The Doñana Biological Station is a public Research Institute belonging to the Spanish Council for Scientific Research CSIC in the area of Natural Resources. It’s fundamental mission is to carry out multidisciplinary research of the highest standard directed to understanding, from an evolutionary viewpoint, the way in which biodiversity is generated, maintained and how it deteriorates, as well as the consequences of its loss and the possibilities of its conservation and restoration. An inseparable derivative is also to promote the transfer of this knowledge to society.
The Institute is formed by its main building in Seville and two field stations, the Doñana Biological Reserve ICTS
(Doñana Natural Space, Almonte, Huelva) and the ROBLEHONDO Field Station (Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Natural Park)
The efforts of José Antonio Valverde in preserving Doñana and creating a research institute came to reality in January 1965, when the Doñana Biological Station (EBD) was created by José Ibañez Martín (then President of CSIC) as a CSIC research institute devoted to the study of terrestrial ecology. The scientific activity of the EBD focused originally in Doñana region and its environment, soon expanding its activities to other systems both inside and outside Spain.
The official website is here: http://www.ebd.csic.es/en/inicio