The John von Neumann Environmental Research Institute of the Pacific is a non profit environmental and anthropological research institute of executive branch of the government of Colombia ascribed to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and charged with conducting research and investigations on the Pacific littoral and the biodiversity of the Chocó biogeographic hotspot. References Chocó Department Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Colombia) Environmental research institutes Research institutes in Colombia Biological research institutes Anthropological research institutes Organizations established in 1993