FUCOBI supporters are making the world a healthier place for everone, and your gift today can help. You can be confident that your contribution to FUCOBI will go straight to preserver healthier environments, animals and protect human health —by iInvestigating the presence of heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotic residues in humans, animals and ecosystems,  carring out environmental education activities, and much more. 

Giving as little as $25 can be helpful for our students and voluntiers in our work with the environment

​Together, we're making the world a better place for all beings. Please, give what you can today.

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UNA SALUD / ONE HEALTH

ANNUAL REPORTS ON FUCOBI'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS SUBMIT POSTERS AT A HEALTH MEETINGS 2017 (FRAMINGHAM, MA), 2018 (SEATTLE, WA), 2019 (NEW ORLEANS, LA) AND 2020-2021 (BALTIMORE, MD / CHARLOTTE, NC)

This initiative is part of the Fucobi educational program to support minority students from Latin America and the Caribbean, the United States (Puerto Rico, Native Americans, Pacific Islands) and African countries.

Jimmy Alcivar-Arteaga Research and Travel Awards

Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad Acuática y Terrestre (FUCOBI), Ecuador & Environmental Genomics Inc. (EGI), Massachusetts, USA

​2020
Foundation for Conservation of Biodiversity (FUCOBI) of Ecuador is pleased to announce 30 'Jimmy Alcivar-Arteaga Research and Travel Awards'
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For minorities students from Latin America & Caribbean, United States (Puerto Rico, Native Americans, Pacific Islands), and African Countries.

¡FUCOBI helps train the next generation of ONE HEALTH researchers!

Read all about Fucobi's support of international minority students
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READ ABOUT THE STUDY SUPPORTED BY FUCOBI ON THE NEW VIRUS OF WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS - WSSV, AN ENDOGENOUS NIMAVIRUS PRESENT IN THE SHRIMP GENOME

Fucobi helps Environmental Genomics Inc. (EGI) from southern Massachusetts to diagnose both viruses in shrimp exported to US supermarkets.
Help us support Ecuadorian shrimp farmers and continue our mangrove conservation efforts!
FUCOBI's friends have offered 12 'Johnnie Castro Montealegre Awards' from the FUCOBI Foundation to help students with travel expenses to attend the National Shellfisheries Association (NSA) meeting in Charlotte, NC, USA, March 21-26 , 2021.

To present posters about studies related to the 3 projects of our 'Program' UNA SALUD / ONE HEALTH Epigenomes and Microbiomes: Somos lo que eatmos / We are what we eat '.


The program includes the following projects: 


  • The Mangrove Epigenome (MangroveENCODE) Project
  • The Shrimp Genome and Epigenome (ShrimpENCODE) Project
  • The Coastal People Epigenome (ChildrenENCODE) Project

DOWNLOAD THE FORM TO APPLY TO THE JOHNNIE CASTRO SCHOLARSHIP AND BE PART OF OUR INITIATIVE 'PROGRAM UNA SALUD / ONE HEALTH'

MangroveENCODE project
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https://www.was.org/meetingabstracts/ShowAbstract.aspx?Id=42996
https://www.was.org/meetingabstracts/ShowAbstract.aspx?Id=42584
 

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"It was really an honor to be in direct contact with the community while we learned how to collect the samples."

- Diana Villota

Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation

mangrove and co2

The international scientific community is increasingly recognizing the role of natural systems in climate-change mitigation. While forests have historically been the primary focus of such efforts, coastal wetlands – particularly seagrasses, tidal marshes, and mangroves – are now considered important and effective long-term carbon sinks. However, some members of the coastal and marine policy and management community have been interested in expanding climate mitigation strategies to include other components within coastal and marine systems, such as coral reefs, phytoplankton, kelp forests, and marine fauna. We analyze the scientific evidence regarding whether these marine ecosystems and ecosystem components are viable long-term carbon sinks and whether they can be managed for climate mitigation. Our findings could assist decision makers and conservation practitioners in identifying which components of coastal and marine ecosystems should be prioritized in current climate mitigation strategies and policies.

​http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.1451/full

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Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad Acuática y Terrestre (FUCOBI)
Aprobada por Acuerdo No. 046 del Ministerio del Ambiente de Ecuador en Abril 15 del 2008,
​San Miguel de Anagaes E17-300
Conjunto Nueva Granizada, Casa 17
El Eden, Quito - Ecuador
​Phone: +(593) 99 5878 656;
E-mail: fucobi1@gmail.com