Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (CECON), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)

Description

The Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas,Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (CECON-USAC) holds three sets of institutional biological collections that represent a large proportion of Guatemala’s biodiversity. (1.) Jardín Botánico CECON-USAC, which includes three botanical collections: a. Colección Viva (living plant collection), b. Herbario USCG (herbarium collection), c. Index Seminum (seed collection). (2). Centro de Datos para la Conservación -CDC-CECON-, with observational and bibliographic data of Guatemalan flora, fauna, ecosystems and conservation areas. (3). Colección de Abejas Nativas de Guatemala, focused on the bee diversity of the country

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Carlos Manuel Maldonado Aguilera
Telephone: (502) 23615451
email: maldonado.carlos@usac.edu.gt

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Manolo García Vettorazzi
Telephone: (502) 23615457
email: garcia.manolo@usac.edu.gt

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Maura Liseth Quezada Aguilar
Telephone: (502) 23322985
email: quezada.maura@usac.edu.gt

Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (CECON), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)
Avenida La Reforma 0-63 Zona 10
Guatemala
01010
Guatemala
GT
email: cecon@usac.edu.gt