SEK LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research Station Sucumbios Ecuador

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador
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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• The Amazon Jungle is one of the geographical
  Ecuadors areas where actual and potential
  environmental problems, witch are of the
  greatest importance for the future of our planes
  can be observed.
• The conflict between nature and development
  must be overcome trough knowledge, understanding,
  research and appreciation of nature, stimulating
  mans creative capacity to establish a new
  relationship between development and coservation.

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• SEK International Universitys Department of
  Environmental Engineering, conscious that
  environmental problems are the responsability
  of all members of society, and specially of the
  University community, has has stavlished a center
  of research and teaching in the Amazon Jungle
  called SEK LIMONCOCHA Amazon Scientific
  Research Station

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• The objetives of the SEK LIMONCOCHA Amazon
  Scientific Research Station can be summarized in
  the following Points
• To promote excellence in research and teaching in
  all aspects related to the Amazon Environment,
  specially environmental, biological and
  ecoturistic elements.
• To strengthen basic research in the Amazon region
• To undertake environmental studies related to the
  conservation of the Amazon Ecology
• To prevent, evaluate and assist in the control of
  any effect arising other productive activities
  wich are harmful to the enviroment

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• To plan, design, and cooperate with business and
  industry in activities which permit a sustainable
  development and, the management and rational
  use of resources.
• To establish appropiate contacts with
  Universities, Institutions and Foundations at
  national and international level, and to join
  forces with other organizations dedicated to the
  conservation of the Amazon Environment.
• To plan and evaluate ecoturism and cultural
  tourism pojects in the Ecuatorian Amazon jungle.

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• Location
• The SEK Limoncocha Amazon Scientific Research
  Station is situated in the Limoncocha Biological
  Reserve, in the province of Sucumbios, North
  East Ecuador. This rain reserve forms part of
  the National Heritage of Protected Areas has an
  area of 5261 hectares adn encircle the
  Limoncocha Lake.

Limoncocha lake
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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• In the Limoncocha Biological Reserve is working
  Occidental Exploration and Production OXY a
  petroleum company in charge to petroleum
  production in this ecuadorian area.

• OXY has the ISO 14000 certificatión in all its
  production sistem and is a good and
  collaborator neighbour with the SEK Limoncocha
  Amazon Scientific Research Station and with the
  SEK Universitys students and teachers.

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• INFRASTRUCTURE The Research Center has an
  excellent basic infraestructure providing a wide
  range of facilities such as electricity,
  drinking water, air conditioning, out board boat
  and four-wheel-drive vehicle.

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• The station provide appropiate accommodation for
  the housing of students and researches (24
  people)

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• There are specilized laboratories, dedicated to
  environmental and biological aspects of study and
  investigation

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SEK - LIMONCOCHA AMAZON Scientific Research
StationSucumbios Ecuador

• Our commitment is with the nature without to
  neglect the industrial development