The National Institute of Amazonian Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia or INPA) is a public educational and

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headquartered in Manaus,

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. It was founded in 1952, with the purpose of furthering scientific knowledge of the Brazilian Amazon Region. Most of INPA's research focuses on tropical forest management,

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

molecular ecology Molecular ecology is a field of evolutionary biology that is concerned with applying molecular population genetics, molecular phylogenetics, and more recently genomics to traditional ecological questions (e.g., species diagnosis, conservation ...

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

botany Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "bot ...

tropical agriculture Worldwide more human beings gain their livelihood from agriculture than any other endeavor; the majority are self-employed subsistence farmers living in the tropics. While growing food for local consumption is the core of tropical agriculture, ...

and tropical

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. The institution also maintains important

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, and

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research collections. It also publishes the scientific journa
Acta Amazônica

Graduate programs

Graduate programs offered by INPA: * Agriculture in the Humid Tropics (Masters and Doctorate) * Botany (Masters and Doctorate) * Ecology (Masters and Doctorate) * Entomology (Masters and Doctorate) * Tropical Forestry (Masters and Doctorate) * Climate and Environmental Sciences (Masters and Doctorate) * Genetics, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology (Masters and Doctorate) * Freshwater Biology and Inland Fisheries (Masters and Doctorate) * Aquaculture (Masters) * Management of Protected Areas in the Amazon (Professional Masters)

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INPA - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazon basin Government-owned companies of Brazil Research institutes in Brazil Postgraduate schools in Brazil Universities and colleges in Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{sci-org-stub

Graduate programs

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