http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/).  INBio has also been instrumental in certain legislative processes such as the Ley de Biodiversidad.  Over the years INBio and its programs have been given numerous awards, such as the Príncipe de Asturias en Investigación y Técnica in 1995.  INBio is now recognized around the world for the level of its researce and efforts to protect Costa Rica’s rich biodiversity.  Gámez cited global warming as one of the future centers of focus, as well as “biomimetismo,” which he described in La Nación as the immitation of natural processes without actually extracting anything from nature.