It is located in San Ramón, Alajuela, at the Western Campus. As research is one of the fundamental pillars at UCR, our presence in this wild area has been fundamental to the conservation of its biodiversity. The dynamics of research has been very particular, although it corresponds to the research processes of Costa Rican nature that have occurred historically where foreigners have played a leading role. Example of this have been German institutions such as University of Ulm and University of Bielefeld. The RBAMB Documentation and Information Center records publications in this wild area from 1976 to date