Owner and Operator, Shiripuno Research Center, Ecuador.
Roles: Bioacoustic testing and AI training, bird and frog identification, solution testing
Languages: English, Spanish
Jarol is an Ecuadorian who has dedicated his life to the study and promotion of tropical diversity from the site of two unique and extraordinary rainforest experience lodges that he founded and operates. He founded the Shiripuno Research Center, which is one of the most remote and rustic lodges in Ecuador, surrounded by hundreds of miles of pristine rainforest deep in Waorani territory on the border of Yasuni National Park. He also founded a cloud forest reclamation project near Sumaco peak in the Napo province of Ecuador. Jarol is an expert in bird and frog identification from sound and has extensive experience using camera traps, bioacoustics software, and a broad diversity of identification approaches for tropical organisms.