
Develop your ideas.

Soqtapata welcomes researchers, students and professionals looking to develop meaningful projects in conservation, science and social innovation.

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Ways to work together

Different perspectives.
A shared purpose.

We welcome people and organisations bringing research questions, academic programmes, theses and collaborative initiatives into the field.

  • Researchers

    Conduct field research, collect data and investigate questions within a diverse tropical Andean landscape.

  • Universities

    Develop field courses, academic programmes and research collaborations suited to educational objectives.

  • Students

    Bring thesis proposals, independent research or academic projects into a real field setting.

  • Organisations

    Explore conservation, research and social innovation initiatives through collaboration.

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Field researcher observing the forest canopy at Soqtapata.

What makes collaboration possible

What Soqtapata can
support in the field.

Soqtapata brings together a remarkable conservation landscape, field facilities and local expertise to support research, learning and collaborative projects. What we can provide depends on each project's needs, timing and available capacity.

  • A unique territory

    A conservation area of approximately 9,618 hectares spanning an elevation gradient of 974–4,350 metres.

  • Research infrastructure

    Access to fieldwork settings and relevant research infrastructure, subject to availability and project requirements.

  • Accommodation

    Facilities that can support stays associated with research and field activities, according to the needs and arrangements of each project.

  • Local support

    Coordination and local knowledge to help plan field activities, subject to the project's scope and available capabilities.

From idea to fieldwork

A clear path from
enquiry to the field.

Collaboration begins with a conversation. These three steps outline how proposals typically move forward.

  1. Share your idea

    Tell us the research question, programme aim or collaboration you have in mind — including timing, group size and any field needs you already know.

  2. Explore fit and logistics

    We review whether the proposal can be supported at Soqtapata, and what coordination, access or stay arrangements may be involved.

  3. Plan fieldwork together

    Where there is a clear fit, we work with you on next steps so the idea can move from conversation into the field.

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The platform supporting the work

CIDS — where
fieldwork
finds its base.

CIDS connects the people, facilities and field opportunities that make research and collaboration possible at Soqtapata. Discover the platform behind the work before bringing us your proposal.

Discover CIDS
CIDS lodge nestled in the Soqtapata forest canopy.

Looking for volunteering instead?

Don't have your own project?

You don't need to bring your own research proposal to get involved. Join Ecotone’s structured Conservation Volunteer programme and contribute to field activities through an organised placement.

Explore conservation volunteering
Landscape atmosphere beside the Work with Soqtapata enquiry form.

Tell us what you have in mind

Start a conversation.

Share your interests, objectives or proposal — including timing, group size and field needs where known.

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