38+ resident Costa Ricans from the communities surrounding the ACG are dedicated to the collection, rearing, identification, data-entry, barcoding, and photographing of thousands of species, many of which are undescribed. The parataxonomists work across a system of twelve research stations, often in very remote areas of ACG's tropical forests, with typically 2-3 people per station on a rotating schedule. We also have two marine parataxonomists, who are based in the small fishing village of Cuanjiniquil. Many of the parataxonomists pictured here have been working in the ACG for more than ten years and they have developed a keen understanding of the natural history of this region. Several papers have been written about their role in discovering and cataloging the tremendous species richness of the ACG and as a model for science research that is well integrated into the surrounding rural communities.
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- New Research on Jaguar Predation on Sea Turtles in ACG
- ACG/GDFCF Bird Research Featured in New Film
- Let's Be Kind to the Survivors
- DNA Barcoding Reveals Cryptic Species
- End of Year Newsletter
- ACG Species Pages: Over 1,000 and Counting!
- Costa Rica's National Parks Contribute One Trillion Colones to Economy
- Revisiting the Insect Apocalypse
- We Reached Our Goal!
- BioAlfa Project Featured in The Guardian
- Our Early Fall 2020 Newsletter
- Rapidly Advancing the Knowledge of Marine Biodiversity
- Father of DNA Barcoding Receives MIDORI Prize
- Introducing... Bosque Transición!
- DNA Barcodes, BioAlfa, and the Study of Insect Diversity in Costa Rica
- Op-Ed: Costa Rica Must Take Firm Steps Forward
- Día del Árbol 2020
- BioAlfa Project Featured in Mongabay
- The Last Hope for Tropical Dry Forests
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