The note of appointment, the INS said Ibanez scientific contributions to the enrichment of science in the Isthmus of Panama. Among his numerous publications highlighting the Canal Basin: deforestation, pollution and urbanization, published in 1999 along with Stanley Heckadon-Moreno and Richard Condit, published by STRI in Panama, and the compact disc vocalizations of frogs and toads Barro Natural Monument Colorado National Sovereignty Park and Surrounding Areas [Vocalizations of frogs and toads rom Barro Colorado Nature Monument, National Sovereignty Park and Adjacent Areas] with A. Stanley and Michael J. Ryan and Cesar A. Jaramillo, and published by Sony Music Entertainment.
At the same time, a group of herpetologists Americans, led by Steven Poe, Department of Biology and the Museum of Biology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, have named a new species of Anolis, Anolis ibanezi honoring the Ibanez. According to colleagues, "the researcher Panamanian Roberto Ibáñez Díaz, has facilitated the investigation of several erpetólogos Americans who have worked in Panama, by providing dozens of hestudios in taxonomy, evolution and ecology of reptiles and amphibians." Ibanez is one scientists are more committed to the herpetology at the Isthmus of Panama. His efforts in conservation and description of amphibians in Panama and Central America dating from the early 80s. Ibáñez stands out as support and guidance of many researchers interested in the theme of tropical herpetology, the branch of zoology that studies amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians gimnofiones) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, earthworms, turtles, crocodiles, etc.).. He is also chairman of the Circle Herpetological of Panama since 1991.
With a doctorate from the University of Connecticut, USA, Ibanez has taught for several years at the Universities of Panama, Santa Maria La Antigua, Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT), McGill University, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, and other entities. He specializes in Biodiversity and Monitoring, and worked on the USAID Project: Conservation of Biodiversity in the Canal UENCA including rivers in the parks Sovereignty and Chagres.
Currently, Ibanez Diaz serves as regional director of the international effort: Draft Amphibian Conservation and Rescue (ARC) which brings together eight institutions based in Panama and the United States and aims to save amphibians that are on the verge of extinction in Panama. The Isthmus is rich and diverse species of amphibians. The partners in this project are experts from STRI, the U.S. National Zoological Park Smithsonian in Washington DC, African Safari Park, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Defenders of Wildlife, Houston Zoo, Zoo New England and Muncipal Park Summit at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Apartado 0843-03092 Panama. The holotype of the new species named after Ibsen was collected in the National Park and Divisón General Omar Torrijos Herrera, five miles north of El Cope, Cocle province in Panama.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, based in Panama City, Panama, is a unit of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC The Institute promotes the understanding of tropical nature and its importance to human welfare, trains students for research onduct in the tropics and promotes conservation through public awareness ortancia of tropical ecosystems.
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