The Ceiba Blog

Just kidding, we flew! But everyone had a terrific time on the MesoAmerican reef of Belize, the second longest barrier reef in the world. There, on the remote Glovers Reef Atoll, 15 students carried out ...

The 2024 Tropical Conservation Semester (TCS) in Ecuador wrapped up in May, after five months of life-changing expeditions. We started on land, traversing the high Andean paramo, hiking through the magic of the cloud forests, ...

The Tropical Conservation Semester, Ceiba’s popular study abroad program, takes students on an extended exploration of Ecuador’s amazing and diverse ecosystems.  From the high Andes and misty cloud forest, we spend two weeks in the ...

Ceiba Foundation’s annual course on Coral Reef Ecology is getting ready for Belize! 22 students have already taken coursework on fish biology, ocean dynamics, marine invertebrates, and the ecology and conservation of corals and their ...

For a quarter-century Ceiba has been dedicated to protecting wild places, saving tropical species, and strengthening rural communities. We have emphasized building a world that is resilient to change: ecological, biological, climatic, and social. Ceiba’s ...

Ceiba has offered world-class international education programs for over 20 years, and there’s still time to join the Tropical Conservation Semester in Ecuador! There you will tour the pristine ecosystems that make Ecuador one of ...

At Ceiba we pride ourselves in offering world-class study abroad opportunities for university students from the USA, Canada, and indeed around the world.  Our flagship program is the Tropical Conservation Semester, which runs in Ecuador ...

What better way is there to finish off a semester abroad than by graduating from college?  That was the case for 11 students on the 2022 Tropical Conservation Semester, which just wrapped up after 18 ...

The Tropical Conservation Semester is back in 2022!  Ceiba continues our long history of offering high-quality study abroad programs that lead students on explorations to some of the most biodiverse sites on the planet and ...

The Ceiba Foundation received a 3-year grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to advance the Conservation and Sustainable Use Area in coastal Ecuador from on paper to under protection through the application of ...