Administration, Maintenance and Development of the La Selva Biological Station a World Center for Tropical Rain Forest Research and Training

热带研究组织公司是一个由哥斯达黎加大学和研究机构组成的联合体，自1968年以来一直在成本哥斯达黎加的大西洋热带雨林运营La Selva生物站。该项目将为世界上最重要的热带研究和培训基地之一提供极其重要的业务支持。高质量的实验室和基础设施、最先进的地理信息/数据库系统、壮观的生物多样性以及热情好客的东道国都为La Selva的戏剧性增长和成功做出了贡献。现在，每年有230多名研究人员和50多门大学课程使用该空间站。La Selva为美国学术界提供了异常广泛的服务，在拉丁美洲的科学发展中发挥着越来越重要的作用，并已成为研究热带雨林及其相关变化生态系统的世界中心。因此，空间站是美国生物多样性、全球变化和国际科学计划的重要组成部分。

The Organization for Tropical Studies, Inc., a consortium and Costa Rican universities and research institutions, has operated the La Selva Biological Stations in the Atlantic rainforest of Cost Rica since 1968. This project will provide the critically important operational support for one of the world's premier research and training sites in the wet tropics. High quality laboratories and infrastructure, a state-of-the-art Geographic Information/Database System, spectacular biodiversity, and a welcoming host country have all contributed to La Selva's dramatic growth and success. Over 230 researchers and more than 50 university courses now use the station annually. La Selva serves an unusually broad segment of the U.S. academic community, is playing an increasingly important role in the development of science in Latin America, and has become a world center for the study of tropical rain forests and their associated altered ecosystems. As such, the station is a valuable element of the United States' programs on biodiversity, global change and international science.