The Congal Biomarine Station is a protected nature reserve created in 2000 and is located in southwestern Esmeraldas Province, close to the town of Muisne in northwestern Ecuador.
The Congal Reserve is managed by the Jatun Sacha Foundation and features beach, estuarine, mangrove, wetlands and humid tropical forest habitats, accounting for the region's high biodiversity and local endemism.
In this area it is possible to find coral reefs, humpback whale breeding and calving waters, sea turtle nesting beaches extensive mangrove wetlands and both sandy and rocky shoreline.
The integration of local communities into the Station's field projects with participation from international visitors also aims to provide basic and specialized skills through proper training and awareness raising on world issues.
Such projects include mangrove and tropical humid forest restoration, marine conservation, community outreach, management of aquaculture and forestry systems, organic farming, biological inventories and maintenance of Reserve facilities.