National Institute of Amazonian Research
The National Institute of Amazonian Research is a public educational and research institution headquartered in Manaus, Brazil. 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, molecular ecology, zoology, botany, tropical agriculture and tropical pisciculture. The institution also maintains important vertebrate, invertebrate, and vascular plants research collections.
It also publishes the scientific journal .
Graduate programs
Graduate programs offered by INPA:- Agriculture in the Humid Tropics
- Botany
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Tropical Forestry
- Climate and Environmental Sciences
- Genetics, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology
- Freshwater Biology and Inland Fisheries
- Aquaculture
- Management of Protected Areas in the Amazon