Understanding Protects

The La Gamba Tropical Station is a research, teaching, and training institution of the University of Vienna located at the edge of the Rainforest of the Austrians in Costa Rica. Situated in one of the most biodiverse lowland rainforests in Central America, it offers ideal conditions for field research, courses, and seminars as the world’s only tropical research station under German-speaking management.

It enables studies on biodiversity and the functioning of entire ecosystems, with special attention to biotic interactions, such as those between plants and animals, or unusual reproductive systems. The station garden and the reforestation areas of the COBGIA project also provide opportunities for controlled experimental studies under near-natural conditions.

The Rainforest of the Austrians association is a close partner of the La Gamba Tropical Station and also supports ambitious young researchers annually in their scientific investigations.

All information about the station and scholarships can be found at: www.lagamba.at