National Institute of Amazonian Research

National Institute of Amazonian Research

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Established	1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Field of research	Ecology, Zoology, Botany
Director	Luiz Renato de França
Address	Av. André Araújo, 2936, Bairro Petropolis
Location	Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 3°05′45″S 59°59′23″W / 3.09577°S 59.98975°W / -3.09577; -59.98975
ZIP code	CEP 69060-001
Website	http://www.inpa.gov.br/

The National Institute of Amazonian Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia or INPA) is a public educational and research institution headquartered in Manaus, Brazil. It was founded in 1952, with the purpose of furthering scientific knowledge of the Brazilian Amazon Region. Most of INPA's research focuses on tropical forest management, ecology, molecular ecology, zoology, botany, tropical agriculture and tropical pisciculture. The institution also maintains important vertebrate, invertebrate, and vascular plants research collections.

It also publishes the scientific journal Acta Amazônica.