Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute

{{short description|Colombian publicly funded biological research institute}}

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|formed = {{start date|1993|12|22|df=yes}}{{cite journal|title=Ley 99 de 1993 |journal=Diario Oficial |date=22 December 1993 |issue=41,146 |url=http://www.otuscolombia.org/tabs/normativa/LEY_99_DE_1993.pdf |accessdate=6 May 2013 |author=Colombia, Congress of |authorlink=Congress of Colombia |location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |issn=0122-2112 |oclc=500057889 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820171545/http://www.otuscolombia.org/tabs/normativa/LEY_99_DE_1993.pdf |archivedate=20 August 2014 }}

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|headquarters = Diagonal 27 # 15 - 09,
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia

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|chief1_name = Hernando García Martínez Ph.D.

|chief1_position = Director General

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|parent_agency = Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

|website = {{Url|www.humboldt.org.co}}

|agency_name = Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute

|nativename = {{lang|es|Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt}}

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The Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute ({{langx|es|Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt}}), sometimes referred to as IAVH, is an independent non-regulatory research institute of the Executive Branch of the Government of Colombia charged with conducting scientific research on the biodiversity of the country including hydrobiology and genetic research. The institute is named after Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist who researched the biodiversity of Colombia and Latin America.