Field Station La Gamba

Beginning with a simple corrugated tin dwelling, which they purchased and refurbished with support from the ARA and from the University of Vienna, two Austrian biologists, Werner Huber and Anton Weissenhofer, founded Field Station La Gamba in 1993.

Now an internationally recognized biological research station, it comprises several buildings with modern scientific equipment, as well as a botanical garden.

[citation needed] The station has become an integral part of the community of La Gamba, and is an important resource for the local population, among whom the staff also promote conservation.

For some years, station staff have also accompanied various aid-to-developing-nations projects in the region; for example, former woodcutters were trained as national park rangers and conservationists.

Common assignments at the station involve locally supportive roles in education programs (courses in language, computers, environmental protection), marketing, and medicinal agriculture.