Formed 22 December 1993 (1993-12-22) Preceding agency Colombian Corporation for the Amazonic Araracuara Headquarters Avenida Vasquez Coboentre calles 15 y 16Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia Annual budget COP$6,975,782,709 (est. 2008)COP$9,062,00,000 (est. 2009) Agency executive Luz Marina Mantilla Cárdenas, Director | ||
The Sinchi Amazonic Institute of Scientific Research (Spanish: Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas) is a non-profit research institute of the Government of Colombia charged with carrying out scientific investigations on matters relating to the Amazon Rainforest, the Amazon River and the Amazon Region of Colombia for its better understanding and protection. The word sinchi, is a word in Quechua that means "strong" or "fierce".
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