The Quetzal Education and Research Center (QERC) is a biological field station in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, that serves as a second campus for Southern Nazarene University (SNU). The center’s research focuses on the tropical cloud forest’s flora and fauna, and its goal is to promote sustainability, biodiversity, and conservation in local and global communities. QERC also helps students learn about field biology and research, and to develop social responsibility through a biology-focused study abroad program.
- Year Founded
- 2004
- Year Joined OBFS
- 2023
- Size of Field Station (hectares)
- 1-100
- FSML Web Address
- https://www.qerc.snu.edu
- Private nonprofit organization?
- Yes
- Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
- Southern Nazarene University
- Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
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No
- Member of the Virtual Field
- No