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Become part of a team working to support conservation of biodiversity through scientific research, environmental education, gender equity and sustainable development by creating a market-based solution to poverty in the poorest provinces in Ecuador and Venezuela.
FONMSOEAM - THE SMALL SCALE CACAO FARMER'S ASSOCIATION
This group of cacao farmers lives in ancestral communities, some of which are in the Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve. Write to
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FIELD ASSISTANTS TO STUDY PARROTLETS IN VENEZUELA
The ideal candidate would: have experience conducting field research with birds in tropical ecosystems; be interested in avian behavioral ecology; be willing to work long hours six days per week; enjoy work in a hot, humid environment; have a sunny disposition and be able to live under primitive conditions with few people on an isolated ranch; have a working knowledge of Spanish and a driver’s license; be able to work without supervision; and enjoy but not become too distracted by the fabulous avifauna of the Llanos. Please submit resume, and phone numbers/email of three referees to Karl Berg at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
More info: http://10000birds.com/forpus-passerinus-and-the-ornithologists-of-masaguaral.htm
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION - THE ENDANGERED ORINOCO CROCODILE PROJECT. VENEZUELA.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2012!
1. Captive- Reintroduction and Breeding Center
Interns and Volunteers are expected to:
a. Assist in the care and maintenance of endangered Orinoco Crocodile.
b. Assist in wildlife interpretative tasks for Masaguaral visitors and tour groups.
c. Be involved in ongoing wildlife conservation programs at the HM such as the forpus project, caiman breeding center, monitoring, reintroduction program, etc.
d. Contribute to exhibit designs and improvement of trails, paths and signs within the Hato Masaguaral.
e. Assist the HM’s manager with daily activities at the Hato.
b. Environmental Education
Interns will be expected to:
a. Be actively involved in introducing visiting school groups to the caiman breeding center and Hato Masaguaral.
b. Help in delivering and developing environmental education and awareness lessons to visiting school groups to the hato and caiman center.
c. Participate in community outreach programs currently being held by the Hato Masaguaral and caiman center.
INTERNSHIP AT LA HESPERIA BIOLOGICAL RESERVE AND STATION
This is an excellent opportunity for individuals interested on working in the non profit sector, biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, environmental education, community outreach, and sustainable development. Room and board are provided. If you wish to know more about this position, please contact Soraya at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
THE GALAPAGOS PROJECT
This is a unique opportunity for an individual or a design group seeking to have a direct impact on the well being of the archipelago by helping to design a community center and botanical garden that will be a model that can be replicated throughout the islands and elsewhere.
A generous donor has made a 5+acre site available on Santa Cruz Island near Puerto Ayora for a multi-purpose compound to serve as the first botanical garden on the islands, as well as an alternative destination for eco-tourists wishing leave the Galapagos Islands in better shape than they found them. Components of the Center will include volunteer quarters for 40, guest accommodations for 20, a conservation education/conference and food service facility, demonstration gardens and offices in a park-like setting. A greenhouse and plant propagation facility will provide added sustainability to the project. The Center is situated in the transition zone, well placed to work closely with the National Park System to open a corridor from the coast to the highlands.
The Galapagos Islands, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, is one of the world’s most unique ecosystems. Forty percent of the species in this island chain are found nowhere else in the world, but they are under increasing pressure from a growing human population, unsustainable resource exploitation, the introduction of invasive species and an ineffective implementation of existing land use legislation.
We are ready to do a master plan in the form of a rendering with some general notes. We welcome your questions and interest.
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Great Wilderness is offering an internship for one or two individuals to assist FONMSOEAM, an association of small scale cacao farmers in the Choco Bio region of northwestern Ecuador.Activities include support to farmer with organizational capacity building, grant writing and computer literacy. Additional, interns will assist farmer's organization in their post harvested daily routine such: bean's fermentation, sun dried, quality assessment, beans classification, storage, etc. Become part of a team working to create a market-based solution to poverty in the poorest province in Ecuador. 
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