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Name
NameInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR
Subunit name
Acronym(s)INVEMAR
Address
StreetCalle 25 No. 2-55
Address extensionPlaya Salguero, Rodadero
Postbox
Postal code470006
CitySanta Marta
State/regionMagdalena
CountryColombia
Visitor address
StreetCalle 25 No. 2-55
Address extensionPlaya Salguero, Rodadero
Postal code470006
CitySanta Marta
State/regionMagdalena
Contact details
Telephone+57+60+5+4328600
Fax+57+60+5+4328694
General email addresscorrespondencia@invemar.org.co
Logo URL
Web site URLhttp://www.invemar.org.co/
Description
DescriptionThe INVEMAR has as its mission to carry out basic and applied scientific research based on natural renewable resources and marine and coastal ecosystems, which is of national interest. The purpose is to gather necessary scientific knowledge to formulate policies, make decisions and to elaborate plans and projects that will help us in the development of; the management of sustainable resources, the recovery of marine and coastal ecosystems, and to improve the quality of life of Colombians through the rational implementation of the scientific capacity of the Institute and its articulation with other public and private entities. The INVEMAR host the Marine Natural History Museum of Colombia (MHNMC) – Makuriwa, which is registered in the National Register of Biological Collections (http://rnc.humboldt.org.co/wp/) since 2001 (Registration No. 82).
Selected institution types
Museum, Research institute
Rights
Collection rightsMostly owned by MHNMC-INVEMAR following the collection management policy including the requirements for the acquisition of material (collection permits), preservation, management and digitization workflows, risk management and security, access, loans, visits, terms, and conditions for use, import and export permits, shipping and transportation, among others.
Access rightsAccess to 3rd parties via aprovation by the the General Curator of the MHNMC-INVEMAR following the collection management policy including the requirements for the acquisition of material (collection permits), preservation, management and digitization workflows, risk management and security, access, loans, visits, terms, and conditions for use, import and export permits, shipping and transportation, among others. The policy is following the Quality Management System, the Occupational Health and Safety and Environment System and the national and international regulations applying for biological collections, biodiversity, and access to genetic resources and other relevant national and international regulations. Information for access to the collections resources by the general public, scholars, academic and INVEMAR researchers is available on the museum's website http://museomakuriwa.invemar.org.co/.
Usage restrictionsRestrictions as per collection permit, MTA, limited embargo period of internal research material until publication, destructive sampling refusal e.g. rare/type material on scientific grounds.
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