• Characterization of biodiversity structure and functioning across different levels of biological organization.
• Identification of changes in biodiversity and their relationship with natural and anthropogenic factors over time.

• Identification of the status of threatened or endangered species and ecosystems, as well as marine and coastal invasive exotic species.
• Generation of inputs to establish tools for conservation, restoration, prevention, and control.

• Spatial and temporal assessment of qualitative and quantitative characteristics to build environmental management tools based on national and regional monitoring systems.

• Formulation of strategies to evaluate, manage, and mitigate potential impacts and risks of natural and anthropogenic origin in marine and coastal ecosystems.

• Formulation and implementation of strategies to assist in the recovery of environmental quality and ecosystem services in marine and coastal environments that have been degraded or altered.

• Study of physical processes related to the soil and subsoil environment of the coastal zone, including both continental and insular emerged areas, down to the submerged zones of Colombia’s seas.

• Study of the ocean and its complex connections with the atmosphere, the coastal zone, ice, seabeds, and the biotic and chemical components; as well as its influence on the productive activities of the country’s marine and coastal zones.

• Integral valuation of biodiversity and its ecosystem services.
• Characterization of the livelihoods of marine-coastal communities.
• Proposal of economic mechanisms for management.

• Fisheries ecology.
• Dynamics of exploited populations.
• Bioeconomic modeling and fisheries management.

• Obtaining and characterization of extracts, fractions, and molecules.
• Evaluation of the potential use of substances obtained in bioassays.
• Isolation, culture, and potential evaluation of microalgae and microorganisms.
• Development of antimicrobial assays in live marine organisms and cell cultures.

• Design, formulation, and execution of national and international projects and technical concepts for marine and coastal land-use planning and management.
• Coordination of the integrated coastal zone management network RedCostera.

• Impact assessment of policies on the integrated management of coastal zones and their natural resources.
• Provision of technical bases for the establishment of standards, provisions, and regulations for the ordering, planning, and management of marine and coastal territory.
• Collaboration in studies on global change and activities for decision-making in the development of national and international marine policy.
• Technical secretariat of the marine research centers network defined in Law 99/1993 and Resolution 2175/2007.

• Coordination of the Environmental Information System (SIAM) regarding marine and coastal aspects.
• Safeguarding information assets generated in INVEMAR’s missional processes.
• Research, development, and use of new information technologies for capture, processing, management, and publication of information in the SIAM.
• Geographic information systems, remote sensing, and databases.
• Represent INVEMAR as an Associated Data Unit in the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
• UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• Manages the Caribbean Marine Atlas and serves as the Ocean Info Hub node for Latin America.

• Guaranteeing access to the information and documentation necessary to enable the development of marine and coastal research in Colombia.
• Articulating the link between users and various specialized information sources in the field of marine and coastal sciences and related disciplines, providing free access to information to facilitate research development.
• In charge of representing Colombia as an information node before the IODE and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.

• Providing available marine and coastal information, improving the national and international visibility of scientific research results.
• Represents INVEMAR on the Communications Advisory Committee of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021 – 2030.

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• Includes two large areas for dry and wet biological collections (specimens preserved in various solutions); and cryopreserved collections.
• Features three laboratories: (I) Molecular biology, equipped for DNA extraction and amplification; (II) Optical laboratory with equipment (microscopes, stereoscopes) for morphological analysis and imaging; and (III) Wet laboratory, which has a gas extraction hood for chemical reagent work.

• Laboratory for the extraction of environmental DNA (eDNA) from aquatic samples. This lab includes a real-time thermal cycler for detecting species of interest using quantitative PCR.

• Institutional operational unit supporting marine environmental quality research. Accredited under ISO/IEC 17025 standards for nearly 400 environmental variables in marine and continental water, as well as marine and continental sediment matrices.
• Equipped with techniques for physicochemical analysis via Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Triple Quadrupole Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), Spectrophotometry, Spectrofluorometry, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma detection spectrometry, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, gravimetric analysis with high-precision balances, and microbiological analysis via multiple tubes and membrane filtration.

• Supports the Marine Geosciences Program and various INVEMAR research programs in sampling and collecting oceanographic, meteorological, geophysical, and coastal topography data for baseline studies, environmental impact assessments, and monitoring of marine-coastal environments.
• Equipped with multiparameter probes, ADCP current and wave profilers, flow profilers, tide gauges, oceanographic buoys, oceanographic Rosettes, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, global positioning equipment, topographic stations, laser scanner systems, drones with RGB and multi-spectral cameras, and sediment samplers (multicorer and piston corer).

• Part of the Valuation and Use of Marine and Coastal Resources (VAR) program. It conducts research focused on finding the bioactive potential of substances and molecules from marine organisms, especially microorganisms.
• Equipped for isolation, maintenance, strain conservation, phenotypic characterization, and bio-guided assays. It also features a molecular biology area for genotypic characterization.
• Capable of extracting and purifying bioactive substances and molecules, and performs histological sectioning and tissue staining for marine animal and plant samples.

• 25-passenger bus
• Minibuses (8 passengers each)
• 4×4 double cabin pickup trucks
• 4×4 double cabin stake trucks
• Closed SUV/off-road vehicles
• Tractor for boat towing
• 25-foot length boat
• 20-foot length catamaran-type boat
• 18-foot length boat
• Diving equipment and safety elements/accessories for the activity