Volunteer and Interns
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VOLUNTEER NAME AND INSTITUTION |
DATES |
COUNTRY |
PROJECT |
WHERE ARE THEY NOW AS OF 2013 |
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Jay Mc Gowan Cornell University |
2010 |
Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
Audio Archivist Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ithaca, NY. |
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Christina Masco Cornell University |
2010 |
Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
Graduate Student University of Chicago. |
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Brad Walker Cornell University |
2019 |
Veneuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
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Nicholas Sly Cornell University http://10000birds.com/forpus-passerinus-and-the-ornithologists-of-masaguaral.htm |
2009 and 2010 |
Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
Graduate Student Unversity of Illinois Urbana, Illinois. |
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Peter Cook Cornell University |
2009 and 2010 |
Ecuador |
Center for Sustainable Development at Foenmsoeam. Esmerladas |
Graduate Sudent George Washington University Washington, DC. |
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Rocio Fernandez |
2009 and 2010 |
Ecuador |
Center for Sustainable Development at Fonmsoeam. Esmerladas |
Executive Director of Intercambio Comunitario Manabi, Ecuador |
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Laura Daly U.C Berkeley |
2010 |
Ecuador |
Center for Sustainable Development at Fonmsoeam. Esmerladas |
Berkeley, Universidad de Córdoba, St. Mary's High School |
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Debbie Borges U.C Berkeley |
2010 |
Ecuador |
Center for Sustainable Development at Fonmsoeam. Esmeraldas |
Staff at LinkedIn Oakland, California |
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Sara Tiffany U.C Santa Cruz |
2009 |
Ecuador |
Center for Sustainable Development at Fonmsoeam. Esmeraldas |
Graduate Student International Agricultural Development at UC Davis |
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Amanda Kessner U.C. Santa Cruz
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2009 |
Ecuador |
Center for Sustainable Development at Fonmsoeam. Esmeraldas. |
Graduate Student University of Minessota. |
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Peter Lu Yale University
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2009 |
Ecuador |
Bilsa Biological Reserve. Esmeraldas |
Yale, Monta Vista High, Bain & Company, Innovations for Poverty Action |
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Kathleen Watkins |
2009 |
Ecuador |
Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve. Amazon region. |
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Scott Winton Brown University
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2009 |
Ecuador |
La Hesperia Biological Reserve. Andean region. |
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Wendy Hii |
2010 |
Ecuador |
La Hesperia Biological Reserve. Andean region. |
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Hunter McAdam
College of the Atlantic
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2011 |
Venezuela |
Crocrodile Breeding Center |
Studying Human Ecology at College of Atlantic.
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Tanya Martinez University of Florida |
2011 | NatGeo Expedition | Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
Graduate Student at University of Puerto Rico. San Juan. PR |
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Angela Chuang UC Berkeley |
2012 |
NatGeo Expedition/Masaguaral Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
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Nurialby Viloria Universidad de Carabobo Venezuela |
2012 |
NatGeo Expedition |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
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Mariana Ayala University of Carabobo, Valencia. Venezuela |
2013 |
National Geographic Expedition/Masaguaral Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus
passerinus)
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Mariana Ayala University of Carabobo, Valencia. Venezuela |
2014 |
National Geographic Expedition/Masaguaral Venezuela/University of Texas at Brownsville |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
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Alejandro Moreno Universidad Central de Venezuela |
2014 |
National Geographic Expedition/Masaguaral Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
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Alexandra Fuentes University of Carabobo, Valencia. Venezuela |
2014 |
National Geographic Expedition/Masaguaral Venezuela |
Behavior and demography of the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)/Shrub Encroachment |
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| Dana Peterson | 2014 |
La Hesperia Biological Reserve Ecuador |
Volunteer Coordinator | |
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Volunteer and Internship Program
Our goal is to support, strengthen and enhance our partners conservation program by sending individuals interested in working and supporting the protection of Ecuador and Venezuela native forest and ecosystems. (Read more)
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1. On September 2015, the Parrolet Project was featured in the segment Bird Note that airs every morning in National Public Radio. Congratulations to our Research Director, Dr. Karl Berg! Follow this link to hear the segment: (Bird Note)
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