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Field Assistant with Project Biodiversity 2020
- Experiences | Vol and Intern
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- Sal, Cape Verde
- Posted
4 years ago
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Project Biodiversity
Field Assistant with Project Biodiversity 2020
- Experiences | Vol and Intern
Members Only
- Sal, Cape Verde
- Posted
4 years ago
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Project Biodiversity
Project Biodiversity is looking for candidates to join our team as Field Assistants, from June until
October, for the 2020 Loggerhead nesting season in Sal Island, Cape Verde. We need passionate,
driven individuals who wish to help us protect this incredible species in its native habitat.
Why we need you!
In 2007 it was estimated that the Loggerhead population in Cape Verde would be extinct by 2015 if
immediate actions weren’t taken to halt the illegal hunt and trade of turtle meat and human induced
threats to the population. For the last 11 years, both international volunteers, assistants and
members of the local community have worked tirelessly to ensure protection of the female turtles –
by patrolling the beaches nightly throughout the nesting season, educating members of
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