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National Science Foundation Infrastructure Grant

One of the primary challenges of running a field station is maintaining the infrastructure. We’ve... >>Read more

Statistics from 2007

Thanks to all our partners and the many users of the station, we were able to stay in the black for 2007. Total income for 2007, BZ$210k. Total expenses for 2007, BZ$206k. Income primarily from user fees. Occupancy rate for 2007 was 25%. Total of 2647 room nights occupied.

About the Station

Welcome to the new LCRS website

The management team for Las Cuevas is hard at work on reorganization.

Prior to 2004 the station was run by the Natural History Museum (London).  Since 2004, the Las Cuevas Research Station has been managed by a consortium of universities and the Government of Belize Forestry Department and led by Maya Forest Enterprises (MFE).  Starting in 2008, MFE will transition out of a management role, and pending approval by the Government of Belize, we will be forming a Belizean NGO called the Las Cuevas Trust to run the station.  The board of the new NGO isn’t entirely set yet, but initial members will represent the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Virginia Tech.  Other members are being recruited.  Most importantly, Nicodemus “Chapal” Bol has agreed to serve as the executive director of the new organization and stay on as the onsite manager.  We are reviewing procedures and costs and hope to have a new rate sheet and online reservations and payments through the web site by the end of the year.

Support Research and Teaching in Belize

To meet the mission requires resources.

We are soliciting donations for improvements to facilities and for scholarships for Belizean students.  We’d love to have all our supporters visit the station, but even if you can’t, please consider supporting the station with a tax deductible donation.  We hope to have a way to do that soon through the LCRS web site, but in the meantime Virginia Tech has agreed to accept donations on behalf of the station through their web site and designate your gift to the Conservation Management Institute Las Cuevas Research Station.