IAVH (Columbia)
The Institute Humboldt is in charge of conducting basic and applied research on the biotic, hydrobiological and genetic resources of the country's flora and fauna, and of preparing and forming the scientific inventory of biodiversity in the national territory. To achieve its mission, the Institute promotes, conducts and coordinates research with entities of the National Environmental System (Sina), territorial entities, academia, government, private sector, indigenous people, black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, Palenquero, peasant and fishermen communities, and organized civil society, at the national, regional and local levels, based on data, information and knowledge that seek to explain the interactions of species among themselves and with their environment, including human beings.