Education
ACA’s experienced staff shares innovative conservation tools and practices with local organizations and communities. Our field stations, CICRA and Wayqecha, have become centers for educational trips by local schoolchildren as well as leading training sites for local and international university groups. Both offer programs ranging from introductory courses on Amazonia to plant identification and ornithology.
This focus on training reflects our conviction that saving the greatest forests on Earth requires supercharging a new generation of South American scientists and conservationists.
ACA has partnered with the ACEER Foundation, a leader in field-based experiential learning, to offer academic workshops at our field stations in Peru. The ACEER Foundation, in cooperation with West Chester University of Pennsylvania, offers a comprehensive series of academic courses and continuing education workshops in a variety of disciplines related to the neotropics. Universities may also reserve a date, and conduct the field experience with their own Faculty Leader, and award their own credits. The ACEER can provide experienced Guest Faculty to accompany any university group, and will work with you to design an experience that best meets your academic needs.
For information about courses at ACA’s Field Stations, please visit ACEER.
Students participating in “Science Saturday” at CICRA learn about Brazil nuts. Photo: Raechel Running
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