The work and dedication of our volunteers is critical to the success of Projeto Biodiversidade. During the nesting season, volunteers participate in all aspects of the project, including night patrols to protect and collect data on nesting sea turtles, hatchling releases, maintaining the hatchery and community education. Their work has meaningful long term consequences;
The Field Steward will work closely with the Prairie Coteau Land Steward/Burn Boss to lead work teams and supervise seasonal staff, interns and volunteers to ensure objective of Conservation Strategic Plans, coordinate community support, and implement preserve management plans primarily on TNC properties in northeast South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. This includes duties such as:
The Kiwi bird (known locally in New Zealand as the Kiwi, not to be confused with the Kiwi fruit!), is an endangered national icon. Introduced predators such as rats, mice, and stoats attack and kill Kiwi chicks before they are old enough to defend themselves. The project has established a safe haven for the protection
The Law Enforcement Technical Advisor will act as a hand on assistant to a Conservation Area Manager. He/she is the key person to provide field base training and coach needs for a variety of rangers in differing positions and working contexts, e.g. law enforcement rangers, research rangers, to law enforcement team leaders and section managers,
The Peregrine Fund seeks an Assistant Director of the American Kestrel Partnership to manage a hemispherewide citizen science nest box program and develop a research program regarding the use of citizen science in science education. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in research, conservation, and environmental/science education. Attention to detail, high energy, positivity,
The Director of the Southern Andes operating unit is the overall responsible for implementation of The Nature Conservancy’s conservation efforts in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. The Southern Andes Director facilitates and oversees TNC´s conservation, policy, fundraising and team-building in coordination with Conservation Managers in Argentina and Chile and works with partners to achieve our
The Wine, Biodiversity & Climate Change Program is a scientific initiative of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and Universidad Austral de Chile, developing strategies for biodiversity conservation along with Chilean wine industry. The project’s objective is to develop and promote conservation planning in human dominated ecosystems. We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with strong
Honko Mangrove Conservation & Education, an NGO working with communities in SW Madagascar to promote community-based mangrove management, is looking for a volunteer to assist with our new mangrove fisheries monitoring project in Ambondrolava, SW Madagascar. We have an immediate 3-month opening from mid-June to mid-August for this exciting opportunity to play an integral role
Honko Mangrove Conservation & Education, an NGO working with communities in SW Madagascar to promote community-based mangrove management, is looking for a volunteer to assist with our nutrition initiatives in Ambondrolava, SW Madagascar, through raising awareness about Moringa oleifera, the “miracle tree”. We have an immediate 1-month opening from June 15th to July 17th for
Application deadline: Monday, 21. July 2014 – 23:45 BirdLife International is the largest global partnership of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) striving to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards the sustainable use of natural resources. In Africa, the BirdLife Africa Partnership is a growing network of 24 such organisations, with a combined total
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to spend the first 3 to 4 months of their fellowship within WWF office (s) and work collaboratively with WWF staff to identify the research needs that will enhance knowledge around urban development potential to help reduce humanity’s global footprint while protecting citizen’s opportunities for development and wellbeing.
LOCATION: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) PRIMARY DONOR: BMZ DURATION: Initially two years starting as soon as possible, (with possible extension) REPORTS TO: TRAFFIC Regional Director for Central Africa BACKGROUND TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild animals and plants is not a threat to the conservation of
Established in 1989 as a non-profit conservation and development non-governmental organisation (NGO), Frontier has been an innovator in creating quality volunteer programmes across the globe. Since then, Frontier’s has grown to operate over 330 capacity building conservation, community and adventure projects in over 60 countries spanning 5 continents. Over the past 25 years Frontier has
Department of Conservation, State of Missouri Provides strategic leadership to manage, evolve and give voice and vision to the Missouri Department of Conservation brand. The mission of this position is to improve the Department’s story-telling strengths by bringing our brand and our values to life in new ways and to develop and execute a strategy
COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH CHIEF LOCATION: Position is located at the Conservation Headquarters in Jefferson City, Missouri. Position is the head of the Outreach and Education Division. SALARY RANGE: Beginning salary $82,080-$90,000, depending on experience. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides strategic leadership to manage, evolve and give voice and vision to the Missouri Department of Conservation
Reporting to the CLZ CEO and having considerable interaction with the CLZ treasurer and the Base Camp Manager, the General Manager will be responsible for generating financial support to CLZ through Grants, Event Management and Donations and will take the lead on marketing CLZ to current and new supporters across a range of media and
A minimum six month voluntary post as senior in-country scientist responsible for overseeing the delivery of CCC’s conservation programme including scientific training, surveying, project partner liaison and community engagement. The successful candidate will be working closely with project partners, representing CCC at stakeholder meetings and working to deliver and develop CCC’s conservation goals. Opportunities are available for solely marine or
Raleigh International, a sustainable development charity, is currently recruiting volunteer project managers to lead groups of young people (aged 17-24) on remote international expeditions. There are very few remaining areas of virgin forest in Costa Rica that contains both pre-montane forest and humid tropical forest. Raleigh’s expedition teams work in one of them. At Raleigh
IC seeks a creative, self-motivated, energetic, articulate, and highly effective person for a new position, Director, Major Gifts. The successful candidate will strategically develop and execute all aspects of a successful major donor program. Working with the Director of Philanthropy (DOP), the CEO, the Board of Directors, other members of the philanthropy team and IC
RSPB is proud to have the largest range of charity pin badges in the country. These small, enamelled badges not only bring in valuable income, but are also a great talking point when engaging with people. To increase unrestricted funding quickly, we need to grow the charity pin badge box scheme in local areas through
The Luc Hoffmann Fellows Coordinator will be responsible for developing and managing the Luc Hoffmann Fellows Program (https://luchoffmanninstitute.org/fellows/), an international, co-mentored post-doctoral fellowship program dedicated to increasing conservation science leadership capacity around the world. The fellows program will consist of 7 to 14 international fellows, each working within their own co-mentoring relationships, based within academic
Wildlife poaching and trafficking are multi-billion dollar illicit businesses that are decimating Africa’s iconic animal populations. Many species – most notably elephants and rhinoceroses – now face the risk of significant decline or even extinction, and large cats are increasingly threatened. Wildlife poaching and trafficking, like other forms of illicit trade, undermine security across nations
The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project will deliver a holistic strategy to secure the long term persistence of the species through widespread community engagement and targeted land management enhancements. In order to deliver maximum strategic conservation gain for the bats, field scale land use and biodiversity data is required Tenders are invited for the provision
The Stream Steward Project Manager advances The Nature Conservancy and National Park Service’s strategy of connecting younger and more diverse audiences to conservation. The Project Manager leads the development of a citizen-science stream monitoring program in and around First State National Historical Park in Delaware with the goal to inspire conservation action and establish a
London Wildlife Trust is a growing charity with a diverse range of projects and funding sources. There is an exciting opportunity in the South London Region for London Wildlife Trust to deliver the development phase of “the Great North Wood”, a Heritage Lottery Funded project that aims to assess the condition and usage of up
The Preserve Assistant maintains preserve areas frequented by the visiting public and performs land management activities. S/he removes exotic species with herbicide application, conducts species monitoring, post-burn fire effects monitoring and oversees efforts and effectiveness to establishing planted trees and native groundcover. S/he may assist in prescribed burns and maintain tools, equipment and land. The
The Kiwi bird (known locally in New Zealand as the Kiwi, not to be confused with the Kiwi fruit!), is an endangered national icon. Introduced predators such as rats, mice, and stoats attack and kill Kiwi chicks before they are old enough to defend themselves. The project has established a safe haven for the protection
This is a 12-month tenure-accruing position that will be 60% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) and 40% extension (Florida Cooperative Extension Service), available at the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. This assignment may change in accordance with the needs of the unit. This
There is increasing recognition within the conservation community that effective conservation needs to be supported by a robust system for measuring impact and evaluating progress. There is an urgent need to build upon and maximize conservation efforts in order to understand why conservation actions succeed or fail and to help identify the critical elements of
Come join the new kid on the block! Barefoot Conservation is a new and exciting marine conservation and community awareness not-for profit NGO.Our focus is grass roots conservation and community action. Our aim is to engage, educate and empower the local community to make sustainable conservation a way of life, not just a project. All
