Bird banding with students at the Amazon Field Station
Students join the station team to band, measure and release the birds that live around it.
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Since 1978, Inka Terra Asociación has turned scientific knowledge into action to protect biodiversity and support communities across Peru.
Research generates knowledge. Conservation protects it. Education shares it. Sustainable development helps it endure.
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Where we work
ITA works across distinct ecosystems and cultural landscapes, adapting its work to the environmental and social context of each place.
Cabo Blanco · Piura / Tumbes
Marine-coastal ecosystems, tropical dry forest and sustainable artisanal fishing.
Explore the landscapeSacred Valley · Cusco
Agrobiodiversity, traditional production systems, heritage and restoration.
Explore the landscapeTambopata · Madre de Dios
Biodiversity, restoration, ecotourism and sustainable forest-based activities.
Explore the landscapeMachu Picchu · Cusco
Cloud forest restoration, orchids, biodiversity and cultural heritage.
Explore the landscapeThe heart of our work
A permanent base in the Amazon where scientists, students and travelers can experience ITA’s work directly in the ecosystem — alongside the forest, the lab and the people working in the field.
Scientific capacity brought directly into the Amazon, shortening the distance between collecting a sample and analysing it.
Banding, point counts and acoustic monitoring build long-term knowledge of bird survival, movement and site fidelity.
A record of which species use the forest, when they appear and how wildlife activity changes across the landscape.
Biohuerto, Casa de las Vainillas and Palmetum bring together native and useful plants for study, conservation and interpretation.
Our impact
Figures from ITA and Inkaterra inventories since 1978 (E. O. Wilson; American Orchid Society; Missouri Botanical Garden), pending final validation.
Sustainable development
Brazil nuts only grow where the forest stands. If the forest disappears, so does the product.
Plots that combine food crops, forest species and habitat in the same ground.
Native peppers, fruits and greens, grown with local knowledge.
Much of this knowledge comes from the Amazonian communities and families who have kept it.
Explore sustainable productionKnowledge
Participate
For scientists and universities
Develop your project with ITA’s stations, long-term data and team, as an associated researcher.
Research with ITA
For students
A research project aligned with ITA’s priorities, supervised by our team.
Internships
For anyone with time to give
Flexible support across areas: fieldwork, gardens, monitoring and outreach.
VolunteerPlan your visit
Inkaterra’s hotels sit in the landscapes where ITA works. Part of ecotourism helps sustain the research, conservation and education behind them.
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Strategic partners
Your support keeps the research, monitoring and education going.
