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January news from the Santa Lucía Cloud Forest Reserve
January tends to be one of the busiest months in terms of tourism in Santa Lucía. This year it's a little different as the student groups...
Holger Beck
Jan 21, 20252 min read


EcoForensic's Para-Ecologist Training in Santa Lucía
Currently we host a training program for Ecuadorian Para-Ecologists here at the Santa Lucía Reserve. It is a ten-day workshop run by our...
Holger Beck
Aug 4, 20231 min read


Santa Lucia Forest School meets Lincoln University.
On 23rd of July we invited the kids of our local forest school to meet students and staff of Lincoln University which are currently...
Holger Beck
Jul 24, 20232 min read


Still working on fixing Thunderstorm damage.
About a month ago a strong thunderstorm - something almost like a Tornado - hit the Santa Lucía Cloud Forest Reserve. It cut its way...
Holger Beck
Jun 11, 20231 min read


Park School Time Again ...
Yesterday we finally held another forest school event. Traditionally in May Nanegal, the parrish that Santa Lucía belongs, has its annual...
Holger Beck
May 15, 20231 min read


Park School in Nanegal
Last weekend we organized a huge park school event here in the central park of the Nanegal parrish. The park school is an extension to...
Holger Beck
Mar 14, 20232 min read


Forest School Reloaded!
This weekend we kicked off the Santa Lucía forest school year 2023. A good friend of ours, Michael de Groot of the Guacamaya Foundation...
Holger Beck
Jan 30, 20232 min read


2022 Review (pt. 1)
2022 was a very successfull year for Santa Lucía in terms of research and student groups. A total of 17 groups of 10 or more students...
Holger Beck
Jan 7, 20231 min read


Park School "Santa Lucía" Test Run.
Last Sunday during the fair of the annual festivities in Nanegal we had a test run of our park school activity. The park school is an...
Holger Beck
May 17, 20222 min read


Vanilla Workshop @ Santa Lucia
Earlier this month several members of the Santa Lucía community and neighbors got an introduction into the cultivation of the Vanilla...
Holger Beck
Apr 15, 20221 min read


Visit of University of Sussex - a short summary
From 4th to 20th of December we hosted two groups of students from the University of Sussex in our reserve. It was a blast. Everything...
Holger Beck
Dec 22, 20212 min read


Brand new solar panels up and running!
It's time for good news from Santa Lucía again! Yesterday, we installed a new set of solar panels! The goals is to have some continuous...
Holger Beck
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Training for local Parabiologist finally held.
With a few months of COVID- and datetime-related delay, the hectare plot training for local parabiologists was finally held yesterday....
Holger Beck
Aug 1, 20212 min read


Visitors ... finally!
Great news: after so many months of only seeing the familiar faces up at the lodge we finally received volunteers last week. For the time...
Holger Beck
Jul 4, 20211 min read


The Hectare Plot Adventure begins ...
Earlier this week we could finally start setting up three new hectare plots in Santa Lucía. Two collaborators - Ana Marisca and Edison...
Holger Beck
Jun 18, 20211 min read


Santa Lucía / University of Sussex Workshop
Yesterday - 9th of June - the long-awaited workshop of Santa Lucía and the University of Sussex finally took place. Online of course. And...

Santa Lucía
Jun 10, 20211 min read


Santa Lucia / University of Sussex Workshop on 9th of June
Santa Lucía and the University of Sussex will be running a work - online - on 9th of June at 11am Ecuadorian Time. We've invited all our...

Santa Lucía
May 30, 20211 min read


Following the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
A few weeks ago when Holger, Noé and Ana walked through the Santa Lucía forest in order to pick the spots for the new hectare plots we...
Holger Beck
May 17, 20211 min read


Bird Monitoring Data Analyzed.
So, while we currently do not have any visitors at Santa Lucía, most of us are sitting at home. That means that - for the researchers...

Santa Lucía
Apr 16, 20202 min read


Corona virus crisis affects Santa Lucía.
As we expected from the beginning of the current world-wide crisis the Santa Lucía community is heavily affected by travel restrictions,...

Santa Lucía
Apr 4, 20201 min read
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