Nature-based living-lab for interdisciplinary practical and research semester on sustainable development and environmental protection in the Amazona Rainforest Erasmus Project

Project Title

Nature-based living-lab for interdisciplinary practical and research semester on sustainable development and environmental protection in the Amazona Rainforest

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

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Project Summary

The NB-LAB project addresses the need of the partner universities in Peru and Ecuador for more applied research and research oriented programs, relevant to the current societal and environmental challenges in the region. With this respect, the project will contribute to the modernisation and internationalisation of higher education structures of the partner universities, by setting up capacities for user-driven applied research and innovation that will contribute to sustainable rural community development under preservation and responsible use of the natural resources in the Amazonian Region. For this purpose, the NB-LAB project partners will establish nature-based living labs at the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. Close connection and collaboration with local communities and the indigenous populations will open new avenues for social and economic development in the region.The sustainable operation of the labs will be ensured by their direct integration in both educational and research processes in the partner universities. Community service learning has been selected as most suitable educational approach for the transfer of the research results in the society. It is the most appropriate methodology as it is a powerful experiential tool to improve curricular learning, contribute to solve real societal and environmental problems and develop competencies of engaged citizenship. The NB-Labs will be piloted by the means of an international participatory exchange programme for international students and researchers from multiple disciplines. Two rounds of implementation will test the facilities in the NB-Lab “research village” in Iquitos and the scattered research stations in the rainforest around Tena that will be connected through coordinated research expeditions. By organising staff trainings and exchanges the project will develop the skills and professional performance of the academic to secure the sustainability of the innovation structures.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 998391 Eur

Project Coordinator

HOCHSCHULE WISMAR & Country: DE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA EQUINOCCIAL
• UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS
• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES TECNOLOGICAS, BIOMEDICAS Y MEDIOAMBIENTALES
• UNIVERSIDAD REGIONAL AMAZONICA IKIAM
• UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID
• ERNST-ABBE-HOCHSCHULE JENA
• UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONIA PERUANA